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KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (KLC)

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KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (KLC) reported revenue of $698 million for Q2 FY2026, the quarter ended 4 July 2026, down 0.4% on the same quarter a year earlier. Net income was -$9 million, and diluted earnings per share $-0.07. The figures are the company's own, from the 10-Q it filed with the SEC on 13 August 2026.

Revenue$698 milliondown 0.4%
Net income-$9 million
Diluted EPS$-0.07
QuarterQ2 FY2026ended 4 July 2026

KinderCare Learning Companies (KLC) in brief

KinderCare Learning Companies (KLC) reported revenue of $2.7 billion for fiscal 2025, the year ended 3 January 2026, up 2.6% on the year before.
Read moreNet loss was $113 million and the diluted loss per share $0.95. Revenue was $2.7 billion in fiscal 2024, $2.5 billion in fiscal 2023 and $2.2 billion in fiscal 2022. Net income in the same years was a loss of $93 million, $103 million and $219 million. Over the twelve months to 4 July 2026, KinderCare Learning Companies reported revenue of $2.7 billion and net loss of $471 million. KinderCare Learning Companies had 119 million shares outstanding at the latest filed count. At 4 July 2026 it carried $926 million of debt and $174 million of cash. At the close of 30 October 2026 the market cap of KinderCare Learning Companies was $241 million.

Ratios

From the filings

ROE-101.1%
ROCE-29.3%
Operating margin-14.9%
Net margin-17.2%
FCF margin3.0%
Interest cover-5.07
Debt to equity1.99
Cash conversionn/a
Share count, last 12 months0.3%
Sales CAGR, 3 years8.1%
Profit CAGR, 3 yearsn/a
EPS, TTM-$3.98

At the close of 30 October 2026

Price$2.04
Market cap$241 million
Stock P/En/a
Price to book0.52
EV / EBITDAn/a
Dividend yieldn/a
Market cap / sales0.09
52-week high$6.03
52-week low$1.66
Price, 1 year-63.9%
Price CAGR, 3 yearsn/a
Price CAGR, 5 yearsn/a
Worked from the filed figures; hover a name for the formula.
Read moreThe priced ones use the latest price, the last regular-hours trade on IEX. Debt to equity here stands on long-term debt as KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. files it, with lease liabilities counted separately and never inside it. Nothing here is a valuation or a view.
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Daily prices to 30 October 2026, adjusted for splits; from 28 September 2026 each day's price is the last regular-hours trade on IEX.
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The public record on KLC

Dividendsno dividend in its filings for fiscal 2022 onward
Filings19 in twelve months: 11 current reports (8-K), about 5 officer or director change; 4 results of operations; 3 regulation FD disclosure; 1 material agreement; 1 shareholder vote
Planned insider salesno Form 144 notice in twelve months
Options tapeput/call 0.03 by open interest at the 30 October 2026 close; the straddle prices a 34.5% move to 20 November 2026
13F holders105 funds reported a position for the quarter to 30 June 2026; largest Partners Group Holding AG
Insider trading0 sales and 3 purchases on Form 4 in twelve months
Congress0 House trades disclosed in six months
Short interest3.7 million shares short, 5.15 days to cover at 15 October 2026
Documentsthe 10-K, the 10-Qs, the proxy and 4 earnings press releases, each linked

Quarterly results, the last 14 quarters

Q1 FY2023Q2 FY2023Q3 FY2023Q4 FY2023Q1 FY2024Q2 FY2024Q3 FY2024Q4 FY2024Q1 FY2025Q2 FY2025Q3 FY2025Q4 FY2025 *Q1 FY2026Q2 FY2026
Revenue613655624618655690671647668700677688673698
Cost of revenuen/an/a468n/a498500521514516519543549551567
Gross profitn/an/a156n/a157190150133152181134139122130
Gross marginn/an/a25%n/a24%28%22%21%23%26%20%20%18%19%
SG&An/an/a68.5n/a90.578.665.118971.778.673.073.871.173.1
Operating income70.697.358.748.733.680.654.4-89.348.868.726.3-164-2722.4
Operating margin12%15%9%8%5%12%8%-14%7%10%4%-24%-40%0%
Interest expensen/an/a38.5n/a36.443.939.550.720.120.124.119.718.218.3
Pre-tax incomen/an/a21.1n/a2.638.918.1-13829.053.16.2-182-290-10.5
Tax raten/an/a24%n/a168%27%23%n/a27%27%27%n/an/an/a
Net income28.543.216.014.8-1.828.514.0-13421.238.64.5-177-290-8.8
Net margin5%7%3%2%-0%4%2%-21%3%6%1%-26%-43%-1%
Diluted EPS$0.32$0.48$0.18$0.16-$0.02$0.32$0.15-$1.17$0.18$0.33$0.04-$1.50-$2.45-$0.07
Operating cash flown/an/an/an/a64.15.986.7-40.898.435.01014.331.173.4
Capital expendituren/an/an/an/a24.128.841.737.723.434.438.232.330.028.0
Free cash flown/an/an/an/a40.0-22.945.0-78.675.10.762.6-28.11.145.4
Shares outstanding118m118m118m90m118m118m90m118m118m118m118m118m118m119m
Filing10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q
Each quarter as filed, linked to its filing.
Read more* The fourth quarter is the full year less the first three quarters, because the company files the year and not the quarter on its own. A fourth quarter's EPS, and its diluted share count where shown, are from the company's results press release for that quarter, checked against the company's filed figures or a second data source. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and the share count are as they are. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Cash flow lines filed year to date are the difference between two filings. Shares outstanding are at the period end where the balance sheet tags them, otherwise the count on the filing's cover page. A derived fourth-quarter EPS is left blank when a split in the year makes the arithmetic meaningless.

