PLCE vs. TPR, GCO, ZUMZ, CTRN, DBI, CATO, TLYS, TJX, ROST, and URBN
Should you be buying Children's Place stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Children's Place include Tapestry (TPR), Genesco (GCO), Zumiez (ZUMZ), Citi Trends (CTRN), Designer Brands (DBI), Cato (CATO), Tilly's (TLYS), TJX Companies (TJX), Ross Stores (ROST), and Urban Outfitters (URBN). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Children's Place vs. Its Competitors
Children's Place (NASDAQ:PLCE) and Tapestry (NYSE:TPR) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation.
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.
Children's Place currently has a consensus price target of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.48%. Tapestry has a consensus price target of $106.47, suggesting a potential downside of 0.07%. Given Children's Place's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Children's Place is more favorable than Tapestry.
90.8% of Tapestry shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Children's Place shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Tapestry shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Children's Place has a beta of 2.02, meaning that its share price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tapestry has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
In the previous week, Tapestry had 23 more articles in the media than Children's Place. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Tapestry and 13 mentions for Children's Place. Tapestry's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Children's Place's score of 0.17 indicating that Tapestry is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Tapestry beats Children's Place on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:PLCE) was last updated on 9/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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