KLC
Company Description
KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. provides early childhood education and care services in the United States. The company offers infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, and before- and after-school programs in various categories comprising community-based and employer-sponsored early childhood education and care, and before- and after-school educational services. As of October 2, 2021, it served children ranging from 6 weeks to 12 years of age through 1,490 early childhood education centers with a licensed capacity of 195,000 and contracts for approximately 650 before-and after-school sites in 40 states and the District of Columbia. The company was founded in 1969 and is based in Portland, Oregon.
Track Record
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 2.73B | 2.66B | 2.51B | 2.17B | 1.81B | 1.37B | 1.88B | 1.68B |
| Net Income | (112.88M) | (92.84M) | 102.56M | 219.17M | 88.41M | (129.50M) | (29.14M) | (36.42M) |
| EPS | -0.95 | -0.96 | 0.90 | 1.92 | 0.77 | -1.13 | -0.25 | -0.32 |
| Free Cash Flow | 110.26M | (16.43M) | 174.50M | 202.18M | 116.40M | (34.60M) | 22.97M | 2.80M |
| FCF / Share | 0.93 | -0.17 | 1.53 | 1.77 | 1.02 | -0.30 | 0.20 | 0.02 |
| Operating CF | 238.53M | 115.89M | 303.54M | 341.61M | 183.29M | 13.59M | 117.33M | 90.95M |
| Total Assets | 3.75B | 3.65B | 3.65B | 3.66B | 3.47B | 3.27B | 3.30B | N/A |
| Total Debt | 2.53B | 2.39B | 2.69B | 2.86B | 2.89B | 2.85B | 2.75B | N/A |
| Cash & Equiv | 133.21M | 62.34M | 156.15M | 105.21M | 177.25M | 53.23M | 40.34M | N/A |
| Book Value | 755.26M | 864.51M | 506.88M | 407.69M | 255.61M | 136.28M | 238.51M | N/A |
| Return on Equity | -0.15 | -0.11 | 0.20 | 0.54 | 0.35 | -0.95 | -0.12 | N/A |
| Metric | Q1 2026 | Q4 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q1 2025 | Q4 2024 | Q3 2024 | Q2 2024 | Q1 2024 | Q4 2023 | Q3 2023 | Q2 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 672.52M | 688.14M | 676.83M | 700.11M | 668.24M | 646.96M | 671.48M | 689.93M | 654.67M | 618.00M | 624.47M | 633.86M |
| Net Income | (289.83M) | (177.18M) | 4.55M | 38.59M | 21.16M | (133.58M) | 13.96M | 28.54M | (1.75M) | 14.83M | 16.04M | 35.85M |
| EPS | -2.45 | -1.50 | 0.04 | 0.33 | 0.18 | -1.17 | 0.12 | 0.25 | -0.02 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.38 |
| Free Cash Flow | 1.07M | (28.09M) | 62.60M | 671,000 | 75.08M | (78.56M) | 45.02M | (22.91M) | 40.01M | (43.49M) | 38.39M | 0 |
| FCF / Share | 0.01 | -0.24 | 0.53 | 0.01 | 0.64 | -0.69 | 0.38 | -0.20 | 0.35 | -0.38 | 0.34 | N/A |
| Operating CF | 31.06M | 4.25M | 100.79M | 35.05M | 98.44M | (40.85M) | 86.68M | 5.93M | 64.12M | (4.22M) | 70.62M | 0 |
| Total Assets | 3.44B | 3.75B | 3.88B | 3.79B | 3.72B | 3.65B | 3.72B | 3.67B | 3.67B | 3.65B | N/A | N/A |
| Total Debt | 1.61B | 2.53B | 2.52B | 2.47B | 2.40B | 2.39B | 2.97B | 2.99B | 2.99B | 2.69B | N/A | N/A |
| Cash & Equiv | 132.87M | 133.21M | 174.73M | 119.03M | 131.29M | 62.34M | 137.24M | 95.71M | 95.71M | 156.15M | N/A | N/A |
| Book Value | 471.09M | 755.26M | 931.21M | 924.28M | 884.88M | 864.51M | 235.57M | 237.35M | 237.35M | 506.88M | N/A | N/A |
| Return on Equity | -0.62 | -0.23 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.02 | -0.15 | 0.06 | 0.12 | -0.01 | 0.03 | N/A | N/A |