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

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$7.65 -0.52 (-6.36%)
Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern
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$7.66 +0.00 (+0.07%)
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About Children's Place Stock (NASDAQ:PLCE)

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Key Stats

Today's Range
$7.28
$8.34
50-Day Range
$4.23
$8.17
52-Week Range
$3.66
$17.19
Volume
819,519 shs
Average Volume
623,942 shs
Market Capitalization
$169.59 million
P/E Ratio
N/A
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$7.00
Consensus Rating
Reduce

Company Overview

Children's Place Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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10th Percentile Overall Score

PLCE MarketRank™: 

Children's Place scored higher than 10% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 207th out of 217 stocks in the retail/wholesale sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Children's Place has received a consensus rating of Reduce. The company's average rating score is 1.50, and is based on no buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and 1 sell rating.

  • Downside Risk

    Children's Place has a consensus price target of $7.00, representing about 9.8% downside from its current price of $7.76.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Children's Place has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

  • Read more about Children's Place's stock forecast and price target.
  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Children's Place is -9.01, 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 -9.01, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

  • Read more about Children's Place's valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    52.83% 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 4.4.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Children's Place has recently decreased by 0.58%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    52.83% 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 4.4.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Children's Place has recently decreased by 0.58%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.
  • News Sentiment

    Children's Place has a news sentiment score of 1.12. 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 higher news sentiment than the 0.69 average news sentiment score of Retail/Wholesale companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 8 news articles for Children's Place this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    Only 5 people have searched for PLCE on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -44% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Children's Place insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $50,001.00 in company stock and sold $0.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

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

  • Read more about Children's Place's insider trading history.
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PLCE Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Children's Place's stock was trading at $10.46 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, PLCE shares have decreased by 25.8% and is now trading at $7.7590.

The Children's Place, Inc. (NASDAQ:PLCE) announced its quarterly earnings data on Friday, September, 5th. The company reported ($0.15) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.10) by $0.05. The business had revenue of $298.01 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $289.41 million. Children's Place had a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.32% and a negative net margin of 2.04%.

Children's Place's top institutional investors include Founders Financial Securities LLC (0.05%). Insiders that own company stock include Mithaq Capital Spc, Jane T Elfers and Muhammad Umair.
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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.

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
9/05/2025
Today
10/16/2025
Next Earnings (Estimated)
12/02/2025
Fiscal Year End
1/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NASDAQ
Industry
RETAIL - APP/SHOE
Sub-Industry
Apparel Retail
Current Symbol
NASDAQ:PLCE
CIK
1041859
Employees
7,900
Year Founded
1988

Price Target and Rating

High Price Target
$7.00
Low Price Target
$7.00
Potential Upside/Downside
-14.3%
Consensus Rating
Reduce
Rating Score (0-4)
1.50
Research Coverage
2 Analysts

Profitability

EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)
($0.86)
Trailing P/E Ratio
N/A
Forward P/E Ratio
N/A
P/E Growth
N/A
Net Income
-$57.82 million
Net Margins
-2.04%
Pretax Margin
-1.44%
Return on Equity
-10.32%
Return on Assets
-2.45%

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio
75.63
Current Ratio
0.93
Quick Ratio
0.17

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$1.39 billion
Price / Sales
0.13
Cash Flow
$3.65 per share
Price / Cash Flow
2.24
Book Value
($4.65) per share
Price / Book
-1.76

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares
22,170,000
Free Float
22,031,000
Market Cap
$181.13 million
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
2.26

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This page (NASDAQ:PLCE) was last updated on 10/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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