NASDAQ:PLCEChildrens Place Stock Price, Forecast & News Adding Choose a watchlist: Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat Daily Premium to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding Childrens Place Inc Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. Log In and Add $19.96 +1.14 (+6.06 %) (As of 04/8/2020 01:45 AM ET) Add Compare Share Today's Range$18.93Now: $19.96▼$22.9850-Day Range$14.06MA: $38.75▼$71.7452-Week Range$9.25Now: $19.96▼$116.84Volume1.86 million shsAverage Volume964,549 shsMarket Capitalization$289.60 millionP/E Ratio4.19Dividend YieldN/ABeta1.59 ProfileAnalyst RatingsAdvanced ChartDividendEarningsFinancialsInsider TradesInstitutional OwnershipHeadlinesOptions ChainSEC FilingsSocial Media The Children's Place, Inc. operates as a children's specialty apparel retailer. The company operates through two segments, The Children's Place U.S. and The Children's Place International. It sells apparel, footwear, accessories, and other items for children; and designs, contracts to manufacture, and sells merchandise under the proprietary The Children's Place, Place, and Baby Place brand names. As of February 2, 2019, the company operated 972 stores in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico; and 217 international points of distribution operated by its 8 franchise partners in 20 countries. It also sells its products through childrensplace.com, an online store. The company was formerly known as The Children's Place Retail Stores, Inc. and changed its name to The Children's Place, Inc. in June 2014. The Children's Place, Inc. was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Secaucus, New Jersey.Read More Beat the Market (BTM) Rank™ 4.2 Analyst's Opinion Consensus RatingChildrens Place has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.36, and is based on 5 buy ratings, 5 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.Price Target Upside/DownsideAccording to analysts' consensus price target of $50.45, Childrens Place has a potential upside of 152.8% from its current price of $19.96.Amount of Analyst CoverageChildrens Place has been the subject of 8 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock. Previous Next 2.5 Community Rank Outperform VotesChildrens Place has received 649 “outperform” votes. (Add your “outperform” vote.)Underperform VotesChildrens Place has received 673 “underperform” votes. (Add your “underperform” vote.)Community SentimentChildrens Place has received 50.91% “underperform” votes from our community.MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about Childrens Place and other stocks. Vote “Outperform” if you believe PLCE will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote “Underperform” if you believe PLCE will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days. Previous Next 1.7 Dividend Strength Dividend YieldChildrens Place does not currently pay a dividend.Dividend GrowthChildrens Place has been increasing its dividend for 5 years.Dividend SustainabilityBased on earnings estimates, Childrens Place will have a dividend payout ratio of 40.95 % next year. This indicates that Childrens Place will be able to sustain or increase its dividend. Previous Next 3.0 Company Ownership Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Childrens Place insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $628,263.00 in company stock and sold $0.00 in company stock.Percentage Held by InsidersOnly 3.10% of the stock of Childrens Place is held by insiders. Previous Next 3.8 Earnings and Valuation Earnings GrowthEarnings for Childrens Place are expected to grow by 38.83% in the coming year, from $3.94 to $5.47 per share.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Childrens Place is 4.19, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 11.85.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Childrens Place is 4.19, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Retail/Wholesale sector average P/E ratio of about 16.00.Price to Earnings Growth RatioChildrens Place has a PEG Ratio of 0.45. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.Price to Book Value per Share RatioChildrens Place has a P/B Ratio of 1.28. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities. Previous Next Analyst Opinion: 4.2Community Rank: 2.5Dividend Strength: 1.7Insider Behavior: 3.0Valuation: 3.8 5 -4 -3 -2 -1 -Overall Beat the Market Rank™3.02 out of 5 stars Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock Exchange NASDAQ Industry Family clothing stores Sub-IndustryApparel Retail SectorRetail/Wholesale Current SymbolNASDAQ:PLCE Previous Symbol CUSIP16890510 CIK1041859 Webhttp://www.childrensplace.com/ Phone201-558-2400Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio1.33 Current Ratio0.76 Quick Ratio0.21Price-To-Earnings Trailing P/E Ratio4.19 Forward P/E Ratio5.07 P/E Growth0.45 Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$1.87 billion Price / Sales0.15 Cash Flow$28.93 per share Price / Cash Flow0.69 Book Value$15.61 per share Price / Book1.28Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$5.36 Net Income$73.30 million Net Margins3.92% Return on Equity32.90% Return on Assets6.63%Miscellaneous Employees17,300 Outstanding Shares14,509,000Market Cap$289.60 million Next Earnings Date5/20/2020 (Estimated) OptionableOptionable Receive PLCE News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for PLCE and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. NASDAQ:PLCE Rates by TradingView Childrens Place (NASDAQ:PLCE) Frequently Asked Questions How has Childrens Place's stock been impacted by COVID-19 (Coronavirus)? Childrens Place's stock was trading at $37.41 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, PLCE stock has decreased by 46.6% and is now trading at $19.96. