The current ratio is a liquidity ratio that measures a company's ability to pay short-term obligations. It is calculated as a company's Total Current Assets divides by its Total Current Liabilities. KinderCare Learning's current ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 0.52.
KinderCare Learning has a current ratio of 0.52. It indicates that the company may have difficulty meeting its current obligations. Low values, however, do not indicate a critical problem. If KinderCare Learning has good long-term prospects, it may be able to borrow against those prospects to meet current obligations.
The historical rank and industry rank for KinderCare Learning's Current Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
KLC'
s Current Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.36 Med: 0.55 Max: 0.8
Current: 0.52
During the past 7 years, KinderCare Learning's highest Current Ratio was 0.80. The lowest was 0.36. And the median was 0.55.
KLC's Current Ratio is ranked worse than 88.52% of 270
companies
in the Education industry
Industry Median: 1.415
vs KLC: 0.52
KinderCare Learning Current Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for KinderCare Learning's Current Ratio can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Competitive Comparison of KinderCare Learning's Current Ratio
For the Education & Training Services subindustry, KinderCare Learning's Current Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Current Ratio data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
KinderCare Learning's Current Ratio Distribution in the Education Industry
For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, KinderCare Learning's Current Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where KinderCare Learning's Current Ratio falls into.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
KinderCare Learning (NYSE:KLC) Current Ratio Explanation
The current ratio can give a sense of the efficiency of a company's operating cycle or its ability to turn its product into cash. Companies that have trouble getting paid on their receivables or have long inventory turnover can run into liquidity problems because they are unable to alleviate their obligations. Because business operations differ in each industry, it is always more useful to compare companies within the same industry.
Acceptable current ratios vary from industry to industry and are generally between 1 and 3 for healthy businesses.
The higher the current ratio, the more capable the company is of paying its obligations. A ratio under 1 suggests that the company would be unable to pay off its obligations if they came due at that point. While this shows the company is not in good financial health, it does not necessarily mean that it will go bankrupt - as there are many ways to access financing - but it is definitely not a good sign.
If all other things were equal, a creditor, who is expecting to be paid in the next 12 months, would consider a high current ratio to be better than a low current ratio, because a high current ratio means that the company is more likely to meet its liabilities which fall due in the next 12 months.
KinderCare Learning Current Ratio Related Terms
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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- leading 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 three go-to-market channels are KinderCare Learning Centers, KinderCare Education at Work, and Champions.
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