PLCE vs. TPR, ZUMZ, GCO, 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), Zumiez (ZUMZ), Genesco (GCO), 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
Tapestry (NYSE:TPR) and Children's Place (NASDAQ:PLCE) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and profitability.
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.
Tapestry currently has a consensus target price of $106.47, suggesting a potential downside of 0.07%. Children's Place has a consensus target price of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.29%. Given Children's Place's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Children's Place is more favorable than Tapestry.
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 1.52, indicating that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Children's Place has a beta of 2.02, indicating that its stock price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Tapestry had 38 more articles in the media than Children's Place. MarketBeat recorded 46 mentions for Tapestry and 8 mentions for Children's Place. Tapestry's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Children's Place's score of 0.33 indicating that Tapestry is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Tapestry pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Children's Place pays an annual dividend of $2.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 32.1%. Tapestry pays out 254.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Children's Place pays out -260.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tapestry has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Children's Place is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
90.8% of Tapestry shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Tapestry shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Children's Place shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Tapestry beats Children's Place on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:PLCE) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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