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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 investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, earnings and community ranking.

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-$4.55-1.16
Zumiez$889.20M0.26-$62.61M-$0.06-200.33

Children's Place currently has a consensus price target of $9.00, suggesting a potential upside of 70.13%. Zumiez has a consensus price target of $22.00, suggesting a potential upside of 83.03%. Given Zumiez's higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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)
2 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

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%

Children's Place has a beta of 2.03, meaning that its stock price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zumiez has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Children's Place and Children's Place both had 4 articles in the media. Zumiez's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat Children's Place's score of 1.33 indicating that Zumiez is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Children's Place
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Zumiez
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
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 held by institutional investors. 3.7% of Children's Place shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.3% of Zumiez shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Zumiez beats Children's Place on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PLCE vs. The Competition

MetricChildren's PlaceFamily clothing stores IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$67.42M$19.64B$24.27B$7.99B
Dividend YieldN/A2.85%170.04%4.22%
P/E Ratio-0.3712.6422.9918.71
Price / Sales0.050.854.27105.45
Price / CashN/A9.9219.4134.62
Price / Book-7.355.065.814.31
Net Income-$154.54M$702.99M$786.75M$248.10M
7 Day Performance-1.49%1.46%1.41%2.02%
1 Month Performance-42.56%-11.26%-3.23%3.60%
1 Year Performance-31.48%-14.38%3.26%5.11%

Children's Place Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PLCE
Children's Place
1.3214 of 5 stars
$5.20
+6.6%
$9.00
+73.1%
-27.4%$66.48M$1.39B-0.3711,900Positive News
Gap Up
ZUMZ
Zumiez
2.8659 of 5 stars
$11.66
-1.9%
$22.00
+88.7%
-31.9%$223.39M$889.20M-4.549,500Positive News
GCO
Genesco
2.5068 of 5 stars
$19.83
-1.2%
N/A-24.1%$218.88M$2.33B-8.1618,000Short Interest ↑
CTRN
Citi Trends
1.5359 of 5 stars
$20.70
+1.0%
$33.33
+61.0%
+2.2%$171.36M$753.08M-6.745,400Positive News
Gap Up
DBI
Designer Brands
4.404 of 5 stars
$2.86
+4.0%
$4.75
+66.1%
-68.5%$137.21M$3.01B-95.3013,500News Coverage
CATO
Cato
1.114 of 5 stars
$2.35
-2.1%
N/A-49.9%$47.18M$649.81M-1.707,500Short Interest ↓
TLYS
Tilly's
1.6088 of 5 stars
$1.54
-3.1%
$3.75
+143.5%
-74.6%$46.43M$569.45M-0.875,700News Coverage
TJX
TJX Companies
4.1757 of 5 stars
$127.11
+0.4%
$137.38
+8.1%
+36.1%$141.99B$56.36B29.91340,000Analyst Forecast
Positive News
ROST
Ross Stores
4.6299 of 5 stars
$139.37
-0.2%
$160.87
+15.4%
+8.7%$45.83B$21.13B21.95100,000Short Interest ↑
Positive News
URBN
Urban Outfitters
4.0568 of 5 stars
$52.67
+2.5%
$55.18
+4.8%
+37.2%$4.88B$5.55B15.0923,000Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
ANF
Abercrombie & Fitch
4.1358 of 5 stars
$70.68
-1.3%
$127.25
+80.0%
-42.7%$3.45B$4.95B6.9931,500Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:PLCE) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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