What is KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (KLC)'s fair-value range?

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How is KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (KLC)'s fair value calculated?

KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (KLC)'s fair value is computed with several independent methods — a discounted cash flow (DCF) model, the Graham number, earnings power value (EPV), and valuation multiples such as PE and EV/EBITDA — using data from SEC filings. P/B is optional for non-financial companies and included in the preset range for financial sectors.

What is KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (KLC)'s PE ratio versus its industry?

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Fair value · KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (KLC) · updated 2026-10-23 · from 10-K FY2026

KinderCare Learning Companies trades at $1.71. That price implies 22.6× EV/EBITDA and a 3.1% free-cash-flow yield.

Cboe · delayed 15 min · as of 12:13 ET

Are those assumptions reasonable? Use KLC’s filed growth history and the AI chat to decide, then set your own inputs below — the range you build is yours.

What the price implies

EV/EBITDA: 22.6×
FCF yield: 3.1%

Prices and market caps: Cboe delayed data, at least 15 minutes delayed. Not real-time. Fundamentals from company filings. This price: Cboe · delayed 15 min · as of 12:13 ET.

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The filing behind these numbers

KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc.

Revenue: $2.7B
Diluted EPS: $-0.95
Free cash flow: $110.3M; operating cash flow − capital expenditure
Diluted shares: 118.3M; weighted average

10-K FY2026 · fiscal year ended 2026-01-03 · filed 2026-03-13 · accession 0001193125-26-106342

Trailing-twelve-month EPS also uses the quarterly 10-Qs through Q2 FY2027 (filed 2026-08-13).

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Fair Value Summary

Daily Price — KLC

$1.76 -69.9% (1Y)

Range implied by today’s price3 of 7 methods

$1.71 – $1.71

Price $1.71

Bear $1.71Base $1.71Bull $1.71

Range with preset inputs

No preset range for this company yet.

Every method that could be solved backwards opens on the assumption today’s price makes, so the top range sits on the price — that is arithmetic, not a view. Change any input and it becomes yours.

We don’t tell you what KLC is worth. Every tab OPENS on what today’s price implies for that method’s key assumption; you decide whether that assumption is reasonable — the growth matrix has KLC’s filed history and the AI chat will reason it through with you — and the range you build is yours. Our presets are filed history and reference settings, never a recommendation.

Discounted cash flow

$1.71per share

0% above the $1.71 price

Your stage-1 FCF growth (14.7%) matches the 14.7% the price implies — your value lands on today’s price.

Your inputs — two-stage free-cash-flow model

Implied by today’s price

At $1.71 the market implies a stage-1 FCF growth of 14.7%. (two-stage FCF model solved for stage-1 growth at 9.68% WACC)

Implied discount rate (holding growth): 9.7% · the WACC that makes the same model print the price

This tab opens on that number, so the value above is today’s price restated. Move the slider to what you find reasonable: the growth matrix shows what KLC has actually filed, and the AI chat will reason it through with you.

Your inputs

Free cash flow grows at your stage-1 rate, then your stage-2 rate, then a terminal rate; everything is discounted at your WACC.

Stage-1 growth14.7%preset 5.0%

Yearly free-cash-flow growth for the first stage. Starts below zero so a shrinking-cash-flow case — and the rate today’s price implies — can be set.

-20.0%106.0%

Stage-1 years5 yrs

How long stage-1 growth lasts.

1 yrs10 yrs

Stage-2 growth2.5%

Slower growth after stage 1, before the terminal phase.

-20.0%30.0%

Stage-2 years5 yrs

0 yrs10 yrs

Terminal growth2.5%

Growth forever after the two stages. Above ~3% is rarely justified.

0.0%5.0%

Discount rate (WACC)9.68%

The return you require. Default is the WACC EvidInvest computed for this company. Higher discount rate, lower value.

3.00%15.00%

Net debt ($M)Debt minus cash, from the balance sheet. Subtracted from enterprise value.

Starting FCF ($M)Latest free cash flow from the filing (operating cash flow minus capex).

Shares (M)Diluted shares, from the filing.

Year by year (two-stage model, $M)

PV explicit $1,194M · PV terminal $1,400M · EV $2,594M · equity $202M

Year	Stage	FCF	Present value
1	Stage 1	$126M	$115M
2	Stage 1	$145M	$120M
3	Stage 1	$166M	$126M
4	Stage 1	$190M	$132M
5	Stage 1	$218M	$138M
6	Stage 2	$224M	$129M
7	Stage 2	$229M	$120M
8	Stage 2	$235M	$112M
9	Stage 2	$241M	$105M
10	Stage 2	$247M	$98M

Inputs from the filing

Free cash flow: $81.0M; sum of the last four quarters
EBIT: $-20.1M; latest annual
Shares: 118.8M
Total debt: $2.5B
Cash: $133.2M
Net debt: $2.4B; debt − cash

10-K FY2026 · period ended 2026-01-03 · filed 2026-03-13 · accession 0001193125-26-106342 · sec.gov

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KinderCare Learning Companies trades at $1.71. That price implies 22.6× EV/EBITDA and a 3.1% free-cash-flow yield.

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