KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (KC Holdco) (KLC) Competitors

Bright Horizons Family Solutions (NYSE:BFAM) and KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (KC Holdco) (NYSE:KLC) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.

Is BFAM or KLC more profitable?

Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a net margin of 4.44% compared to KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (KC Holdco)'s net margin of 0.00%. Bright Horizons Family Solutions' return on equity of 13.23% beat KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (KC Holdco)'s return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bright Horizons Family Solutions	4.44%	13.23%	4.39%
KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (KC Holdco)	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts prefer BFAM or KLC?

Bright Horizons Family Solutions presently has a consensus price target of $141.13, indicating a potential upside of 35.71%. KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (KC Holdco) has a consensus price target of $34.00, indicating a potential upside of 45.36%. Given KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (KC Holdco)'s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (KC Holdco) is more favorable than Bright Horizons Family Solutions.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bright Horizons Family Solutions	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (KC Holdco)	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56

Which has better earnings and valuation, BFAM or KLC?

Bright Horizons Family Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (KC Holdco).

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bright Horizons Family Solutions	$2.42B	2.50	$74.22M	$1.99	52.26
KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (KC Holdco)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BFAM or KLC?

Bright Horizons Family Solutions received 407 more outperform votes than KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (KC Holdco) when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.54% of users gave Bright Horizons Family Solutions an outperform vote while only 55.56% of users gave KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (KC Holdco) an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bright Horizons Family Solutions	Outperform Votes 412 57.54%	Underperform Votes 304 42.46%
KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (KC Holdco)	Outperform Votes 5 55.56%	Underperform Votes 4 44.44%

Does the media refer more to BFAM or KLC?

In the previous week, Bright Horizons Family Solutions had 5 more articles in the media than KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (KC Holdco). MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Bright Horizons Family Solutions and 1 mentions for KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (KC Holdco). Bright Horizons Family Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (KC Holdco)'s score of 0.00 indicating that Bright Horizons Family Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Bright Horizons Family Solutions	Positive
KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (KC Holdco)	Neutral

Summary

Bright Horizons Family Solutions beats KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (KC Holdco) on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.