KinderCare Learning Companies (KLC) Competitors

KinderCare Learning Companies (NYSE:KLC) and Bright Horizons Family Solutions (NYSE:BFAM) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and valuation.

Does the media refer more to KLC or BFAM?

In the previous week, Bright Horizons Family Solutions had 3 more articles in the media than KinderCare Learning Companies. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Bright Horizons Family Solutions and 0 mentions for KinderCare Learning Companies. Bright Horizons Family Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat KinderCare Learning Companies' score of 0.00 indicating that Bright Horizons Family Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
KinderCare Learning Companies	Neutral
Bright Horizons Family Solutions	Very Positive

Do analysts recommend KLC or BFAM?

KinderCare Learning Companies presently has a consensus price target of $25.50, suggesting a potential upside of 163.70%. Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a consensus price target of $138.33, suggesting a potential upside of 13.98%. Given KinderCare Learning Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe KinderCare Learning Companies is more favorable than Bright Horizons Family Solutions.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
KinderCare Learning Companies	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Bright Horizons Family Solutions	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.70

Which has better valuation & earnings, KLC or BFAM?

Bright Horizons Family Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than KinderCare Learning Companies.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
KinderCare Learning Companies	$2.66B	0.43	-$92.84M	N/A	N/A
Bright Horizons Family Solutions	$2.69B	2.59	$140.19M	$2.77	43.81

Is KLC or BFAM more profitable?

Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a net margin of 5.91% compared to KinderCare Learning Companies' net margin of 0.00%. Bright Horizons Family Solutions' return on equity of 14.62% beat KinderCare Learning Companies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
KinderCare Learning Companies	N/A	N/A	N/A
Bright Horizons Family Solutions	5.91%	14.62%	5.01%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer KLC or BFAM?

Bright Horizons Family Solutions received 396 more outperform votes than KinderCare Learning Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 81.48% of users gave KinderCare Learning Companies an outperform vote while only 57.10% of users gave Bright Horizons Family Solutions an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
KinderCare Learning Companies	Outperform Votes 22 81.48%	Underperform Votes 5 18.52%
Bright Horizons Family Solutions	Outperform Votes 418 57.10%	Underperform Votes 314 42.90%

Summary

Bright Horizons Family Solutions beats KinderCare Learning Companies on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.