KinderCare Learning Companies Inc (NYSE:KLC) currently has a daily average trading volume of 860.45K but it saw 1974074 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 2.22B USD, the company’s current market price of $19.37 came falling about -15.04 while comparing to the previous closing price of $22.80. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $29.89 and as low as $22.25. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $19.02 while lowest mark touched by it was $22.67.
Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of KinderCare Learning Companies Inc (KLC) gives us an average price of $26.45, while its current price level is -35.20% below from 52-week high level whereas it is -12.94% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 7.27% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 5.33%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 21.89 which implies that the stock is in oversold territory.
The company’s shares got several price updates from the analyst firms in past one month and most recent of them is from the UBS which initiated the stock as “Buy” in its note to investors issued on November 04, 2024, recommending a price target of $36 for it. Morgan Stanley also issued its recommendations for the stock as it initiated the price target for the stock is $31.
Over the week, KLC’s stock price is moving -21.04% down while it is -33.30% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -25.87% down and over the past year.
The company is expected to be releasing its next quarterly report in December, for which analysts forecasted an EPS of 0.05 while estimate for next year EPS is 0.32. In next quarter, company is expected to be making quarterly sales of $690.57M as analysts are expecting the sales for current fiscal year at $2.66B and seeing the company making $2.85B in sales next year. Moreover, analysts are in estimates of $645M for current-quarter revenue.
Currently, KinderCare Learning Companies Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 114.37M with 4.53% of that held by the insiders while 69.02% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 1.82% and return on equity (ROE) at 22.43%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 39.86. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 9.70 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 0.84. Its return on asset (ROA) is 2.50% on average.
