Militia Capital Management LLC Takes $421,000 Position in KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. $KLC

Militia Capital Management LLC bought a new position in shares of KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (NYSE:KLC) in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund bought 191,300 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $421,000. Militia Capital Management LLC owned 0.16% of KinderCare Learning Companies at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in KLC. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. lifted its holdings in KinderCare Learning Companies by 6.5% during the 1st quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 16,811 shares of the company’s stock valued at $195,000 after purchasing an additional 1,025 shares during the last quarter. Legal & General Group Plc increased its holdings in shares of KinderCare Learning Companies by 20.2% in the second quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 30,909 shares of the company’s stock valued at $312,000 after purchasing an additional 5,192 shares during the last quarter. Rhumbline Advisers raised its position in shares of KinderCare Learning Companies by 32.1% in the second quarter. Rhumbline Advisers now owns 44,209 shares of the company’s stock valued at $447,000 after purchasing an additional 10,735 shares during the period. Russell Investments Group Ltd. bought a new position in shares of KinderCare Learning Companies in the second quarter valued at about $270,000. Finally, Invesco Ltd. raised its position in shares of KinderCare Learning Companies by 48.0% in the second quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 33,698 shares of the company’s stock valued at $340,000 after purchasing an additional 10,932 shares during the period.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages recently commented on KLC. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reaffirmed a “hold” rating and set a $5.00 target price on shares of KinderCare Learning Companies in a report on Friday, May 15th. Barclays increased their price target on shares of KinderCare Learning Companies from $2.00 to $3.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a report on Monday, May 18th. Robert W. Baird raised their price objective on shares of KinderCare Learning Companies from $1.50 to $4.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, May 15th. UBS Group boosted their price objective on KinderCare Learning Companies from $3.00 to $5.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, May 15th. Finally, Weiss Ratings downgraded KinderCare Learning Companies from a “sell (d)” rating to a “sell (e+)” rating in a research report on Friday, May 15th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and three have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and an average target price of $4.80.

KinderCare Learning Companies Stock Up 1.4%

KLC opened at $5.43 on Tuesday. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $4.54 and a 200-day moving average of $3.93. The company has a market capitalization of $642.60 million, a P/E ratio of -1.52 and a beta of 3.99. KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $1.75 and a fifty-two week high of $9.92. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.95, a quick ratio of 0.73 and a current ratio of 0.74.

KinderCare Learning Companies (NYSE:KLC) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 14th. The company reported $0.04 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.01) by $0.05. KinderCare Learning Companies had a negative net margin of 15.48% and a positive return on equity of 8.22%. The business had revenue of $672.52 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $669.13 million. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.23 earnings per share. KinderCare Learning Companies’s revenue was up .6% compared to the same quarter last year. KinderCare Learning Companies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 0.150-0.250 EPS. On average, equities analysts expect that KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. will post 0.2 EPS for the current year.

KinderCare Learning Companies Profile

KinderCare Learning Companies Inc is a provider of high-quality early childhood education by center capacity. KinderCare Learning Companies Inc is based in PORTLAND, Ore.