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KLC KinderCare Learning Companies (KLC) Insider Trading, Ownership & Congress Trades

Services · Services-child day care services · CIK 0001873529
SEC filings
Insider buyers, 180 days
0
House members buying, 1 year
0
STOCK Act, US House only, disclosed up to 45 days after the trade
Funds added, last quarter
69
13F, latest reported quarter

KinderCare Learning Companies insider trades (Form 4)

Form 4 buys and sells (codes P and S). Grants, option exercises and conversions excluded.

No insider purchases or sales are on record for KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. in the period covered. Source: SEC Form 4 filings, as of 2026-10-28.

Insider
Filed
Shares
Value
Since filing
BUY
2026-03-23 SECtraded 2026-03-19
25,000
$55.5K
-18.1%
Context
  • First Form 4 purchase or sale (code P or S) here by this insider on our record.
  • The trade is 53.3% of the 46,905 shares held after it.
  • 1 other insider bought within 30 days.
  • 69 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: Director Nuzzo Michael bought about $55.5K of KLC on Mar 19, 2026; 1 other insider bought within 30 days and 69 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
Chief Executive Officer
BUY
2026-03-18 SEC
275,000
$569.2K
-25.0%
Context
  • 1 earlier Form 4 trade (code P or S) here by this insider (1 buy), the last on Mar 17, 2026.
  • The trade is 26.5% of the 1,037,834 shares held after it.
  • 1 other insider bought within 30 days.
  • 69 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: Chief Executive Officer Wyatt John T. bought about $569.2K of KLC on Mar 18, 2026, the largest insider purchase at the company on our record; 1 other insider bought within 30 days and 69 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
Chief Executive Officer
BUY
2026-03-18 SECtraded 2026-03-17
219,118
$429.5K
-25.0%
Context
  • First Form 4 purchase or sale (code P or S) here by this insider on our record.
  • The trade is 28.7% of the 762,834 shares held after it.
  • 1 other insider bought within 30 days.
  • 69 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: Chief Executive Officer Wyatt John T. bought about $429.5K of KLC on Mar 17, 2026, the largest insider purchase at the company on our record; 1 other insider bought within 30 days and 69 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
3 transactions on record · a thin record, read with care
Since filing: total return from the first close after the filing to the latest close, dividend-adjusted. Not a forecast.
Context lines are counts over the filings above and returns from our own price history, never a price level. Not investment advice.
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Seven facts, ranked against the sector · Rank is not a forecast
Insiders
no insider buys or sells on file
Congress
no House purchase disclosed in the last 12 months
Funds
69 funds bought in last quarter
below 57% of Services
Revenue
+2.6% year over year
below 59% of Services
Margin
-4.1% net margin
below 66% of Services
Buybacks
no share repurchases reported
Short interest
10.9% of the float short (float per yahoo 2026-10-26) · 5.2 days to cover · settled 2026-09-30
more than 53% of Services
What changed in the last 30 days
Nothing new filed in the last 30 days

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The year, with the filings on it
Total return over 12 months. Each marker is a filing; hover or tap one for the detail.
-70.5%12M
-72%-48%-23%+2%2025-102025-122026-022026-042026-062026-08 2026-03-18 · Wyatt John T. bought $569.2K2026-03-17 · Wyatt John T. bought $429.5K2026-03-19 · Nuzzo Michael bought $55.5K
Insider buy
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Who owns KLC: institutional holders (13F)

13F holdings, latest reported quarter
$346.0M
$21.7M
2,214,886 sh
$9.4M

Congress trades in KLC

No Congress trades reported
No House member has disclosed a trade in this stock. See what Congress is buying.

Activist and 5% holders (13D/13G)

No 5%+ ownership filings
Nobody has filed for crossing 5%. That is a fact, not missing data.

KLC planned insider sales (Form 144)

No planned-sale notices
No insider has filed to sell. Watch this after a run-up.

KLC mutual fund holders (N-PORT)

Funds ranked by the share of their own portfolio in this stock (N-PORT).
Small Cap Value Fund
$13.2M position · as of 2026-06-30
0.4%
MML VIP American Century Small Company Value Fund
$252.3K position · as of 2026-06-30
0.4%
VY(R) AMERICAN CENTURY SMALL-MID CAP VALUE PORTFOLIO
$360.7K position · as of 2026-06-30
0.1%
SMALL CAP EQUITY FUND
$615.2K position · as of 2026-06-30
0.1%
Bridge Builder Small/Mid Cap Value Fund
$3.2M position · as of 2026-06-30
0.0%
Invesco RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid ETF
$540.4K position · as of 2026-07-31
0.0%
SEC N-PORT, monthly, about 60 days late · funds ≥ $10M · % is the share of the fund's own portfolio
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Why this name is on the desk
The complete filing record, in one place.
The record shows 69 funds added last quarter. Each figure is a federal filing, dated the day it went public.
Same sector, ranked by filing activity
Sector by SEC SIC code

