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Children's Place (PLCE) Competitors

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PLCE vs. ZUMZ, GCO, CTRN, DBI, CATO, TLYS, TJX, ROST, URBN, and ANF

Should you be buying Children's Place stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Children's Place include Zumiez (ZUMZ), Genesco (GCO), Citi Trends (CTRN), Designer Brands (DBI), Cato (CATO), Tilly's (TLYS), TJX Companies (TJX), Ross Stores (ROST), Urban Outfitters (URBN), and Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF). These companies are all part of the "apparel retail" industry.

Children's Place vs.

Children's Place (NASDAQ:PLCE) and Zumiez (NASDAQ:ZUMZ) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Children's Place$1.39B0.05-$154.54M-$4.55-1.30
Zumiez$889.20M0.27-$62.61M-$0.06-205.83

Children's Place received 109 more outperform votes than Zumiez when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.96% of users gave Children's Place an outperform vote while only 47.84% of users gave Zumiez an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Children's PlaceOutperform Votes
684
61.96%
Underperform Votes
420
38.04%
ZumiezOutperform Votes
575
47.84%
Underperform Votes
627
52.16%

In the previous week, Zumiez had 5 more articles in the media than Children's Place. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Zumiez and 0 mentions for Children's Place. Children's Place's average media sentiment score of 1.81 beat Zumiez's score of 1.67 indicating that Children's Place is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Children's Place Very Positive
Zumiez Very Positive

Zumiez has a net margin of -5.60% compared to Children's Place's net margin of -12.47%. Zumiez's return on equity of -2.67% beat Children's Place's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Children's Place-12.47% -4,732.98% -8.98%
Zumiez -5.60%-2.67%-1.34%

95.4% of Zumiez shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of Children's Place shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 21.2% of Zumiez shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Children's Place has a beta of 1.87, meaning that its stock price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zumiez has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Children's Place presently has a consensus price target of $9.00, suggesting a potential upside of 52.28%. Zumiez has a consensus price target of $22.00, suggesting a potential upside of 78.14%. Given Zumiez's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Zumiez is more favorable than Children's Place.

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
Zumiez
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Summary

Zumiez beats Children's Place on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PLCE vs. The Competition

MetricChildren's PlaceFamily clothing stores IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$75.56M$20.36B$25.22B$8.39B
Dividend YieldN/A2.57%169.81%4.11%
P/E Ratio-0.4213.8924.6019.71
Price / Sales0.050.943.97120.65
Price / CashN/A9.9219.4134.62
Price / Book-8.215.446.104.50
Net Income-$154.54M$702.99M$784.05M$248.22M
7 Day Performance-3.90%-0.87%-1.36%-0.78%
1 Month Performance7.65%13.72%9.31%11.53%
1 Year Performance-49.44%-9.93%9.03%8.99%

Children's Place Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PLCE
Children's Place
0.9872 of 5 stars
$5.66
-4.3%
$9.00
+59.2%
-48.6%$72.30M$1.39B-0.4011,900News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
ZUMZ
Zumiez
2.7785 of 5 stars
$13.22
-1.0%
$22.00
+66.4%
-30.5%$258.68M$889.20M-5.149,500Positive News
Gap Up
GCO
Genesco
3.9756 of 5 stars
$23.08
-4.7%
N/A-16.4%$254.76M$2.33B-9.5018,000News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
CTRN
Citi Trends
1.6443 of 5 stars
$26.34
+0.5%
$33.33
+26.6%
+15.4%$218.04M$753.08M-8.585,400News Coverage
DBI
Designer Brands
4.5575 of 5 stars
$3.51
-4.1%
$4.75
+35.3%
-63.8%$168.39M$3.01B-116.9613,500Dividend Announcement
Gap Down
CATO
Cato
0.604 of 5 stars
$2.70
-3.9%
N/A-45.3%$54.21M$649.81M-1.967,500Earnings Report
Gap Up
TLYS
Tilly's
1.534 of 5 stars
$0.90
+4.4%
$3.75
+316.7%
-85.2%$27.13M$569.45M-0.515,700Gap Down
TJX
TJX Companies
4.5991 of 5 stars
$135.05
+1.3%
$136.82
+1.3%
+28.0%$150.86B$56.36B31.78340,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
ROST
Ross Stores
4.9139 of 5 stars
$154.26
+0.9%
$161.53
+4.7%
+15.8%$50.72B$21.13B24.29100,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
Gap Down
URBN
Urban Outfitters
3.7932 of 5 stars
$61.42
-2.2%
$54.00
-12.1%
+85.7%$5.82B$5.55B17.6023,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
ANF
Abercrombie & Fitch
4.2347 of 5 stars
$78.06
-1.3%
$115.50
+48.0%
-46.0%$3.77B$4.95B7.7231,500Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down

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This page (NASDAQ:PLCE) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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