KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (KLC)

2.60 +2.77% (+0.07)

Over 5Y: -90.0%

2026-08-28
10 20 30
2024 2025 2026

Financials Quarterly

Q1 '24 — Revenue: 612.6M Q1 '24 — Net Income: 28.5M Q2 '24 — Revenue: 655.1M Q2 '24 — Net Income: 43.2M Q3 '24 — Revenue: 624.5M Q3 '24 — Net Income: 16M Q3 '24 — Revenue: 624.5M Q3 '24 — Net Income: 16M Q4 '24 — Revenue: 618M Q4 '24 — Operating Cash Flow: -4.2M Q4 '24 — Free Cash Flow: -43.5M Q4 '24 — Net Income: 14.8M Q1 '25 — Revenue: 654.7M Q1 '25 — Operating Cash Flow: 64.1M Q1 '25 — Free Cash Flow: 40M Q1 '25 — Net Income: -1.8M Q2 '25 — Revenue: 689.9M Q2 '25 — Net Income: 28.5M Q2 '25 — Revenue: 689.9M Q2 '25 — Operating Cash Flow: 5.9M Q2 '25 — Free Cash Flow: -22.9M Q2 '25 — Net Income: 28.5M Q3 '25 — Revenue: 671.5M Q3 '25 — Operating Cash Flow: 86.7M Q3 '25 — Free Cash Flow: 45M Q3 '25 — Net Income: 14M Q4 '25 — Revenue: 647M Q4 '25 — Net Income: -133.6M Q1 '26 — Revenue: 668.2M Q1 '26 — Operating Cash Flow: 98.4M Q1 '26 — Free Cash Flow: 75.1M Q1 '26 — Net Income: 21.2M Q2 '26 — Revenue: 700.1M Q2 '26 — Operating Cash Flow: 35M Q2 '26 — Free Cash Flow: 671K Q2 '26 — Net Income: 38.6M Q2 '26 — Revenue: 700.1M Q2 '26 — Net Income: 38.6M Q3 '26 — Revenue: 676.8M Q3 '26 — Operating Cash Flow: 100.8M Q3 '26 — Free Cash Flow: 62.6M Q3 '26 — Net Income: 4.5M Q4 '26 — Revenue: 688.1M Q4 '26 — Operating Cash Flow: 4.3M Q4 '26 — Free Cash Flow: -28.1M Q4 '26 — Net Income: -177.2M Q1 '27 — Revenue: 672.5M Q1 '27 — Operating Cash Flow: 31.1M Q1 '27 — Free Cash Flow: 1.1M Q1 '27 — Net Income: -289.8M Q2 '27 — Revenue: 697.5M Q2 '27 — Operating Cash Flow: 73.4M Q2 '27 — Free Cash Flow: 45.4M Q2 '27 — Net Income: -8.8M -200M 0 200M 400M 600M 800M
Q2 '24 Q4 '24 Q2 '25 Q1 '26 Q3 '26 Q2 '27
Revenue Operating Cash Flow Free Cash Flow Net Income

Figures as at 2026-07-04, reported in USD. The newest fact in the filings is dated 2026-07-04, 57 days ago. Nothing on this page is advice.

How it scores

Five questions, each answered by the measures under it. Every figure is the company's own; the bar beside it is where that figure sits among the companies read here — the top fifth, the bottom fifth, or somewhere between. Not among all listed companies, and for a valuation multiple the low end is the good end.

Quality

How much of the revenue is really kept — and what did it take to earn it?

2.7
SBC / sales 0.32%
OE margin 2.6%
Oper. margin -0.73%
ROIC -1.3%
Accruals -20.0%
OCF margin 7.7%
FCF margin 3.0%
Gross margin 14.6%
Profit margin -17.2%
ROA -13.8%
ROCE -0.68%
ROE -101.1%
OCF / EBIT —

5 of 17 counted in the score. The rest are measures this model does not include here, or figures these filings do not carry — switch any of them on and the score changes.

Valuation

What does the price ask for what the company earns, owns and pays out?

0.5
Div. yield —
EV/EBIT —
EV/GP —
EV/OE —
EV/Sales —
FCF yield —
Fwd P/E —
P/B —
P/C —
P/E —
PEG —

0 of 12 counted in the score. The rest are measures this model does not include here, or figures these filings do not carry — switch any of them on and the score changes.

Durability

How predictable is the revenue, and how much of it is already committed?

4.1
RPO / sales 0.02×
RPO growth —
Segment HHI —

4 of 7 counted in the score. The rest are measures this model does not include here, or figures these filings do not carry — switch any of them on and the score changes.

Resilience

Can the balance sheet absorb a bad year?

1.3
ND/EBITDA —
Current ratio 0.85×
Interest cover -0.25×
Cash / Debt 0.19×
Quick ratio 0.75×
Debt / Eq 2.0×
Debt payback 9.4 yr
F-score 4.0 pts
Cash runway —
Payout —

3 of 12 counted in the score. The rest are measures this model does not include here, or figures these filings do not carry — switch any of them on and the score changes.

Growth

Is the business getting bigger, and is it getting more profitable?

1.0
Sales Q/Q -0.37%
Shares change +22.5%
Div. growth —
EBIT CAGR —
EBIT Y/Y —
EPS CAGR 4Y —
EPS Y/Y —
EPS next Y —
Sales CAGR 4Y —
Sales/sh Y/Y —

2 of 13 counted in the score. The rest are measures this model does not include here, or figures these filings do not carry — switch any of them on and the score changes.

A measure absent from a block could not be computed from this company's filings. It is left out rather than scored as though it were bad, and the dimension is averaged over what remains. A score is measured against a fixed scale this model states; the bar is measured against the other companies, so the two can disagree — and where they do, that disagreement is the more interesting figure.