KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (KLC) is a Education & Training Services company in the Consumer Defensive sector, currently trading at $3.00. It has a SharesGrow Score of 33/100, indicating a weak investment profile with 1 out of 7 criteria passed.
SharesGrow calculates the intrinsic value of KLC = $3.01 (+0.3% from the current price, the stock appears fairly valued). Analyst consensus target is KLC = $4 (+44.3% upside).
Valuation: KLC trades at a trailing Price-to-Earnings (P/E) of -2.9 (S&P 500 average ~25).
Financials: revenue is $2.7B, +2.9%/yr average growth. Net income is $113M (loss), growing at -70.7%/yr. Net profit margin is -4.1% (negative). Gross margin is 17.6% (-9.7 pp trend).
Balance sheet: total debt is $2.5B against $755M equity (Debt-to-Equity (D/E) ratio 3.34, leveraged). Current ratio is 0.74 (tight liquidity). Debt-to-assets is 67.4%. Total assets: $3.7B.
Analyst outlook: 1 / 7 analysts rate KLC as buy (14%) — mixed sentiment.
SharesGrow 7-Criteria breakdown: Value 94/100 (Pass), Growth 30/100 (Fail), Past 25/100 (Fail), Health 0/100 (Fail), Moat 19/100 (Fail), Future 52/100 (Partial), Income 10/100 (Fail).
