For the twelve months ended Jul 4, 2026, KinderCare Learning Companies Inc. reported $2.74B of revenue and -$471.23M of net income.
KLC revenue was $697.52M in fiscal Q2 2026 (ended Jul 4, 2026), down 0.4% from a year earlier and up 3.7% from the prior quarter. For the full fiscal 2025 it was $2.73B, up 2.6% from fiscal 2024. It rose in each of the last 3 fiscal years.
KLC net income was -$8.77M in fiscal Q2 2026 (ended Jul 4, 2026), compared with $38.59M a year earlier. For the full fiscal 2025 it was -$112.88M, compared with -$92.84M in fiscal 2024.
KLC diluted EPS was -$0.07 in fiscal Q2 2026 (ended Jul 4, 2026), compared with $0.33 a year earlier. For the full fiscal 2025 it was -$0.95, compared with -$0.96 in fiscal 2024.
KLC free cash flow was $45.41M in fiscal Q2 2026 (ended Jul 4, 2026), up about 68-fold from a year earlier and up about 42-fold from the prior quarter. For the full fiscal 2025 it was $110.26M, compared with -$16.43M in fiscal 2024.
| Line item | Jan 3, 2026 | Dec 28, 2024 | Dec 30, 2023 | Dec 31, 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.73B | $2.66B | $2.51B | $2.17B |
| Selling, general and admin | $297.23M | $423.06M | $287.97M | $247.78M |
| Operating income | -$20.06M | $79.32M | $275.29M | $389.47M |
| Interest expense | $83.97M | $170.54M | $152.89M | $101.47M |
| Pre-tax income | -$93.34M | -$78.23M | $129.93M | $287.75M |
| Income tax | $19.54M | $14.61M | $27.37M | $68.58M |
| Net income | -$112.88M | -$92.84M | $102.56M | $219.17M |
| EPS, basic | -$0.95 | -$0.96 | $1.13 | $2.35 |
| EPS, diluted | -$0.95 | -$0.96 | $1.13 | $2.35 |
| Diluted shares | 118.3M | 96.3M | 90.4M | 93.5M |
| Line item | Jan 3, 2026 | Dec 28, 2024 | Dec 30, 2023 | Dec 31, 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and equivalents | $133.21M | $62.43M | $156.15M | $105.47M |
| Receivables | $118.52M | $104.33M | $88.09M | - |
| Current assets | $358.02M | $214.77M | $283.43M | - |
| Goodwill | $964.83M | $1.12B | $1.11B | $1.10B |
| Total assets | $3.75B | $3.65B | $3.65B | - |
| Current liabilities | $484.87M | $412.76M | $426.55M | - |
| Short-term debt | $9.62M | $7.25M | $13.25M | - |
| Long-term debt | $917.92M | $918.72M | $1.24B | - |
| Total debt | $927.54M | $925.97M | $1.25B | - |
| Total liabilities | $2.99B | $2.78B | $3.15B | - |
| Shareholders' equity | $755.26M | $864.51M | $506.88M | $407.69M |
| Line item | Jan 3, 2026 | Dec 28, 2024 | Dec 30, 2023 | Dec 31, 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $238.53M | $115.89M | $303.54M | $341.61M |
| Capital expenditures | $128.27M | $132.32M | $129.04M | $139.43M |
| Free cash flow | $110.26M | -$16.43M | $174.50M | $202.18M |
| Investing cash flow | -$154.42M | -$147.24M | -$117.66M | -$299.73M |
| Financing cash flow | -$13.25M | -$62.63M | -$134.94M | -$117.66M |
| Share repurchases | - | - | - | $72.67M |
| Stock-based compensation | $11.85M | $144.08M | $12.56M | $9.87M |
| Depreciation and amortization | $123.97M | $117.61M | $109.05M | $88.51M |
| Line item | Jan 3, 2026 | Dec 28, 2024 | Dec 30, 2023 | Dec 31, 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, YoY | 2.6% | 6.1% | 15.9% | - |
| Net income growth, YoY | - | - | -53.2% | - |
| EPS growth, YoY | - | - | -51.9% | - |
| Operating margin | -0.7% | 3.0% | 11.0% | 18.0% |
| Net margin | -4.1% | -3.5% | 4.1% | 10.1% |
| Free cash flow margin | 4.0% | -0.6% | 7.0% | 9.3% |
| Return on equity | -14.9% | -10.7% | 20.2% | 53.8% |
