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How KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. stacks up

KLC · against 147 other Consumer Defensive companies listed in US-listed

Growth

41/ 100

Below the middle of the pack.

Ranked #92 of 148 · scores higher than 37% of peers

Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the growth score

15 peers with a growth score of 40–49, including KLC · Click a bar to see the companies

Why growth scores 41?

Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Defensive companies.

A mix: stronger 3-year revenue growth, but weaker earnings per share growth than most Consumer Defensive peers.

The loss per share widened. Earnings per share growth: — vs peer median 1.5%
Revenue growth is close to the peer norm. Revenue growth: 1.8% vs peer median 2.8%
faster revenue growth over three years: stronger than 75% of peers. 3-year revenue growth: 8.1% vs peer median 3.7%

Metric by metric

Position: dot = KLC, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.

Metric	KLC	Peer median	Better than	Position among peers	Weight
Revenue growthHigher is better · 152 reported	1.8%	4.1%	37%		33%
Earnings per share growthHigher is better · 109 reported	Not reported	4.5%	—	—	33%
3-year revenue growthHigher is better · 147 reported	8.1%	3.5%	73%		33%

A metric that is not reported is left out of the score; the other weights are rescaled.

Ranking by growth score

Top 5 and the companies ranked around KLC

Rank	Company	Market cap	Growth	Overall
1	TAL Education GroupTAL · US-listed	5.5B USD	100	84
2	Gaotu Techedu Inc.GOTU · US-listed	536M USD	99	39
3	Freshpet, Inc.FRPT · US-listed	3.3B USD	98	71
3	Mama's Creations, Inc.MAMA · US-listed	607M USD	98	67
5	The Vita Coco Company, Inc.COCO · US-listed	3.5B USD	97	73
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89	Ambev S.A.ABEV · US-listed	40.7B USD	42	66
89	Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NVBUD · US-listed	159.8B USD	42	40
89	Target CorporationTGT · US-listed	70.1B USD	42	47
92	Colgate-Palmolive CompanyCL · US-listed	76.2B USD	41	43
92	KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc.KLC · US-listed	244M USD	41	21
94	Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.SPB · US-listed	2.0B USD	40	46
95	Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.GO · US-listed	1.3B USD	39	23
96	Central Garden & Pet CompanyCENT · US-listed	2.9B USD	37	57
96	Dole plcDOLE · US-listed	1.2B USD	37	38

Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score

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