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

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KLC vs. BFAM, SKX, EDU, SIRI, BILI, CHDN, TAL, LNW, PLNT, and WH

Should you be buying KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (KC Holdco) stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (KC Holdco) include Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM), Skechers U.S.A. (SKX), New Oriental Education & Technology Group (EDU), Sirius XM (SIRI), Bilibili (BILI), Churchill Downs (CHDN), TAL Education Group (TAL), Light & Wonder (LNW), Planet Fitness (PLNT), and Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH).

KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (KC Holdco) vs.

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

In the previous week, Bright Horizons Family Solutions had 14 more articles in the media than KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (KC Holdco). MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Bright Horizons Family Solutions and 0 mentions for KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (KC Holdco). Bright Horizons Family Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.29 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.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a net margin of 5.22% compared to KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (KC Holdco)'s net margin of 0.00%. Bright Horizons Family Solutions' return on equity of 13.63% beat KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (KC Holdco)'s return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Bright Horizons Family Solutions5.22% 13.63% 4.62%
KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (KC Holdco) N/A N/A N/A

Bright Horizons Family Solutions currently has a consensus target price of $137.67, suggesting a potential upside of 9.81%. KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (KC Holdco) has a consensus target price of $31.75, suggesting a potential upside of 59.46%. 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)
2 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.70
KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (KC Holdco)
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Bright Horizons Family Solutions received 407 more outperform votes than KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (KC Holdco) when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.33% of users gave KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (KC Holdco) an outperform vote while only 57.18% of users gave Bright Horizons Family Solutions an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Bright Horizons Family SolutionsOutperform Votes
418
57.18%
Underperform Votes
313
42.82%
KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (KC Holdco)Outperform Votes
11
73.33%
Underperform Votes
4
26.67%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Bright Horizons Family Solutions$2.69B2.72$140.19M$2.4052.24
KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (KC Holdco)N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Summary

Bright Horizons Family Solutions beats KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (KC Holdco) on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

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KLC vs. The Competition

MetricKinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (KC Holdco)Child day care services IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.46B$7.29B$8.36B$20.03B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A2.80%3.63%
P/E RatioN/A52.2414.6534.94
Price / SalesN/A2.713.9416.01
Price / CashN/A28.6030.8420.26
Price / BookN/A5.984.614.79
Net IncomeN/A$140.19M$259.02M$1.02B

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

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KLC
KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (KC Holdco)
N/A$19.91
+6.8%
$31.75
+59.5%
N/A$2.46BN/A0.0043,560
BFAM
Bright Horizons Family Solutions
4.7194 of 5 stars
$128.51
+8.0%
$135.33
+5.3%
+17.0%$7.48B$2.42B64.5831,400Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
SKX
Skechers U.S.A.
4.955 of 5 stars
$63.99
-0.5%
$81.25
+27.0%
+4.6%$9.66B$8.97B15.4217,900
EDU
New Oriental Education & Technology Group
1.6033 of 5 stars
$55.27
+3.4%
$61.20
+10.7%
-43.0%$9.38B$4.31B23.5275,005Gap Up
SIRI
Sirius XM
4.3132 of 5 stars
$27.11
+2.5%
$26.96
-0.5%
-48.0%$9.18B$8.70B-4.235,515
BILI
Bilibili
1.9882 of 5 stars
$21.99
+10.9%
$19.69
-10.5%
+127.7%$9.11B$3.19B-23.908,801Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
CHDN
Churchill Downs
4.8261 of 5 stars
$122.11
-0.8%
$160.50
+31.4%
-4.9%$8.98B$2.46B22.247,970Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
TAL
TAL Education Group
1.478 of 5 stars
$14.52
-1.9%
$15.53
+7.0%
+1.5%$8.78B$1.49B76.4015,000Stock Split
Gap Down
LNW
Light & Wonder
2.9341 of 5 stars
$97.02
-0.8%
$108.50
+11.8%
+8.7%$8.57B$3.16B30.136,500Upcoming Earnings
PLNT
Planet Fitness
4.134 of 5 stars
$101.07
-2.7%
$97.69
-3.3%
+51.9%$8.55B$1.07B54.343,411Positive News
WH
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
4.0628 of 5 stars
$109.47
+2.0%
$110.30
+0.8%
+37.0%$8.52B$1.40B34.752,300Gap Up

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This page (NYSE:KLC) was last updated on 2/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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