Income statement (profit and loss), 4 fiscal years and the trailing twelve months

FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025TTM
Revenue2,1662,5102,6632,7332,735
Cost of revenue1,4251,8242,0332,1282,211
Gross profit741686631605524
Gross margin34.2%27.3%23.7%22.1%19.2%
Selling, general and administrative248288423297291
Operating income38927579.3-20.1-407
Operating margin18.0%11.0%3.0%-0.7%-14.9%
Interest expense10115317184.080.3
Pre-tax income288130-78.2-93.3-476
Income tax68.627.414.619.5-5.1
Effective tax rate23.8%21.1%n/an/an/a
Net income219103-92.8-113-471
Net margin10.1%4.1%-3.5%-4.1%-17.2%
Diluted EPS$2.35$1.13-$0.96-$0.95-$3.98
Filing10-K10-K10-K10-K
From each year's 10-K, linked; TTM is the last four quarters.
Read moreFree cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Those four are arithmetic on the filed numbers; everything else is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and share counts are as they are.

Cash flow and capital returned

FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025TTM
Operating cash flow342304116239210
Capital expenditure139129132128129
Free cash flow202174-16.411081.0
Free cash flow margin9.3%7.0%-0.6%4.0%3.0%
Cash from investing-300-118-147-154-141
Cash from financing-118-135-62.6-13.2-14.3
Depreciation and amortisation88.5109118124126
Share-based compensation9.912.614411.88.7
Buybacks72.7n/an/an/an/a
Diluted shares, weighted93m90m96m118m119m
Shares outstanding at period endn/a90m118m118m119m
Filing10-K10-K10-K10-K
Cash paid in the year, from the cash flow statement.
Read moreThe dividend per share is as declared. Diluted shares are the weighted average for the year; a falling count is the buybacks net of issuance. TTM sums the last four quarters; the share counts are the latest quarter's.

Balance sheet at year end

FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025TTM
Funded by
Shareholders' equity408507865755466
Debtn/a1,250926928926
Operating lease liabilitiesn/a1,3021,3161,4481,421
Finance lease liabilitiesn/a5.13.82.72.3
Other liabilitiesn/a589536615588
Total liabilities and equityn/a3,6533,6453,7483,404
Owned
Fixed assetsn/a396419418392
Goodwill1,1031,1111,120965692
Intangible assetsn/a439430421417
Cash and equivalents10515662.3133174
Receivablesn/a88.1104119114
Other assetsn/a1,4641,5111,6931,615
Total assetsn/a3,6533,6453,7483,404
Filing10-K10-K10-K10-K
At the fiscal year end; the TTM column is the latest quarter end.
Read moreBoth totals are the company's own. Other liabilities is the filed total less the rows above it: payables, deferred revenue, taxes, borrowings the rows above do not carry and the rest; other assets is the same on the other side. Investments add the current and non-current lines as filed. Debt is the company's own stated total where it files one, otherwise its long-term debt with the current maturities, never parts added together. A row is left blank in a year where the lines shown overlap and the remainder would fall below nil.

Compounded growth

10 years5 years3 yearsTTM
Sales growth, compoundedn/an/a8.1%1.8%
Profit growth, compoundedn/an/an/an/a
Return on equity, averagen/a12.1%-1.8%-14.9%
Yearly growth, compounded; TTM is the last four quarters against the four before.
Read moreReturn on equity is net income over shareholders' equity at each year end, averaged over the window (the TTM column is the latest year alone); equity is the parent's shareholders' equity as tagged in the 10-K. Arithmetic on filed numbers, nothing forecast.

Questions

What was KinderCare Learning Companies' revenue in fiscal 2025?

KinderCare Learning Companies (KLC) reported revenue of $2.7 billion for fiscal 2025, the year ended 3 January 2026, up 2.6% on the year before.

How much did KinderCare Learning Companies earn in fiscal 2025?

Net loss was $113 million for fiscal 2025, and the diluted loss per share $0.95.

What is KinderCare Learning Companies' market cap?

The market cap of KinderCare Learning Companies was $241 million at the close of 30 October 2026.

How much debt does KinderCare Learning Companies have?

At 4 July 2026 KinderCare Learning Companies carried $926 million of debt and $174 million of cash.

