KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (KLC)

KLC Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 7 analysts that cover KLC stock have a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $5.00, which forecasts a 156.41% increase in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $1.50 and the highest is $10.

Price Target: $5.00 (+156.41%)

Analyst Consensus: Hold

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$1.50	$5.00	$6.00	$10
Change	-23.08%	+156.41%	+207.69%	+412.82%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for KLC stock is "Hold". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to perform similarly to the overall market.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Oct '25	Nov '25	Dec '25	Jan '26	Feb '26	Mar '26
Strong Buy	1	0	0	0	0	0
Buy	3	2	2	2	2	1
Hold	4	5	5	5	5	5
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	1
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	8	7	7	7	7	7

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Joshua Chan UBS	UBS	Hold Maintains $4.5 → $3	Hold	Maintains	$4.5 → $3	+53.85%	Mar 13, 2026
Toni Kaplan Morgan Stanley	Morgan Stanley	Hold → Sell Downgrades $6 → $2.5	Hold → Sell	Downgrades	$6 → $2.5	+28.21%	Mar 13, 2026
Jeffrey Meuler Baird	Baird	Buy → Hold Downgrades $8 → $1.5	Buy → Hold	Downgrades	$8 → $1.5	-23.08%	Mar 13, 2026
Manav Patnaik Barclays	Barclays	Hold Maintains $9 → $6	Hold	Maintains	$9 → $6	+207.69%	Nov 13, 2025
Jeffrey Silber BMO Capital	BMO Capital	Buy Maintains $10 → $6	Buy	Maintains	$10 → $6	+207.69%	Nov 13, 2025

More Analyst Ratings

Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

2.78B

Increased by 1.52%

from 2.73B

Revenue Next Year

2.88B

Increased by 3.89%

from 2.78B

EPS This Year

0.64

from -0.95

EPS Next Year

0.72

Increased by 13.24%

from 0.64

Fiscal Year	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Jan 1, 2022	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 30, 2023	Dec 28, 2024	Jan 3, 2026	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	1.81B	2.17B	2.51B	2.66B	2.73B	2.78B	2.88B
Revenue Growth	32.29%	19.80%	15.90%	6.09%	2.64%	1.52%	3.89%
EPS	0.12	2.35	1.13	-0.96	-0.95	0.64	0.72
EPS Growth	-	1,911.10%	-51.85%	-	-	-	13.24%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	3.05	2.70
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	9	9

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2026	2027
High	3.0B	3.1B
Avg	2.8B	2.9B
Low	2.6B	2.7B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2026	2027
High	8.5%	11.5%
Avg	1.5%	3.9%
Low	-4.5%	-1.9%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2026	2027
High	0.81	0.95
Avg	0.64	0.72
Low	0.39	0.47

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2026	2027
High	-	47.9%
Avg	-	13.2%
Low	-	-26.4%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.