| Return on assets | -3.0% | -2.5% | 2.8% | - |
| Current ratio | 0.74 | 0.52 | 0.66 | - |
| Debt to equity | 1.23 | 1.07 | 2.47 | - |
| Line item | Jul 4, 2026 | Apr 4, 2026 | Jan 3, 2026 | Sep 27, 2025 | Jun 28, 2025 | Mar 29, 2025 | Dec 28, 2024 | Sep 28, 2024 | Jun 29, 2024 | Mar 30, 2024 | Dec 30, 2023 | Sep 30, 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $697.52M | $672.52M | $688.14M | $676.83M | $700.11M | $668.24M | $646.96M | $671.48M | $689.93M | $654.67M | $618.00M | $624.47M |
| Selling, general and admin | $73.07M | $71.13M | $73.81M | $73.04M | $78.65M | $71.73M | $188.91M | $65.11M | $78.58M | $90.45M | $67.37M | $68.48M |
| Operating income | $2.40M | -$272.08M | -$163.90M | $26.32M | $68.68M | $48.84M | -$89.26M | $54.38M | $80.59M | $33.62M | $48.66M | $58.72M |
| Interest expense | $18.25M | $18.22M | $19.70M | $24.09M | $20.07M | $20.11M | $50.73M | $39.46M | $43.93M | $36.42M | $38.53M | $38.45M |
| Pre-tax income | -$10.54M | -$290.37M | -$181.62M | $6.21M | $53.08M | $29.00M | -$137.85M | $18.11M | $38.91M | $2.59M | $11.82M | $21.14M |
| Income tax | -$1.77M | -$535.0K | -$4.44M | $1.66M | $14.49M | $7.84M | -$4.26M | $4.15M | $10.38M | $4.34M | -$3.01M | $5.10M |
| Net income | -$8.77M | -$289.83M | -$177.18M | $4.55M | $38.59M | $21.16M | -$133.58M | $13.96M | $28.54M | -$1.75M | $14.83M | $16.04M |
| EPS, basic | -$0.07 | -$2.45 | -$1.50 | $0.04 | $0.33 | $0.18 | -$1.17 | $0.15 | $0.32 | -$0.02 | $0.16 | $0.18 |
| EPS, diluted | -$0.07 | -$2.45 | -$1.50 | $0.04 | $0.33 | $0.18 | -$1.17 | $0.15 | $0.32 | -$0.02 | $0.16 | $0.18 |
| Diluted shares | 118.8M | 118.5M | - | 118.4M | 118.4M | 118.3M | - | 90.4M | 90.4M | 90.4M | - | 90.4M |
| Line item | Jul 4, 2026 | Apr 4, 2026 | Jan 3, 2026 | Sep 27, 2025 | Jun 28, 2025 | Mar 29, 2025 | Dec 28, 2024 | Sep 28, 2024 | Jun 29, 2024 | Mar 30, 2024 | Dec 30, 2023 | Sep 30, 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and equivalents | $173.71M | $132.87M | $133.21M | $174.73M | $119.03M | $131.29M | $62.43M | $137.24M | $95.71M | $128.74M | $156.15M | $188.64M |
| Receivables | $114.31M | $106.78M | $118.52M | $103.30M | $112.73M | $95.88M | $104.33M | $100.92M | - | - | $88.09M | - |
| Current assets | $342.06M | $343.99M | $358.02M | $334.06M | $276.38M | $284.68M | $214.77M | $302.82M | - | - | $283.43M | - |
| Goodwill | $692.40M | $691.90M | $964.83M | $1.14B | $1.13B | $1.13B | $1.12B | $1.12B | - | - | $1.11B | - |
| Total assets | $3.40B | $3.44B | $3.75B | $3.88B | $3.79B | $3.72B | $3.65B | $3.72B | - | - | $3.65B | - |
| Current liabilities | $459.12M | $468.02M | $484.87M | $469.51M | $420.23M | $470.43M | $412.76M | $504.53M | - | - | $426.55M | - |
| Short-term debt | $9.62M | $9.62M | $9.62M | $9.62M | $9.67M | $9.67M | $7.25M | $15.83M | - | - | $13.25M | - |
| Long-term debt | $916.10M | $916.99M | $917.92M | $921.27M | $916.80M | $917.69M | $918.72M | $1.50B | - | - | $1.24B | - |
| Total debt | $925.72M | $926.61M | $927.54M | $930.89M | $926.47M | $927.36M | $925.97M | $1.51B | - | - | $1.25B | - |
| Total liabilities | $2.94B | $2.97B | $2.99B | $2.95B | $2.87B | $2.83B | $2.78B | $3.49B | - | - | $3.15B | - |
| Shareholders' equity | $466.19M | $471.09M | $755.26M | $931.21M | $924.28M | $884.88M | $864.51M | $235.57M | $237.35M | $204.03M | $506.88M | $491.92M |