Peers: Personal Services

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TTM
Debt to equityDiv. yield
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American Public Education Inc. APEI$745 million16.6914.5%9.6%3.6%0.28n/a
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Lincoln Educational Services Corp. LINC$656 million28.7411.3%5.9%22.0%0.13n/a
Carriage Services Inc. CSV$555 million12.5316.0%21.9%2.4%1.901.3%
EVgo Inc. EVGO$396 millionn/an/a-30.5%30.7%n/an/a
Monro, Inc. MNRO$374 millionn/a0.1%1.7%-4.4%0.249.4%
EVI Industries, Inc. EVI$274 million44.385.1%3.5%14.6%0.341.5%
KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. KLC$241 millionn/a-101.1%-14.9%1.8%1.99n/a
WW International, Inc. WW$148 millionn/an/an/an/a1.52n/a
Legacy Education Inc. LGCY$123 million14.5617.3%14.8%24.8%0.00n/a
Team Inc. TISI$110 millionn/an/a0.8%2.6%n/an/a
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TTM
Debt to equityDiv. yield
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Service Corp. International SCI$10.4 billion18.9535.6%22.7%3.0%3.281.8%
H&R Block Inc. HRB$6.3 billion8.96624.4%23.0%4.9%12.693.3%
Graham Holdings Co. GHC$4.9 billion10.2610.3%5.4%4.3%0.180.6%
Unifirst Corp. UNF$4.6 billion42.454.9%5.4%3.7%0.00n/a
Laureate Education, Inc. LAUR$4.5 billion12.3133.5%25.8%20.9%0.17n/a
Covista Inc. CVSA$4.2 billion16.9918.1%19.8%9.3%0.35n/a
Grand Canyon Education, Inc. LOPE$3.9 billion17.8633.5%24.5%7.0%0.00n/a
Avis Budget Group, Inc. CAR$3.8 billionn/an/a-4.6%0.4%n/an/a
Stride, Inc. LRN$3.3 billion10.8120.0%18.4%2.5%0.25n/a
Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. BFAM$2.6 billionn/a-21.0%0.1%6.7%1.69n/a
Driven Brands Holdings Inc. DRVN$2.0 billion11.9323.0%14.0%7.6%2.02n/a
Perdoceo Education Corp. PRDO$1.9 billion10.8817.1%24.6%11.7%n/a2.0%
Strategic Education, Inc. STRA$1.6 billion12.148.2%14.0%3.5%0.003.3%
Universal Technical Institute Inc. UTI$1.2 billion36.5010.0%5.0%9.1%0.46n/a
CRA International, Inc. CRAI$1.2 billion26.0927.1%10.0%11.5%1.201.1%
Nerdy Inc. NRDY$1.2 billionn/a-175.1%-25.4%-0.2%1.13n/a
U-Haul Holding Co. UHAL$1.1 billionn/a0.8%7.0%3.0%1.36n/a
Yelp Inc. YELP$1.1 billion9.1419.6%11.7%1.5%0.16n/a
Phoenix Education Partners, Inc. PXED$863 millionn/an/an/an/a0.17n/a
American Public Education Inc. APEI$745 million16.6914.5%9.6%3.6%0.28n/a
Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. HTZ$680 millionn/an/a-2.5%3.4%n/an/a
Lincoln Educational Services Corp. LINC$656 million28.7411.3%5.9%22.0%0.13n/a
Carriage Services Inc. CSV$555 million12.5316.0%21.9%2.4%1.901.3%
EVgo Inc. EVGO$396 millionn/an/a-30.5%30.7%n/an/a
Monro, Inc. MNRO$374 millionn/a0.1%1.7%-4.4%0.249.4%
EVI Industries, Inc. EVI$274 million44.385.1%3.5%14.6%0.341.5%
KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. KLC$241 millionn/a-101.1%-14.9%1.8%1.99n/a
WW International, Inc. WW$148 millionn/an/an/an/a1.52n/a
Legacy Education Inc. LGCY$123 million14.5617.3%14.8%24.8%0.00n/a
Team Inc. TISI$110 millionn/an/a0.8%2.6%n/an/a
Chegg, Inc. CHGG$78 millionn/a-44.7%-20.9%-47.6%0.29n/a
Regis Corp. RGS$74 million12.283.6%10.9%6.8%0.60n/a
1 company shares its SEC industry code (Services-Child Day Care Services); the rest are the names nearest in size in its wider industry, Personal Services, one of the Fama-French 48 industries, a published grouping of SEC industry codes.
Read moreBy market capitalisation; a click on a heading sorts by it, largest first, and a second click turns it round. Each figure is the same arithmetic as the ratio box above, on each company's own filings and latest close; a name marked * is a foreign company that files once a year, on its latest fiscal year.

Filings

FilingPeriodFiledWhere
10-Q4 July 202613 August 2026EDGAR
10-Q4 April 202614 May 2026EDGAR
10-K3 January 202613 March 2026EDGAR
10-Q27 September 202512 November 2025EDGAR
10-Q28 June 202512 August 2025EDGAR
10-Q29 March 202513 May 2025EDGAR
10-K28 December 202421 March 2025EDGAR
10-Q28 September 202421 November 2024EDGAR