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KLC (KinderCare Learning) Interest Coverage : 1.41 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is KinderCare Learning Interest Coverage?

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income by its Interest Expense. KinderCare Learning's Operating Income for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was $56 Mil. KinderCare Learning's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was $-39 Mil. KinderCare Learning's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 1.41. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Warning Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. KinderCare Learning Companies Inc interest coverage is 1.42, which is low.

The historical rank and industry rank for KinderCare Learning's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

KLC' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.66   Med: 1.89   Max: 3.99
Current: 1.42


KLC's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
88.71% of 186 companies
in the Education industry
Industry Median: 16.23 vs KLC: 1.42

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.


KinderCare Learning Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for KinderCare Learning's Interest Coverage 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.

Note: For Interest Coverage, "No debt" indicates no long-term debt. An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no long-term debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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KinderCare Learning Interest Coverage Chart

KinderCare Learning Annual Data
Trend Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 0.85 - 2.27 3.99 1.89

KinderCare Learning Quarterly Data
Dec18 Dec19 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Sep22 Dec22 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Jun24 Sep24
Interest Coverage Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only No Debt 1.57 1.43 N/A 1.41

Competitive Comparison of KinderCare Learning's Interest Coverage

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, KinderCare Learning's Interest Coverage, along with its competitors' market caps and Interest Coverage 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 Interest Coverage Distribution in the Education Industry

For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, KinderCare Learning's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where KinderCare Learning's Interest Coverage falls into.



KinderCare Learning Interest Coverage Calculation

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

If Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is positive, then

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income /Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

The company did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

The company had no debt (1).


Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

KinderCare Learning's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, KinderCare Learning's Interest Expense was $-153 Mil. Its Operating Income was $289 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2,545 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*288.846/-152.893
=1.89

KinderCare Learning's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Sep. 2024, KinderCare Learning's Interest Expense was $-39 Mil. Its Operating Income was $56 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2,812 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2024 )
=-1*55.632/-39.459
=1.41

* 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.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.


KinderCare Learning  (NYSE:KLC) Interest Coverage Explanation

Ben Graham requires that a company has a minimum interest coverage of 5 with the companies he invested. If the interest coverage is less than 2, the company is burdened by debt. Any business slow or recession may drag the company into a situation where it cannot pay the interest on its debt.

Interest Coverage is an important factor when GuruFocus ranks a company's overage Financial Strength .


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KinderCare Learning Business Description

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650 NE Holladay, Suite 1400, Portland, OR, USA, 97232
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.