NYSE · KLC
Consumer Defensive · Education & Training Services
$1.81
Up+$0.17 (+9.39%)
Updated Oct 6, 2026, 7:06 PM
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Price performance · KLC
1M range · 20 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
Prices through Oct 5, 2026
KLC closed at $1.81 after 20 trading sessions, down 29.84% for the selected period.
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 2026 | $1.84 | $1.90 | $1.81 | $1.81 | 942K |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $1.86 | $1.905 | $1.81 | $1.86 | 585.01K |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $1.83 | $1.965 | $1.83 | $1.85 | 870.11K |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $1.97 | $1.97 | $1.84 | $1.86 | 1.21M |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $2.02 | $2.04 | $1.92 | $1.94 | 534.66K |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $2.13 | $2.1976 | $2.005 | $2.01 | 586.17K |
| Sep 25, 2026 | $2.18 | $2.19 | $2.11 | $2.12 | 600.28K |
| Sep 24, 2026 | $2.21 | $2.225 | $2.16 | $2.20 | 365.33K |
| Sep 23, 2026 | $2.26 | $2.295 | $2.155 | $2.20 | 960.09K |
| Sep 22, 2026 | $2.30 | $2.38 | $2.27 | $2.32 | 392.87K |
| Sep 21, 2026 | $2.24 | $2.30 | $2.18 | $2.29 | 508.44K |
| Sep 18, 2026 | $2.34 | $2.42 | $2.22 | $2.24 | 912.85K |
| Sep 17, 2026 | $2.38 | $2.42 | $2.335 | $2.36 | 499.22K |
| Sep 16, 2026 | $2.37 | $2.37 | $2.30 | $2.34 | 483.08K |
| Sep 15, 2026 | $2.41 | $2.41 | $2.295 | $2.32 | 473.27K |
| Sep 14, 2026 | $2.34 | $2.415 | $2.33 | $2.38 | 663.04K |
| Sep 11, 2026 | $2.57 | $2.58 | $2.37 | $2.37 | 819.83K |
| Sep 10, 2026 | $2.57 | $2.57 | $2.495 | $2.51 | 426.97K |
| Sep 9, 2026 | $2.54 | $2.59 | $2.50 | $2.54 | 561.58K |
| Sep 8, 2026 | $2.63 | $2.68 | $2.58 | $2.58 | 504.73K |
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KinderCare Learning Companies Inc is a private provider of early childhood education and care services (ECE) in the United States. It serves children ranging from 6 weeks to 12 years of age across its market footprint of around 1,480 early childhood education centers with a capacity of more than 194,000 children and contracts for more than 650 before- and after-school sites located in 40 states and the District of Columbia. Its segment derives revenue from providing early childhood education and care services at centers and before- and after-school sites.
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| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
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| Sep 23, 2026 | Morgan Stanley | Underweight | — |
| Aug 14, 2026 | UBS | Neutral | — |
| May 18, 2026 | BMO Capital | Outperform | — |
| May 18, 2026 | Barclays | Underweight | — |
| May 15, 2026 | UBS | Neutral | — |
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Yahoo · Sep 28, 2026
LAKE OSWEGO, Ore., September 28, 2026--KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (NYSE: KLC) ("KinderCare"), a leading provider of high-quality early childhood education and care, today celebrates 25 outstanding teachers from across the country with an Educational Excellence Award.
Benzinga · Sep 23, 2026
Morgan Stanley analyst Toni Kaplan maintains KinderCare Learning (NYSE:KLC) with a Underweight and lowers the price target from $2.5 to $2.
Yahoo · Aug 31, 2026
Private equity’s growing scrutiny in the U.S. child care industry is "long overdue," according to Bear Cave founder Edwin Dorsey, who says lawmakers should broaden their focus to include safety concerns at private equity-backed daycare centers. "I think this scrutiny...
Yahoo · Aug 29, 2026
A new study offers a more nuanced picture of private equity’s role in U.S. child care, finding that PE-backed providers account for about 10% of the child-care workforce and are heavily concentrated in a small share of U.S. counties. The...
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