KLC | Ticker Profile - Titan Protect

KLC

KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc.

Consumer Defensive · Education & Training Services · NYQ

$3.95

Data: 2026-05-15

✗ ETHICAL FAIL

WEAK MOAT

HIGH

Data Confidence: 100.0%

Key Metrics

How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter

Market Cap

$518M

Total market value of the company

Trailing P/E

0.00

Forward P/E

14.75

Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper

Rev Growth

+6.4%

Year-over-year revenue change

Profit Margin

-4.1%

How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue

ROE

-13.9%

Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money

Analyst Target

$3.03

-23% from current price — median analyst estimate

Recommendation

NONE

Consensus view from 7 analysts covering this stock

About KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc.

KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. provides early childhood education and care services in the United States. The company offers community-based early childhood education services for infants, toddlers, preschool, and kindergarten students; and customized family care benefits for organizations, including care for young children on or near the site where their parents work, tuition benefits, and backup care under the KinderCare Learning Centers (KCLC) and Crème School brands. It also provides before-and after-school programs, including summer camp programs for preschool and school-age children under the Champions brand. The company was formerly known as KC Holdco, LLC and changed its name to KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. in January 2022. KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Lake Oswego, Oregon.

https://www.kc-learning.com

Country: United States Employees: 35,700 Industry: Education & Training Services

Ethical Screening

Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance

Business Activity

PASS

Core business does not involve prohibited activities

Debt Ratio

489.2% FAIL

Debt must be below 33% of total assets

Cash Ratio

25.7% PASS

Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets

Receivables

0.0% PASS

Receivables below 49% of assets

Revenue Purity

0.0% PASS

Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification

Valuation

Fair Value Est.

$4.44

What our model estimates this business is worth per share

Margin of Safety

11.0%

Slight discount to fair value

Rating

AVOID

Overall assessment combining ethics, valuation, and quality

Percentile

46.1th

Ranks in the top 54% of our 13,571 screened universe

Ethical Score

10.0

Valuation Score

77.5

Quality Score

25.0

Combined

38.5

Trading near fair value at $4 (estimated $4). Fails ethical screen (Debt ratio). Ranks better than 62% of screened stocks.

Quantitative Intelligence

Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data

Regime

MARKUP

Price trending up with increasing momentum

Sharpe Ratio

-1.203

Returns do not compensate for the risk — negative edge

Kelly Fraction

-0.1550

No positive edge detected — the data suggests staying out

Calmar Ratio

-0.745

Drawdown risk outweighs the returns — higher risk profile

Annual Return

-69.8%

Historical annualised return based on price data

Max Drawdown

-93.7%

Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been

HMM State

BEAR

Statistical model detects bearish conditions

Days in State

How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable

Market Data

Trading characteristics and market positioning

Beta

N/A

52W High

$12.78

69% below the year high

52W Low

$1.75

126% above the year low

Avg Volume

1,342,530

Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell

Short Ratio

3.7

Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded

Short % Float

11.8%

Elevated short interest — bears are positioned against this

Div Yield

0.0%

Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price

EPS (TTM)

$-0.95

Earnings per share over the last 12 months

Financial Health

Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value

Debt/Equity

3.35

Heavy leverage — higher financial risk if revenues decline

Current Ratio

0.74

Below 1 means short-term obligations exceed liquid assets — risk flag

Quick Ratio

0.62

Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test

Gross Margin

21.9%

Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power

Operating Margin

5.1%

Profit from core operations before interest and tax

Free Cash Flow

$50M

Positive — the business generates more cash than it spends

Revenue (TTM)

$2.7B

Total revenue over the last 12 months

Net Income

$-112,880,000

Loss-making — spending exceeds revenue after all costs

Analyst Coverage

Analysts

Target High

$4.20

Target Median

$3.03

Target Low

$1.50

Recent Insider Activity

SEC Form 4 filings — what company insiders are buying and selling

Date	Insider	Title	Shares	Value
2026-03-19	NUZZO MICHAEL M	Director	25,000	$55,500
2026-03-18	WYATT JOHN THOMSON	Chief Executive Officer	494,118	$998,721
2026-03-16	WYATT JOHN THOMSON	Chief Executive Officer	472,222	—
2026-03-16	HARRAH JESSICA	Officer	61,111	—
2026-03-16	AMANDI ANTHONY MICHAEL	Chief Financial Officer	127,777	—
2025-06-20	NUZZO MICHAEL M	Director	13,914	—
2025-06-20	DESRAVINES JEAN S	Director	13,914	—
2025-06-20	WAXENBERG ALYSSA SUE	Director	13,914	—
2025-06-20	DEPUTY CHRISTINE	Director	13,914	—
2025-03-14	WYATT JOHN THOMSON	Director	2,246	—

Source: SEC Form 4 filings via public data. View all insider activity at

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Data sourced from public filings and market feeds. Not financial advice. Updated: 2026-05-15

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