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus. Do Wall Street analysts recommend investors buy shares of 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, 5 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Childrens Place. When is Childrens Place's next earnings date? Childrens Place is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 20th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Childrens Place. How were Childrens Place's earnings last quarter? Childrens Place Inc (NASDAQ:PLCE) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, March, 17th. The company reported $1.85 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.57 by $0.28. The firm earned $513 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $510.69 million. Childrens Place had a net margin of 3.92% and a return on equity of 32.90%. Childrens Place's revenue was down 3.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $1.10 earnings per share. View Childrens Place's earnings history. How often does Childrens Place pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Childrens Place? Childrens Place declared 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 11.22%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 13th. View Childrens Place's dividend history. What price target have analysts set for PLCE? 11 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Childrens Place's shares. Their forecasts range from $22.00 to $106.00. On average, they expect Childrens Place's share price to reach $50.45 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 152.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Childrens Place. Has Childrens Place been receiving favorable news coverage? Press coverage about PLCE stock has trended very negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog 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 news impact score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutChildrens Place. Are investors shorting Childrens Place? Childrens Place saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 7,573,500 shares, an increase of 5.3% from the February 27th total of 7,190,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,043,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 7.3 days. Currently, 52.5% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Childrens Place's Current Options Chain. Who are some of Childrens Place's key competitors? Some companies that are related to Childrens Place include TJX Companies (TJX), Ross Stores (ROST), GAP (GPS), Foot Locker (FL), Urban Outfitters (URBN), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Buckle (BKE), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), Guess? (GES), Zumiez (ZUMZ), Designer Brands (DBI), Cato (CATO), Shoe Carnival (SCVL), Genesco (GCO) and Caleres (CAL). What other stocks do shareholders of Childrens Place own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Childrens Place investors own include Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Boeing (BA), Alibaba Group (BABA), NVIDIA (NVDA), Pfizer (PFE), AT&T (T), Visa (V), Broadcom (AVGO), Netflix (NFLX) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ). Who are Childrens Place's key executives? Childrens Place's management team includes the following people: Ms. Jane T. Elfers, CEO, Pres & Director (Age 58)Mr. Michael Scarpa, COO, CFO & Exec. VP (Age 63)Mr. Bradley P. Cost, Sr. VP, Gen. Counsel & Sec. (Age 65)Mr. Robert F. Helm, VP of Fin. & Accounting and Principal Accounting Officer (Age 39)Mr. Steven G. Rado, Chief Digital & Technology Officer (Age 55) What is Childrens Place's stock symbol? Childrens Place trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "PLCE." Who are Childrens Place's major shareholders? Childrens Place's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.09%). 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. Which institutional investors are buying Childrens Place stock? PLCE stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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 activity for Childrens Place. How do I buy shares of 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. What is Childrens Place's stock price today? One share of PLCE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $19.96. How big of a company is Childrens Place? Childrens Place has a market capitalization of $289.60 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. View additional information about Childrens Place. What is Childrens Place's official website? The official website for Childrens Place is http://www.childrensplace.com/. How can I contact Childrens Place? 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] This page was last updated on 4/8/2020 by MarketBeat.com StaffFeatured Article: What causes a yield curve to invert?
