KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (KLC)

KLC Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 8 analysts that cover KLC stock have a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average price target of $15, which forecasts a 105.20% increase in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $9.00 and the highest is $31.

Price Target: $15 (+105.20%)

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$9.00	$15	$13	$31
Change	+23.12%	+105.20%	+77.84%	+324.08%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for KLC stock is "Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to outperform the market over the next twelve months.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Mar '25	Apr '25	May '25	Jun '25	Jul '25	Aug '25
Strong Buy	2	2	2	2	2	2
Buy	5	5	5	5	5	3
Hold	1	1	1	1	1	3
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	8	8	8	8	8	8

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Joshua Chan UBS	UBS	Strong Buy Maintains $20 → $11	Strong Buy	Maintains	$20 → $11	+50.48%	Aug 14, 2025
Toni Kaplan Morgan Stanley	Morgan Stanley	Buy Maintains $15 → $14	Buy	Maintains	$15 → $14	+91.52%	Aug 13, 2025
Andrew Steinerman JP Morgan	JP Morgan	Buy → Hold Downgrades $10	Buy → Hold	Downgrades	$10	+36.80%	Aug 13, 2025
George Tong Goldman Sachs	Goldman Sachs	Strong Buy Maintains $23 → $20	Strong Buy	Maintains	$23 → $20	+173.60%	Aug 13, 2025
Jeffrey Silber BMO Capital	BMO Capital	Buy Maintains $18 → $12	Buy	Maintains	$18 → $12	+64.16%	Aug 13, 2025

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

2.81B

Increased by 5.52%

from 2.66B

Revenue Next Year

2.92B

Increased by 3.95%

from 2.81B

EPS This Year

0.79

from -0.96

EPS Next Year

0.94

Increased by 18.80%

from 0.79

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Jan 2, 2021	Jan 1, 2022	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 30, 2023	Dec 28, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	1.37B	1.81B	2.17B	2.51B	2.66B	2.81B	2.92B	3.07B
Revenue Growth	-27.14%	32.29%	19.80%	15.90%	6.09%	5.52%	3.95%	5.17%
EPS	-0.18	0.12	2.35	1.13	-0.96	0.79	0.94	1.14
EPS Growth	-	-	1,911.10%	-51.85%	-	-	18.80%	20.56%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	9.21	7.76	6.43
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	7

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

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026	2027
High	3.0B	3.1B	3.4B
Avg	2.8B	2.9B	3.1B
Low	2.7B	2.8B	2.9B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	11.0%	11.5%	15.0%
Avg	5.5%	4.0%	5.2%
Low	1.2%	-2.0%	-0.8%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027
High	0.86	1.05	1.46
Avg	0.79	0.94	1.14
Low	0.74	0.84	0.92

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	-	32.3%	54.9%
Avg	-	18.8%	20.6%
Low	-	6.2%	-2.3%

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.