PLCE vs. TPR, CAL, GCO, ZUMZ, CTRN, DBI, CATO, TLYS, TJX, and ROST
Should you be buying Children's Place stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Children's Place include Tapestry (TPR), Caleres (CAL), Genesco (GCO), Zumiez (ZUMZ), Citi Trends (CTRN), Designer Brands (DBI), Cato (CATO), Tilly's (TLYS), TJX Companies (TJX), and Ross Stores (ROST).
Children's Place vs. Its Competitors
Tapestry (NYSE:TPR) and Children's Place (NASDAQ:PLCE) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
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.
Tapestry has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Children's Place has a beta of 2.26, meaning that its share price is 126% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Tapestry presently has a consensus target price of $106.47, suggesting a potential downside of 7.34%. Children's Place has a consensus target price of $7.00, suggesting a potential downside of 2.51%. Given Children's Place's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Children's Place is more favorable than Tapestry.
90.8% of Tapestry shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Tapestry shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Children's Place shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Tapestry has a net margin of 2.61% compared to Children's Place's net margin of -2.04%. Tapestry's return on equity of 68.02% beat Children's Place's return on equity.
In the previous week, Tapestry had 20 more articles in the media than Children's Place. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Tapestry and 0 mentions for Children's Place. Tapestry's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Children's Place's score of 0.00 indicating that Tapestry is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Tapestry beats Children's Place on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:PLCE) was last updated on 10/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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