Children's Place (PLCE) Competitors

Destination XL Group (NASDAQ:DXLG) and Children's Place (NASDAQ:PLCE) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in DXLG or PLCE?

73.5% of Destination XL Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.8% of Destination XL Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% 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 stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate DXLG or PLCE?

Destination XL Group presently has a consensus target price of $4.50, indicating a potential upside of 38.04%. Children's Place has a consensus target price of $16.75, indicating a potential upside of 103.03%. Given Destination XL Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Children's Place is more favorable than Destination XL Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Destination XL Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Children's Place	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DXLG or PLCE?

Children's Place received 672 more outperform votes than Destination XL Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.69% of users gave Children's Place an outperform vote while only 54.55% of users gave Destination XL Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Destination XL Group	Outperform Votes 12 54.55%	Underperform Votes 10 45.45%
Children's Place	Outperform Votes 684 62.69%	Underperform Votes 407 37.31%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, DXLG or PLCE?

Destination XL Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Children's Place. Children's Place is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Destination XL Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Destination XL Group	$521.82M	0.36	$27.85M	$0.43	7.58
Children's Place	$1.71B	0.06	-$1.14M	-$6.20	-1.33

Is DXLG or PLCE more profitable?

Destination XL Group has a net margin of 5.34% compared to Destination XL Group's net margin of -4.75%. Children's Place's return on equity of 21.84% beat Destination XL Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Destination XL Group	5.34%	21.84%	9.10%
Children's Place	-4.75%	-47.76%	-5.83%

Does the media refer more to DXLG or PLCE?

In the previous week, Children's Place had 19 more articles in the media than Destination XL Group. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Children's Place and 4 mentions for Destination XL Group. Children's Place's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Destination XL Group's score of 0.18 indicating that Destination XL Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Destination XL Group	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Children's Place	3 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, DXLG or PLCE?

Destination XL Group has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Children's Place has a beta of 1.98, indicating that its stock price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Destination XL Group beats Children's Place on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.