KINDERCARE LEARNING COMPANIE KLC
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 49456W105
- IndustryServices-Child Day Care Services
- HeadquartersLake Oswego, OR
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($51.3k this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 118.5m as of 2026-08-11, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $4.25. Options: 8 managers hold calls ($2.1m notional), 4 hold puts ($474.3k).
Trends to Q2 2026
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | 87 |
| Q1 2025 | 102 |
| Q2 2025 | 106 |
| Q3 2025 | 122 |
| Q4 2025 | 114 |
| Q1 2026 | 110 |
| Q2 2026 | 106 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 2025 | 64 | 39 |
| Q2 2025 | 66 | 46 |
| Q3 2025 | 68 | 48 |
| Q4 2025 | 74 | 51 |
| Q1 2026 | 62 | 67 |
| Q2 2026 | 68 | 53 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2025 | $693.0k | $2.7m | 3.91 |
| Q4 2025 | $1.0m | $357.7k | 0.35 |
| Q1 2026 | $65.6k | $224.8k | 3.43 |
| Q2 2026 | $2.1m | $474.3k | 0.22 |
Biggest buyers
| Silver Point Capital L.P. | Added | +2.3m |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +1.2m |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | Added | +950.3k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC | Added | +573.4k |
| GSA CAPITAL PARTNERS LLP | New | +443.8k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | +394.6k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +270.8k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP | Added | +194.1k |
| IEQ CAPITAL, LLC | Added | +144.7k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN | Added | +109.7k |
Biggest sellers
| REDWOOD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | Sold out | -1.2m |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC | Sold out | -1.1m |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Sold out | -591.1k |
| Invenomic Capital Management LP | Sold out | -583.5k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP | Sold out | -582.8k |
| Militia Capital Management LLC | Sold out | -518.4k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Reduced | -310.0k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC | Sold out | -208.5k |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Reduced | -181.1k |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP | Reduced | -138.1k |
Biggest calls
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | New | $544.0k128.0k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $314.9k74.1k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | New | $279.6k65.8k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $232.1k54.6k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $221.4k52.1k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | New | $212.9k50.1k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $198.5k46.7k shares |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | New | $127.5k30.0k shares |
Biggest puts
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $248.6k58.5k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | New | $141.5k33.3k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | New | $50.6k11.9k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | New | $33.6k7.9k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| Partners Group Holding AG 13G · exempt (held before listing) new · filed 2025-02-14 | 69.0% |
Insider purchases and sales since 1 Apr 2026
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2026 | 2 | $1.1m | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2026 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2026 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
None reported since 1 Apr 2026.
Holders, Q2 2026
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Partners Group Holding AG 23.59% of their portfolio | 81.4m $346.0m | Unchanged |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 5.7m $24.3m | Added +573.4k |
| Silver Point Capital L.P. 1.97% of their portfolio | 5.1m $21.7m | Added +2.3m |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.2m $9.4m | Added +94.7k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.9m $8.2m | Added +1.2m |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.8m $7.5m | Added +270.8k |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.3m $5.7m | Reduced -90.3k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.1m $4.7m | Added +394.6k |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.1m $4.6m | Added +950.3k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 815.8k $3.5m | Added +60.6k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 633.4k $2.7m | Added +6.8k |
| CastleKnight Management LP 0.10% of their portfolio | 621.7k $2.6m | Unchanged |
| GSA CAPITAL PARTNERS LLP 0.12% of their portfolio | 443.8k $1.9m | New |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 421.6k $1.8m | Added +194.1k |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 323.9k $1.4m | Reduced -5.0k |
| Villanova Investment Management Co LLC 1.12% of their portfolio | 278.0k $1.2m | Reduced -56.5k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 268.8k $1.1m | Added +60.3k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 250.8k $1.1m | Reduced -2.1k |
| VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 213.2k $906.1k | Reduced -1.2k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 211.0k $896.9k | Reduced -181.1k |
| Blackstone Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 201.9k $858.2k | Not comparable |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 172.2k $731.6k | Reduced -26.9k |
| IEQ CAPITAL, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 158.5k $673.7k | Added +144.7k |
| Vanguard Global Advisers, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 142.6k $605.9k | Added +39.2k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 138.0k $586.3k | Reduced -97.3k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 126.2k $543.7k | Reduced -310.0k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 121.2k $515.2k | Added +109.7k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 116.6k $495.6k | Added +7.5k |
| Mariner, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 94.6k $402.0k | Added +59.3k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 83.6k $355.3k | Added +11.8k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 78.1k $331.9k | Added +21.9k |
