NASDAQ:PLCE - Childrens Place Stock Price, Forecast & News

Childrens Place trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "PLCE."

Childrens Place announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, December 11th. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 16th will be given a dividend of $0.56 per share on Friday, December 27th. This represents a $2.24 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.16%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, December 13th. View Childrens Place's Dividend History.

Childrens Place announced that its board has approved a share buyback program on Tuesday, March 20th 2018, which permits the company to buyback $250,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Childrens Place Inc (NASDAQ:PLCE) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, December, 11th. The company reported $3.03 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $3.02 by $0.01. The business earned $524.80 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $534.09 million. Childrens Place had a net margin of 3.23% and a return on equity of 26.84%. The business's revenue was up .4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $3.07 EPS. View Childrens Place's Earnings History.

Childrens Place is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, March 2nd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Childrens Place.

Childrens Place issued an update on its FY 2019 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Wednesday, December, 11th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $5.00-5.20 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $5.62. The company issued revenue guidance of $$1.862-1.867 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $$1.92 billion.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Childrens Place's stock. Their forecasts range from $45.00 to $106.00. On average, they expect Childrens Place's stock price to reach $76.73 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 8.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Childrens Place.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Childrens Place in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Childrens Place.

News headlines about PLCE stock have trended neutral recently, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Childrens Place earned a coverage optimism score of 0.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Childrens Place.

Childrens Place saw a decrease in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 6,990,000 shares, a decrease of 7.7% from the January 15th total of 7,570,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 924,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 7.6 days. Approximately 48.4% of the company's shares are short sold. View Childrens Place's Current Options Chain.

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Childrens Place's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include FMR LLC (14.13%), Royce & Associates LP (4.95%), Ceredex Value Advisors LLC (4.39%), Westwood Holdings Group Inc. (4.09%), State Street Corp (3.56%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (3.27%). Company insiders that own Childrens Place stock include Anurup Pruthi, Claudia Lima-Guinehut, Jane T Elfers, John E Bachman, Michael Scarpa, Norman S Matthews and Robert F Helm. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Childrens Place.

PLCE stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, FMR LLC, Stifel Financial Corp, Maverick Capital Ltd., Ceredex Value Advisors LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Man Group plc and Emerald Mutual Fund Advisers Trust. Company insiders that have sold Childrens Place company stock in the last year include Claudia Lima-Guinehut and Robert F Helm. View Insider Buying and Selling for Childrens Place.

PLCE stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Prentice Capital Management LP, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Royce & Associates LP, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC, Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP, Cooper Creek Partners Management LLC and Westwood Holdings Group Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Childrens Place stock in the last two years include Jane T Elfers, John E Bachman, Michael Scarpa and Norman S Matthews. View Insider Buying and Selling for Childrens Place.

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

One share of PLCE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $70.84.

Childrens Place has a market capitalization of $1.07 billion and generates $1.94 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $100.96 million in net income (profit) each year or $6.75 on an earnings per share basis. Childrens Place employs 18,700 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Childrens Place.

The official website for Childrens Place is http://www.childrensplace.com/.

Childrens 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]