NASDAQ:PLCE - Childrens Place Stock Price, News, Headlines & Rumors

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

Childrens Place announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 17th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 18th will be given a dividend of $0.50 per share on Friday, June 29th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.56%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 15th. View Childrens Place's Dividend History.

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

Childrens Place Inc (NASDAQ:PLCE) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May, 17th. The company reported $1.87 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $2.21 by $0.34. The business had revenue of $436.30 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $443.78 million. Childrens Place had a return on equity of 30.86% and a net margin of 4.28%. Childrens Place's revenue was down .1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.95 EPS. View Childrens Place's Earnings History.

Childrens Place is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August, 15th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Childrens Place.

Childrens Place updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, May, 17th. The company provided EPS guidance of $7.95-8.20 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $8.16. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.92-1.935 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.92 billion.Childrens Place also updated its Q2 guidance to $0.51-0.61 EPS.

13 analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Childrens Place's stock. Their forecasts range from $115.00 to $167.00. On average, they expect Childrens Place's share price to reach $145.0909 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 13.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Childrens Place.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Childrens Place in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Childrens Place.

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Press coverage about PLCE stock has trended somewhat positive recently, Accern reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Childrens Place earned a media and rumor sentiment score of 0.19 on Accern's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the company an impact score of 45.43 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View Recent Headlines for Childrens Place.

Childrens Place's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (13.73%), Royce & Associates LP (5.27%), FMR LLC (4.99%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.62%), LSV Asset Management (4.55%) and Voya Investment Management LLC (3.82%). Company insiders that own Childrens Place stock include Anurup Pruthi, Bradley P Cost, Kevin Low, Michael Scarpa and Norman S Matthews. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Childrens Place.

PLCE stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Royce & Associates LP, Morgan Stanley, Systematic Financial Management LP, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Millennium Management LLC, Federated Investors Inc. PA and Paloma Partners Management Co. View Insider Buying and Selling for Childrens Place.

PLCE stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Marshall Wace LLP, Voya Investment Management LLC, Scopus Asset Management L.P., Waddell & Reed Financial Inc., OppenheimerFunds Inc., Mesirow Financial Investment Management Equity Management and Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of PLCE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $128.40.

Childrens Place has a market capitalization of $2.16 billion and generates $1.87 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $84.69 million in net income (profit) each year or $7.91 on an earnings per share basis. Childrens Place employs 15,800 workers across the globe.

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]