| Engineers Gate Manager LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 73.6k $312.9k | Reduced -23.7k |
| Quadrature Capital Ltd 0.00% of their portfolio | 63.5k $269.7k | New |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 59.1k $251.2k | Added +29.6k |
| WEALTH ENHANCEMENT ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 58.1k $292.6k | Added +40.5k |
| Diametric Capital, LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 57.7k $245.3k | New |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 56.8k $124.8k | Added +7.2k |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 54.0k $229.5k | Reduced -138.1k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 53.6k $227.6k | Added +9.3k |
| MERCER GLOBAL ADVISORS INC /ADV 0.00% of their portfolio | 46.9k $199.3k | New |
| Creative Planning 0.00% of their portfolio | 42.2k $179.3k | Added +24.6k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 41.4k $177.0k | Added +1.7k |
| NEEDHAM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 40.8k $173.4k | Unchanged |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 40.2k $170.8k | Added +3.0k |
| Cerity Partners LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 37.0k $157.1k | Added +18.7k |
| AMICA MUTUAL INSURANCE CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 34.3k $146.0k | Unchanged |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 30.1k $128.1k | Reduced -20.2k |
| CAPTRUST FINANCIAL ADVISORS 0.00% of their portfolio | 26.5k $112.4k | New |
| NISA INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 24.7k $105.1k | New |
| Centiva Capital, LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 22.8k $96.7k | Reduced -20.3k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 22.6k $95.9k | New |
| BRIGHTON JONES LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 22.1k $93.7k | New |
| Integrated Investment Consultants, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 21.3k $90.6k | Added +4 |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 18.5k $78.5k | New |
| Sequoia Financial Advisors, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 15.9k $67.4k | New |
| Corient Private Wealth LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 14.4k $61.3k | New |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 14.3k $60.8k | Added +12.7k |
| MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 14.2k $60.5k | Reduced -746 |
| Jain Global LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 13.2k $55.9k | Reduced -84.4k |
| Merit Financial Group, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 12.9k $54.6k | New |
| McAdam, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 12.7k $53.8k | New |
| Arax Advisory Partners 0.00% of their portfolio | 12.3k $52.4k | New |
| M&T Bank Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 12.2k $51.9k | New |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 11.9k $50.4k | Unchanged |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 11.2k $47.7k | Unchanged |
| Pallas Capital Advisors LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 10.5k $44.7k | New |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 10.1k $42.9k | Added +4.2k |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 10.0k $42.5k | New |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.00% of their portfolio | 9.5k $40.5k | Reduced -565 |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.00% of their portfolio | 8.6k $36.5k | Unchanged |
| Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 7.1k $30.0k | New |
| State of Alaska, Department of Revenue 0.00% of their portfolio | 6.9k $29.0k | Unchanged |
| Police & Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey 0.00% of their portfolio | 6.9k $29.4k | Unchanged |
| Allworth Financial LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 5.7k $24.3k | Added +4.3k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 4.5k $18.9k | Reduced -1.1k |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 4.0k $17.0k | New |
| Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.9k $16.5k | Reduced -1.3k |
| IFP Advisors, Inc 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.5k $15.0k | Added +502 |
| Persistent Asset Partners Ltd 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.5k $14.7k | New |
| Caitong International Asset Management Co., Ltd 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.0k $12.9k | Reduced -32.1k |
| Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.0k $12.8k | Unchanged |
| Walleye Capital LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.9k $12.4k | New |
| Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.9k $12.4k | Unchanged |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.9k $12.2k | Unchanged |
| EverSource Wealth Advisors, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.7k $11.6k | Added +2.0k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.0k $8.0k | Reduced -1.9k |
| Essential Partners LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.4k $6.0k | Added +1.1k |
| SIGNATUREFD, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.3k $5.4k | Added +1.2k |
| ROTHSCHILD INVESTMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 942 $4.0k | Added +691 |
| True Wealth Design, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 664 $2.8k | Added +541 |
| Sterling Capital Management LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 623 $2.6k | Added +418 |
| Farther Finance Advisors, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 579 $2.5k | Added +466 |
| SJS Investment Consulting Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 429 $1.8k | Added +416 |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 425 $1.8k | Reduced -1.3k |
| Wealth Enhancement Trust Services, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 277 $1.2k | New |
| GAMMA Investing LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 244 $1.0k | Reduced -89 |
| Cornerstone Financial Management LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 214 $910 | Unchanged |
| Quarry LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 192 $816 | New |
| Fortitude Family Office, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 177 $752 | New |
| PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 146 $621 | Added +36 |