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. Investors of record on Monday, December 16th will be paid 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 3.51%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 13th. View Childrens Place's Dividend History.

Childrens Place announced that its board has approved a share buyback plan on Tuesday, March 20th 2018, which allows the company to buyback $250,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are often a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Childrens Place Inc (NASDAQ:PLCE) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, December, 11th. The company reported $3.03 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $3.02 by $0.01. The business earned $524.80 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $534.09 million. Childrens Place had a net margin of 3.23% and a return on equity of 26.84%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up .4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm 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 (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 brokers 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 share price to reach $76.73 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 20.3% 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 somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Childrens Place earned a news sentiment score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the company a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is very unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Childrens Place.

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Childrens Place's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail 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%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.22%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.08%) and Arizona State Retirement System (0.07%). 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 Arizona State Retirement System, 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP, Skyline Asset Management LP, California Public Employees Retirement System 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 $63.78.

Childrens Place has a market capitalization of $960.53 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]