KinderCare Learning Companies vs Stride
KLC and LRN side by side. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How KLC and LRN compare
Stride is the larger company, worth 20 times as much as KinderCare Learning Companies ($3.2B against $162M).
Stride grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (2.5% versus 1.2% for KinderCare Learning Companies).
Stride keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 13.2% compared with −20.6% at KinderCare Learning Companies.
Stride scores higher on the StockData Score (20 against 3 for KinderCare Learning Companies), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | KLC | LRN |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $162M | $3.2B |
| Share price | $1.37 | $75.82 |
| Change, 1 year | −72.6% | 15.6% |
| Change, 5 years | – | 104% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.14 | 0.37 |
| Employees | 44K | 9,200 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 3 | 20 (better) |
| Valuation score | 3 | 6 (better) |
| Growth score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Performance score | 0 | 6 (better) |
| Health score | 0 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 10.5× |
| P/S | 0.1× (better) | 1.3× |
| P/B | 0.4× (better) | 1.9× |
| EV/EBITDA | – | 4.7× |
| P/FCF | – | 6.3× |
| PEG | – | 0.31 |
| FCF yield | −4.9% | 15.8% (better) |
| Fair value | $11.44 | $116.44 |
| Margin of safety | 88.0% (better) | 34.9% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 1.2% | 2.5% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | – | 10.4% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | 5.8% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | 12.1% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 33.1% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 18.5% | 37.4% (better) |
| Operating margin | −18.7% | 18.4% (better) |
| Net margin | −20.6% | 13.2% (better) |
| FCF margin | −0.29% | 19.9% (better) |
| Return on equity | −85.2% | 20.9% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | −28.2% | 28.0% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 2.40 | 0.25 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | – | −0.62 |
| Interest coverage | −6.8× | – |
| Current ratio | 0.77 | 2.56 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 0.10 | 5.03 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 7 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 91.8% | 112% |
| Held by insiders | 5.5% | 8.8% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | $1.1M | $39.6M (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 3.2% | 18.0% |
Go deeper
- KLC stock overview
- KLC income statement
- KLC valuation and score
- LRN stock overview
- LRN income statement
- LRN valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.