Head-To-Head Survey: KinderCare Learning Companies (KLC) & Its Peers

KinderCare Learning Companies (NYSE:KLC) is one of 166 public companies in the “Diversified Consumer Services” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare KinderCare Learning Companies to related businesses based on the strength of its dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and profitability.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares KinderCare Learning Companies and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
KinderCare Learning Companies	$2.74 billion	-$112.88 million	-0.52
KinderCare Learning Companies Competitors	$3.60 billion	$219.82 million	11.49

KinderCare Learning Companies’ rivals have higher revenue and earnings than KinderCare Learning Companies. KinderCare Learning Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Volatility and Risk

KinderCare Learning Companies has a beta of 3.86, meaning that its share price is 286% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KinderCare Learning Companies’ rivals have a beta of 0.47, meaning that their average share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares KinderCare Learning Companies and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
KinderCare Learning Companies	-17.23%	6.65%	1.21%
KinderCare Learning Companies Competitors	-3.20%	-28.46%	2.44%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

49.0% of shares of all “Diversified Consumer Services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 5.8% of KinderCare Learning Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.5% of shares of all “Diversified Consumer Services” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for KinderCare Learning Companies and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
KinderCare Learning Companies	5	5	1	0	1.64
KinderCare Learning Companies Competitors	1436	3428	5281	196	2.41

KinderCare Learning Companies currently has a consensus price target of $3.77, indicating a potential upside of 82.81%. As a group, “Diversified Consumer Services” companies have a potential upside of 61.04%. Given KinderCare Learning Companies’ higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe KinderCare Learning Companies is more favorable than its rivals.

Summary

KinderCare Learning Companies rivals beat KinderCare Learning Companies on 10 of the 13 factors compared.

KinderCare Learning Companies Company 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.