The Children's Place Stock Forecast, Price & News

10 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for The Children's Place in the last twelve months. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" The Children's Place stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in PLCE, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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The Children's Place is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 24th 2021.
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The Children's Place, Inc. (NASDAQ:PLCE) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May, 19th. The company reported $3.25 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.03 by $3.22. The company had revenue of $435.80 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $331.15 million. The Children's Place had a net margin of 1.15% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 66.88%. The Children's Place's quarterly revenue was up 70.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned ($1.96) earnings per share.
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The Children's Place's stock was trading at $37.41 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, PLCE shares have increased by 132.1% and is now trading at $86.83.
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10 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for The Children's Place's shares. Their forecasts range from $20.00 to $150.00. On average, they expect The Children's Place's stock price to reach $76.27 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 12.2%.
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815 employees have rated The Children's Place CEO Jane Elfers on Glassdoor.com. Jane Elfers has an approval rating of 56% among The Children's Place's employees. This puts Jane Elfers in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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The Children's Place trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "PLCE."

The Children's Place's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (15.88%), Neuberger Berman Group LLC (2.87%), Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership (2.37%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.34%), Ameriprise Financial Inc. (2.22%) and UBS Asset Management Americas Inc. (1.98%). Company insiders that own The Children's Place stock include Elizabeth J Boland, Jane T Elfers, John E Bachman, Michael Scarpa and Norman S Matthews.
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PLCE stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including UBS Group AG, Neuberger Berman Group LLC, Ameriprise Financial Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Morgan Stanley, Great Lakes Advisors LLC, Emerald Advisers LLC, and Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP.
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PLCE stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., Granite Investment Partners LLC, Candlestick Capital Management LP, Northern Trust Corp, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, BlackRock Inc., Wexford Capital LP, and Credit Suisse AG. Company insiders that have bought The Children's Place stock in the last two years include Elizabeth J Boland, Jane T Elfers, John E Bachman, Michael Scarpa, and Norman S Matthews.
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Shares of PLCE can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of PLCE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $86.83.

The Children's Place has a market capitalization of $1.27 billion and generates $1.52 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $-140,370,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($3.65) on an earnings per share basis.

The Children's Place employs 13,300 workers across the globe.

The Children's Place was founded in 1988.

The official website for The Children's Place is www.childrensplace.com.

The Children's Place is headquartered at 500 Plaza Drive, Secaucus NJ, 07094.

The Children's Place's mailing address is 500 Plaza Drive, Secaucus NJ, 07094. The company can be reached via phone at (201) 558-2400 or via email at [email protected]