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. Stockholders 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 3.46%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, December 13th. View Childrens Place's Dividend History.

Childrens Place declared that its board has initiated a stock 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 reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are often a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Childrens Place Inc (NASDAQ:PLCE) released its earnings results on Wednesday, December, 11th. The company reported $3.03 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $3.02 by $0.01. The business earned $524.80 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $534.09 million. Childrens Place had a return on equity of 26.84% and a net margin of 3.23%. The business's revenue was up .4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $3.07 earnings per share. 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 earnings per share 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.

10 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Childrens Place's stock. Their forecasts range from $45.00 to $106.00. On average, they anticipate Childrens Place's share price to reach $75.70 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 16.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Childrens Place.

10 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 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Childrens Place.

News articles about PLCE stock have been trending somewhat negative on Sunday, InfoTrie reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Childrens Place earned a daily sentiment score of -1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Childrens Place.

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Childrens Place's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Peregrine Capital Management LLC (1.57%), Skyline Asset Management LP (0.99%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.08%), Sciencast Management LP (0.05%), Cerebellum GP LLC (0.04%) and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (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 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 $64.75.

Childrens Place has a market capitalization of $975.14 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]