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

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

Childrens Place declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, December 11th. Shareholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.52%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, December 13th. View Childrens Place's Dividend History.

Childrens Place declared that its board has authorized a share repurchase program on Tuesday, March 20th 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase $250,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Childrens Place Inc (NASDAQ:PLCE) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, December, 11th. The company reported $3.03 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.02 by $0.01. The firm had revenue of $524.80 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $534.09 million. Childrens Place had a return on equity of 26.84% and a net margin of 3.23%. Childrens Place's quarterly revenue was up .4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $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 updated its FY 2019 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Wednesday, December, 11th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $5.00-5.20 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS 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 twelve-month price targets for Childrens Place's stock. Their forecasts range from $45.00 to $106.00. On average, they anticipate Childrens Place's stock price to reach $76.73 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 20.5% 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.

Headlines about PLCE stock have been trending somewhat negative on Friday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Childrens Place earned a daily sentiment score of -1.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Childrens Place.

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Childrens Place's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Peregrine Capital Management LLC (1.57%), Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP (1.17%), Skyline Asset Management LP (0.99%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.08%), Sciencast Management LP (0.05%) and Cerebellum GP LLC (0.04%). 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 Peregrine Capital Management LLC, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, Sciencast Management LP, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and OLD National Bancorp IN. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP, Skyline Asset Management LP and Cerebellum GP LLC. 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 $63.66.

Childrens Place has a market capitalization of $959.04 million 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]