Children's Place (PLCE) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

The Children's Place, Inc. engages in the provision of apparel, footwear, accessories, and other items for children. The firm also designs contracts to manufacture and sell fashionable and value-priced merchandise under the brand names of The Children’s Place, Baby Place, and Gymboree. It operates through The Children’s Place U.S. and The Children’s Place International segments. The Children’s Place U.S. segment refers to the company’s U.S. and Puerto Rico-based stores and revenue from its U.S. based wholesale business. The Children’s Place International segment is involved in the Canadian-based stores, revenue from the company’s Canadian-based wholesale business, as well as revenue from international franchisees. The company was founded by David Pulver and Clinton A. Clark in 1969 and is headquartered in Secaucus, NJ.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $4.35 to $4.50
• 50-Day Range: $3.74 to $6.86
• 52-Week Range: $3.66 to $19.74
• Volume: 356,826 shs
• Average Volume: 1.01 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $98.21 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $6.00
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Children's Place Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Children's Place scored higher than 21% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 196th out of 214 stocks in the retail/wholesale sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Children's Place has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Children's Place has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Children's Place is -1.42, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Children's Place is -1.42, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

51.99% of the float of Children's Place has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Children's Place has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.4.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Children's Place has recently increased by 20.77%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Children's Place does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Children's Place does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

51.99% of the float of Children's Place has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Children's Place has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.4.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Children's Place has recently increased by 20.77%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.63

News Sentiment

Children's Place has a news sentiment score of 0.63. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.76 average news sentiment score of Retail/Wholesale companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for Children's Place this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

6 people have searched for PLCE on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 20% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

2 people have added Children's Place to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Children's Place insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 0.62% of the stock of Children's Place is held by insiders.

PLCE Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have PLCE shares performed this year?

Children's Place's stock was trading at $10.46 at the start of the year. Since then, PLCE stock has decreased by 57.6% and is now trading at $4.43.
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How were Children's Place's earnings last quarter?

The Children's Place, Inc. (NASDAQ:PLCE) released its earnings results on Friday, June, 6th. The company reported ($1.52) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.08) by $1.44. The firm earned $242.13 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $313.85 million. Children's Place had a negative net margin of 3.97% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.32%.

How do I buy shares of Children's Place?

Shares of PLCE stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Children's Place own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Children's Place investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Broadcom (AVGO), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Adobe (ADBE), ServiceNow (NOW) and CrowdStrike (CRWD).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 6/06/2025
• Today: 6/30/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 9/09/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 1/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Retail/Wholesale
• Industry: RETAIL - APP/SHOE
• Sub-Industry: Apparel Retail
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:PLCE
• CIK: 1041859
• Web: www.childrensplace.com
• Phone: (201) 558-2400
• Fax: 201-227-0321
• Employees: 7,900
• Year Founded: 1988

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $6.00
• High Stock Price Target: $6.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $6.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +35.9%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.00
• Research Coverage: 1 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): ($3.13)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: -$57.82 million
• Net Margins: -3.97%
• Pretax Margin: -3.41%
• Return on Equity: -10.32%
• Return on Assets: -1.49%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 75.63
• Current Ratio: 0.92
• Quick Ratio: 0.14

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.39 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.07
• Cash Flow: $3.50 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 1.26
• Book Value: ($4.65) per share
• Price / Book: -0.95

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 22,170,000
• Free Float: 22,031,000
• Market Cap: $97.88 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.81