KLC Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (Kindercare Learning Companies | NYSE:KLC)

KinderCare Learning Companies Inc is a private provider of early childhood education and care services (ECE) in the United States. It serves children ranging from 6 weeks to 12 years of age across its market footprint of around 1,480 early childhood education centers with a capacity of more than 194,000 children and contracts for more than 650 before- and after-school sites located in 40 states and the District of Columbia. Its segment derives revenue from providing early childhood education and care services at centers and before- and after-school sites.

Kindercare Learning Companies trades on the NYSE stock market under the symbol KLC.

As of January 16, 2026, KLC stock price climbed to $4.40 with 309,816 million shares trading.

KLC has a beta of 1.01, meaning it tends to be more sensitive to market movements. KLC has a correlation of 0.08 to the broad based SPY ETF.

KLC has a market cap of $520.60 million. This is considered a Small Cap stock.

Last quarter Kindercare Learning Companies reported $677 million in Revenue and $.13 earnings per share. This fell short of revenue expectation by $-5 million and exceeded earnings estimates by $.01.

The top ETF exchange traded funds that KLC belongs to (by Net Assets): VTI, IWM, FYX, VXF, VB.

KLC has underperformed the market in the last year with a return of -77.7%, while the SPY ETF gained +18.1%. In the last 3 month period, KLC fell short of the market, returning -24.4%, while SPY returned +4.5%. However, in the most recent 2 weeks KLC has outperformed the stock market by returning +1.9%, while SPY returned +1.6%.

KLC support price is $4.18 and resistance is $4.52 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that KLC shares will trade within this expected range on the day.