KLC — KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc.

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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 (… Read full Trend Edge analysis →

Trend Edge Proprietary Indicators

Key Metrics

Current Price$3.80
Market Cap$442M
Float34.2M
Shares Outstanding118.4M
P/E (Forward)5.01
Price/Sales (TTM)0.16
vs. Analyst Target+11.7% to analyst PT
Profit Margin-15.48%
Operating Margin (TTM)2.88%
Revenue (TTM)$2.74B
Earnings Growth (YoY)-74.40%
Dividend RateNone
Analyst Target Price$4.24 (8 analysts)

Financial History

Annual Revenue & Earnings History

YearRevenueNet IncomeGross ProfitEBITDA
2020 $1.37B -$129M $165M -$6.6M
2021 $1.81B $88.4M $368M $141M
2022 $2.17B $219M $444M $177M
2023 $2.51B $103M $686M $392M
2024 $2.66B -$92.8M $631M $210M
2025 $2.73B -$113M $481M $308M

Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income

QuarterRevenueNet Income
Jun 2025 $700M $38.6M
Sep 2025 $677M $4.5M
Dec 2025 $688M -$177M
Mar 2026 $673M -$290M

Ownership & Float

Insider Ownership5.8%
Institutional Ownership91.4%
Short Float11.1%
% of All Funds Holding1.18%
Number of Funds Holding97

Current Moving Averages

Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.

TimeframeSMAValueTrend Context
Weekly10-Week SMA$3.33Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly40-Week SMA$4.54Medium-term trend
Weekly80-Week SMA$9.54Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly200-Week SMA$0.00Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly10-Month SMA$4.61Near-term monthly trend
Monthly20-Month SMA$10.65Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly40-Month SMA$0.00Secular monthly trend

Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance

Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.

Price LevelTypeVolume RatioAge
$5.80 resistance 1.61x 5 months ago
$9.50 resistance 1.84x 8 months ago

Historical Earnings Reactions (7 events)

TimeframeAvg ReturnMedianWin RateBestWorst
Gap -15.67% -16.29% 14.29% 4.81% -37.94%
1 Day -19.70% -19.20% 0.00% -8.01% -42.65%
1 Week -21.57% -23.40% 14.29% 4.34% -36.76%
2 Weeks -22.25% -23.50% 0.00% -2.68% -39.71%
1 Month -20.62% -22.38% 0.00% -9.00% -34.62%

Next earnings: August 2, 2026 (66 days away)

Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns

Monthly Seasonality

Insufficient historical data for monthly seasonality analysis (requires 7+ years of data).

Day-of-Week Tendencies

Top Institutional Holders

Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.

Total institutional ownership: 91.4%

Insider Transactions — Smart Summary

Total insider ownership: 5.8%

12-Month Insider Activity Summary

Total Filings2
Net Value+$998,711.302
Net Shares Change991,340
% of Float2.9%
C-Suite Filings1
Clusters Detected0

Key Insiders

NameTitleNet ValueFilingsActivity
Wyatt John T. Chief Executive Officer +$998,711.302 1 1 buy
Nuzzo Michael +$55,500 1 1 buy

Significant Filings

DateInsiderTitleNet ValuePrice After
2026-03-18 Wyatt John T. Chief Executive Officer +$998,711.302 Transaction at $2.02, now +88.0%
2026-03-23 Nuzzo Michael +$55,500 Transaction at $2.22, now +71.2%

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AI Consult Analysis

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