KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (KLC)

KLC Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

According to 8 analysts polled by S&P Global, KLC stock has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $4.24. The average 1-year stock price forecast is 9.00% higher than the current stock price, while the lowest is $2.50 (-35.73%) and the highest is $6.00 (+54.24%).

Price Target: $4.24 (+9.00%)

Analyst Consensus: Hold

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$2.50	$4.24	$4.20	$6.00
Change	-35.73%	+9.00%	+7.97%	+54.24%

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	Dec '25	Jan '26	Feb '26	Mar '26	Apr '26	May '26
Strong Buy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Buy	2	2	2	1	1	1
Hold	5	5	5	4	4	4
Sell	0	0	0	2	2	2
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	7	7	7	7	7	7

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Jeffrey Silber BMO Capital	BMO Capital	Buy Maintains $4 → $6	Buy	Maintains	$4 → $6	+54.24%	May 18, 2026
Manav Patnaik Barclays	Barclays	Sell Maintains $2 → $3	Sell	Maintains	$2 → $3	-22.88%	May 18, 2026
Joshua Chan UBS	UBS	Hold Maintains $3 → $5	Hold	Maintains	$3 → $5	+28.53%	May 15, 2026
Jeffrey Meuler Baird	Baird	Hold Maintains $1.5 → $4	Hold	Maintains	$1.5 → $4	+2.83%	May 15, 2026
George Tong Goldman Sachs	Goldman Sachs	Hold Maintains $5.2 → $2.9	Hold	Maintains	$5.2 → $2.9	-25.45%	Mar 16, 2026

More Analyst Ratings

Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

2.74B

Increased by 0.17%

from 2.73B

Revenue Next Year

2.82B

Increased by 2.85%

from 2.74B

EPS This Year

0.17

from -0.95

EPS Next Year

0.36

Increased by 117.38%

from 0.17

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	2.74B	2.82B
Revenue Growth	32.29%	19.80%	15.90%	6.09%	2.64%	0.17%	2.85%
EPS	0.12	2.35	1.13	-0.96	-0.95	0.17	0.36
EPS Growth	-	1,911.10%	-51.85%	-	-	-	117.38%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	23.44	10.78
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	9	9

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

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2026	2027	2028
High	2.9B	3.0B
Avg	2.7B	2.8B
Low	2.6B	2.7B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2026	2027	2028
High	5.5%	8.0%
Avg	0.2%	2.8%
Low	-3.5%	-2.0%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2026	2027	2028
High	0.26	0.66
Avg	0.17	0.36
Low	0.10	0.25

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2026	2027	2028
High	-	298.7%
Avg	-	117.4%
Low	-	53.6%

Sources: Price targets and consensus ratings provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. Historical ratings and analyst data provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data sources.