KLC financials

Revenue growth
+2.6%
XBRL, annual
Net margin
-4.1%
Ratios from the company's XBRL filings, latest filings
Revenue, TTM
$2.7B
four quarters, 2025-06-29 to 2026-07-04
Net margin, TTM
-17.2%
net income over revenue, 2025-06-29 to 2026-07-04
Free cash flow, TTM
$81.0M
operating cash flow minus capex, 2025-06-29 to 2026-07-04
Debt to equity
1.99x
long-term 2026-07-04 plus current 2026-07-04; equity 2026-07-04
Cash flow to debt
0.23x
TTM operating cash flow over long-term 2026-07-04 plus current 2026-07-04
Return on equity
-67.8%
TTM net income over average of 2025-06-28 and 2026-07-04
Return on assets
-13.1%
TTM net income over average of 2025-06-28 and 2026-07-04
Return on invested capital
n/a
pre-tax loss, no effective tax rate to apply
Return on capital employed
-12.9%
operating income (EBIT proxy) over average of 2025-06-28 and 2026-07-04 minus current liabilities
P/E, trailing
n/a
trailing loss, a multiple of a loss is not meaningful
Enterprise value
$961.8M
market value at close 2026-10-23 on 2026-08-11 shares, plus long-term 2026-07-04 plus current 2026-07-04, minus cash 2026-07-04
FCF yield
+38.6%
TTM free cash flow over market value at close 2026-10-23
PEG, trailing
n/a
trailing loss, a multiple of a loss is not meaningful
Price as of 2026-10-23. Hover or tap a tile for its yearly and quarterly history.
Method
TTM is four consecutive fiscal quarters; Q4 is the year minus nine months when not filed. Returns use the average of opening and closing balances. EBIT is approximated by operating income. PEG uses trailing EPS growth.
Fundamentals
Annual figures from XBRL filings. Pick a past date to see them as known then.
2026-012024-122023-122022-12
Revenue$2.7B$2.7B$2.5B$2.2B
Operating income-$20.1M$79.3M$275.3M$389.5M
Net income-$112.9M-$92.8M$102.6M$219.2M
EPS (diluted)-0.95-0.961.132.35
Operating cash flow$238.5M$115.9M$303.5M$341.6M
Cash$133.2M$62.3M$156.1M$105.2M
Long-term debt$917.9M$918.7M$1.2Bn/a
Buybacksn/an/an/a$72.7M
SEC XBRL, fiscal years, as known on 2026-10-28

KLC Stock Sonar score 5/7 axes

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KLC ranks highest on institutional and government (43rd percentile) and growth (41st), and lowest on risk and compliance (10th), among Services peers.

ProfitHealthGrowthInstitutionsRisk
Profitability
21
Inputs
  • Return on equity-67.8% · 14 pct, sector of 207
  • Return on assets-13.1% · 29 pct, sector of 269
  • Return on invested capitalpre-tax loss, no effective tax rate to apply
  • Return on capital employed-12.9% · 21 pct, sector of 203
Financial health
33
Inputs
  • Debt to equity1.99x · 15 pct, sector of 228
  • Cash flow to debt0.23x · 51 pct, sector of 199
Growth
41
Inputs
  • Revenue growth, YoY+2.6% · 41 pct, sector of 341
  • Backlog growth, YoYno backlog line filed, or no year-earlier backlog
Institutional and government
43
Inputs
  • Funds adding, latest quarter69 · 43 pct, sector of 243
  • Congress net buyers, 365dno Congress trades in 365 days
  • Federal contracts, 180dno federal contracts in 180 days
  • Lobbying spend, 4 quartersno lobbying filings in the last four quarters
Risk and compliance
10
Inputs
  • Short interest, % of float+10.9% · 13 pct, sector of 383
  • Recalls per $1B revenue, 3ynot measured for this sector, almost no peer has an event
  • EPA cases per $1B revenue, 5ynot measured for this sector, almost no peer has an event
  • New text in Risk Factors, latest 10-K+31.2% · 7 pct, sector of 227
2 not measured: Insider conviction, US patents
  • Insider conviction needs 1 of 2 inputs, 0 present: no Form 4 purchase or sale (code P or S) in 180 days; no insider trades in 180 days
  • US patents needs 1 of 2 inputs, 0 present: patent data not loaded yet

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