NASDAQ:PLCEChildrens Place Stock Price, Forecast & News

Childrens Place's stock was trading at $37.41 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, PLCE stock has decreased by 2.1% and is now trading at $36.63. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Childrens Place in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 5 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Childrens Place.

Childrens Place is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 19th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Childrens Place.

Childrens Place Inc (NASDAQ:PLCE) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, June, 11th. The company reported ($1.96) EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($2.26) by $0.30. The business had revenue of $255.20 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $261.78 million. Childrens Place had a negative net margin of 2.68% and a positive return on equity of 23.44%. The business's revenue was down 38.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.36 earnings per share. View Childrens Place's earnings history.

Childrens Place declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, December 11th. Stockholders 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 6.12%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, December 13th. View Childrens Place's dividend history.

Childrens Place issued an update on its first quarter 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Monday, May, 18th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $254-254 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $328.13 million.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Childrens Place's stock. Their forecasts range from $28.00 to $102.00. On average, they expect Childrens Place's share price to reach $52.64 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 43.7% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Childrens Place.

News stories about PLCE stock have been trending negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Childrens Place earned a daily sentiment score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news about Childrens Place.

Childrens Place saw a decrease in short interest in June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 5,190,000 shares, a decrease of 9.1% from the May 31st total of 5,710,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,210,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.3 days. Approximately 38.0% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Childrens Place's Current Options Chain.

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

Childrens Place's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Skyline Asset Management LP (0.97%). Company insiders that own Childrens Place stock include Claudia Lima-Guinehut, Elizabeth J Boland, 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 Skyline Asset Management LP. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $36.63.

Childrens Place has a market capitalization of $534.29 million and generates $1.87 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $73.30 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.36 on an earnings per share basis. Childrens Place employs 17,300 workers across the globe.

The official website for Childrens Place is 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]