Children's Place (PLCE) Competitors

Children's Place (NASDAQ:PLCE) and Tapestry (NYSE:TPR) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings and profitability.

Is PLCE or TPR a better dividend stock?

Children's Place pays an annual dividend of $2.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 49.8%. Tapestry pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Children's Place pays out -71.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tapestry pays out 222.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Tapestry has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Children's Place is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is PLCE or TPR more profitable?

Tapestry has a net margin of 2.61% compared to Children's Place's net margin of -3.97%. Tapestry's return on equity of 68.02% beat Children's Place's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Children's Place	-3.97%	-10.32%	-1.49%
Tapestry	2.61%	68.02%	13.01%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in PLCE or TPR?

90.8% of Tapestry shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Children's Place shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Tapestry shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, PLCE or TPR?

Tapestry has higher revenue and earnings than Children's Place. Children's Place is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tapestry, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Children's Place	$1.36B	0.07	-$57.82M	-$3.13	-1.44
Tapestry	$7.01B	2.96	$183.20M	$0.63	158.04

Which has more risk and volatility, PLCE or TPR?

Children's Place has a beta of 1.87, meaning that its share price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tapestry has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer PLCE or TPR?

Children's Place presently has a consensus target price of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 33.33%. Tapestry has a consensus target price of $105.47, suggesting a potential upside of 5.94%. Given Children's Place's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Children's Place is more favorable than Tapestry.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Children's Place	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Tapestry	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	17 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.81

Does the media refer more to PLCE or TPR?

In the previous week, Tapestry had 35 more articles in the media than Children's Place. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Tapestry and 2 mentions for Children's Place. Tapestry's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Children's Place's score of 0.00 indicating that Tapestry is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Children's Place	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Tapestry	24 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Tapestry beats Children's Place on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.