| Line item | Jul 4, 2026 | Apr 4, 2026 | Jan 3, 2026 | Sep 27, 2025 | Jun 28, 2025 | Mar 29, 2025 | Dec 28, 2024 | Sep 28, 2024 | Jun 29, 2024 | Mar 30, 2024 | Dec 30, 2023 | Sep 30, 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $73.42M | $31.06M | $4.25M | $100.79M | $35.05M | $98.44M | -$40.85M | $86.68M | $5.93M | $64.12M | -$4.22M | - |
| Capital expenditures | $28.02M | $29.99M | $32.35M | $38.19M | $34.38M | $23.36M | $37.71M | $41.66M | $28.85M | $24.11M | $39.27M | - |
| Free cash flow | $45.41M | $1.07M | -$28.09M | $62.60M | $671.0K | $75.08M | -$78.56M | $45.02M | -$22.91M | $40.01M | -$43.49M | - |
| Investing cash flow | -$29.82M | -$28.65M | -$39.99M | -$42.23M | -$43.80M | -$28.39M | -$38.54M | -$42.90M | -$34.41M | -$31.39M | -$21.12M | - |
| Financing cash flow | -$2.78M | -$2.83M | -$5.79M | -$2.86M | -$3.50M | -$1.10M | $4.48M | -$2.25M | -$4.55M | -$60.31M | -$7.15M | - |
| Stock-based compensation | $1.66M | $2.51M | $1.71M | $2.83M | $3.46M | $3.85M | $121.77M | $3.22M | $2.18M | $16.92M | -$1.32M | - |
| Depreciation and amortization | $31.70M | $31.08M | $31.90M | $31.02M | $31.07M | $29.98M | $30.21M | $29.64M | $29.21M | $28.54M | $28.46M | - |
| Line item | Jul 4, 2026 | Apr 4, 2026 | Jan 3, 2026 | Sep 27, 2025 | Jun 28, 2025 | Mar 29, 2025 | Dec 28, 2024 | Sep 28, 2024 | Jun 29, 2024 | Mar 30, 2024 | Dec 30, 2023 | Sep 30, 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, YoY | -0.4% | 0.6% | 6.4% | 0.8% | 1.5% | 2.1% | 4.7% | 7.5% | 5.3% | 6.9% | - | - |
| Net income growth, YoY | - | - | - | -67.4% | 35.2% | - | - | -13.0% | -33.9% | - | - | - |
| EPS growth, YoY | - | - | - | -73.3% | 3.1% | - | - | -16.7% | -33.3% | - | - | - |
| Operating margin | 0.3% | -40.5% | -23.8% | 3.9% | 9.8% | 7.3% | -13.8% | 8.1% | 11.7% | 5.1% | 7.9% | 9.4% |
| Net margin | -1.3% | -43.1% | -25.7% | 0.7% | 5.5% | 3.2% | -20.6% | 2.1% | 4.1% | -0.3% | 2.4% | 2.6% |
| Free cash flow margin | 6.5% | 0.2% | -4.1% | 9.2% | 0.1% | 11.2% | -12.1% | 6.7% | -3.3% | 6.1% | -7.0% | - |
| Current ratio | 0.75 | 0.73 | 0.74 | 0.71 | 0.66 | 0.61 | 0.52 | 0.60 | - | - | 0.66 | - |
| Debt to equity | 1.99 | 1.97 | 1.23 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.05 | 1.07 | 6.42 | - | - | 2.47 | - |
Source: XBRL data KinderCare Learning Companies Inc. files with the SEC, latest filing dated Aug 13, 2026 (see filings on SEC EDGAR). Provided for information only, not investment advice. Check the filing before relying on a number.
* Worked out from the filings rather than stated in them: Q4 is the full year less the first nine months.
Per-share figures are as filed. The filings show no stock split in these periods.
EPS growth is left out where the share count moved enough to suggest a split the filings do not show. Growth rates need a positive starting figure. CAGR is compound annual growth between fiscal years. The CSV holds every period on file, in full figures, from the same SEC filings.
| Company | Revenue | Growth | Net income | Net margin | Market cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KLC | $2.74B | +1.8% | -$471.23M | -17.2% | $249.2M |
| SE | $22.94B | +36.4% | $1.58B | 6.9% | $46.38B |
| IT | $6.44B | -0.2% | $954.41M | 14.8% | $11.99B |
| RTO | $6.91B | +4.4% | $470.00M | 6.8% | $11.91B |
| SCI | $3.31B | +3.4% | $561.30M | 17.0% | $10.02B |
| EDU | $5.66B | +15.5% | $475.17M | 8.4% | $8.53B |
| HRB | $3.95B | +4.9% | $733.60M | 18.6% | $6.46B |
| TAL | $3.01B | +33.7% | $530.75M | 17.6% | $5.63B |
| GHC | $5.12B | +4.3% | $496.96M | 9.7% | $5.05B |