NASDAQ:PLCEChildrens Place Stock Price, Forecast & News

Childrens Place's stock was trading at $37.41 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, PLCE stock has decreased by 2.5% and is now trading at $36.46. 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 Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of ($2.26) by $0.30. The firm had revenue of $255.20 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $261.78 million. Childrens Place had a positive return on equity of 23.44% and a negative net margin of 2.68%. Childrens Place's revenue was down 38.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last 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. Investors 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 6.14%. 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 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for Childrens Place's stock. Their forecasts range from $28.00 to $102.00. On average, they anticipate Childrens Place's share price to reach $52.64 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 44.4% 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 Analysis. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of 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 -2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the company a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View the latest news about Childrens Place.

Childrens Place saw a drop in short interest during the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 5,190,000 shares, a drop 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 presently 4.3 days. Currently, 38.0% of the company's shares are sold short. View Childrens Place's Current Options Chain.

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

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 $36.46.

Childrens Place has a market capitalization of $531.95 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]