Children's Place (PLCE) Competitors $5.66 -0.26 (-4.31%) As of 12:20 PM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock PLCE vs. ZUMZ, GCO, CTRN, DBI, CATO, TLYS, TJX, ROST, URBN, and ANFShould 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. Zumiez Genesco Citi Trends Designer Brands Cato Tilly's TJX Companies Ross Stores Urban Outfitters Abercrombie & Fitch 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. Which has stronger valuation and earnings, PLCE or ZUMZ? 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 RatioChildren's Place$1.39B0.05-$154.54M-$4.55-1.30Zumiez$889.20M0.27-$62.61M-$0.06-205.83 Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PLCE or ZUMZ? 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. CompanyUnderperformOutperformChildren's PlaceOutperform Votes68461.96% Underperform Votes42038.04% ZumiezOutperform Votes57547.84% Underperform Votes62752.16% Does the media favor PLCE or ZUMZ? 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 Is PLCE or ZUMZ more profitable? 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% Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of PLCE or ZUMZ? 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. Which has more volatility & risk, PLCE or ZUMZ? 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. Do analysts prefer PLCE or ZUMZ? 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) 2.00Zumiez 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00 SummaryZumiez beats Children's Place on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Children's Place News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for PLCE and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart PLCE vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricChildren's PlaceFamily clothing stores IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$75.56M$20.36B$25.22B$8.39BDividend YieldN/A2.57%169.81%4.11%P/E Ratio-0.4213.8924.6019.71Price / Sales0.050.943.97120.65Price / CashN/A9.9219.4134.62Price / Book-8.215.446.104.50Net Income-$154.54M$702.99M$784.05M$248.22M7 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 Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)PLCEChildren's Place0.9872 of 5 stars$5.66-4.3%$9.00+59.2%-48.6%$72.30M$1.39B-0.4011,900News CoveragePositive NewsGap DownZUMZZumiez2.7785 of 5 stars$13.22-1.0%$22.00+66.4%-30.5%$258.68M$889.20M-5.149,500Positive NewsGap UpGCOGenesco3.9756 of 5 stars$23.08-4.7%N/A-16.4%$254.76M$2.33B-9.5018,000News CoveragePositive NewsUpcoming EarningsAnalyst ForecastGap UpCTRNCiti Trends1.6443 of 5 stars$26.34+0.5%$33.33+26.6%+15.4%$218.04M$753.08M-8.585,400News CoverageDBIDesigner Brands4.5575 of 5 stars$3.51-4.1%$4.75+35.3%-63.8%$168.39M$3.01B-116.9613,500Dividend AnnouncementGap DownCATOCato0.604 of 5 stars$2.70-3.9%N/A-45.3%$54.21M$649.81M-1.967,500Earnings ReportGap UpTLYSTilly's1.534 of 5 stars$0.90+4.4%$3.75+316.7%-85.2%$27.13M$569.45M-0.515,700Gap DownTJXTJX Companies4.5991 of 5 stars$135.05+1.3%$136.82+1.3%+28.0%$150.86B$56.36B31.78340,000Trending NewsEarnings ReportAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionROSTRoss Stores4.9139 of 5 stars$154.26+0.9%$161.53+4.7%+15.8%$50.72B$21.13B24.29100,000Trending NewsEarnings ReportDividend AnnouncementAnalyst DowngradeGap DownURBNUrban Outfitters3.7932 of 5 stars$61.42-2.2%$54.00-12.1%+85.7%$5.82B$5.55B17.6023,000Trending NewsEarnings ReportAnalyst UpgradeAnalyst RevisionGap DownANFAbercrombie & Fitch4.2347 of 5 stars$78.06-1.3%$115.50+48.0%-46.0%$3.77B$4.95B7.7231,500Upcoming EarningsAnalyst ForecastGap Down Related Companies and Tools Related Companies ZUMZ Competitors GCO Competitors CTRN Competitors DBI Competitors CATO Competitors TLYS Competitors TJX Competitors ROST Competitors URBN Competitors ANF Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:PLCE) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersMarket Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stockstock Market Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stocks The market is in freefall—and Trump's new tarif...American Alternative | SponsoredWhite House to reset Social Security?Elon Musk's parting DOGE gift looks set to shock America... 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