Tilly's (TLYS) Competitors $0.80 -0.11 (-12.37%) Closing price 05/21/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$0.81 +0.01 (+1.50%) As of 04:05 AM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock TLYS vs. PLCE, CATO, TJX, ROST, URBN, ANF, AEO, BKE, FL, and GESShould you be buying Tilly's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tilly's include Children's Place (PLCE), Cato (CATO), TJX Companies (TJX), Ross Stores (ROST), Urban Outfitters (URBN), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Buckle (BKE), Foot Locker (FL), and Guess? (GES). These companies are all part of the "apparel retail" industry. Tilly's vs. Children's Place Cato TJX Companies Ross Stores Urban Outfitters Abercrombie & Fitch American Eagle Outfitters Buckle Foot Locker Guess? Tilly's (NYSE:TLYS) and Children's Place (NASDAQ:PLCE) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking and analyst recommendations. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TLYS or PLCE? Children's Place received 218 more outperform votes than Tilly's when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.96% of users gave Children's Place an outperform vote while only 60.92% of users gave Tilly's an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformTilly'sOutperform Votes46660.92% Underperform Votes29939.08% Children's PlaceOutperform Votes68461.96% Underperform Votes42038.04% Do analysts rate TLYS or PLCE? Tilly's presently has a consensus target price of $3.75, indicating a potential upside of 367.58%. Children's Place has a consensus target price of $9.00, indicating a potential upside of 57.34%. Given Tilly's' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Tilly's is more favorable than Children's Place.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Tilly's 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00Children's Place 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00 Is TLYS or PLCE more profitable? Tilly's has a net margin of -8.92% compared to Children's Place's net margin of -12.47%. Tilly's' return on equity of -25.44% beat Children's Place's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Tilly's-8.92% -25.44% -7.86% Children's Place -12.47%-4,732.98%-8.98% Does the media favor TLYS or PLCE? In the previous week, Tilly's' average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Children's Place's score of 0.00 indicating that Tilly's is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Overall Sentiment Tilly's Positive Children's Place Neutral Which has higher valuation & earnings, TLYS or PLCE? Tilly's has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Children's Place. Children's Place is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tilly's, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioTilly's$569.45M0.04-$34.49M-$1.53-0.52Children's Place$1.39B0.05-$154.54M-$4.55-1.26 Which has more volatility and risk, TLYS or PLCE? Tilly's has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Children's Place has a beta of 1.87, meaning that its share price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in TLYS or PLCE? 76.4% of Tilly's shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.1% of Tilly's shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% 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. SummaryTilly's beats Children's Place on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Tilly's News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for TLYS 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 NYSE 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 TLYS vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricTilly'sApparel & accessory stores IndustryRetail SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$24.18M$968.01M$25.04B$19.41BDividend YieldN/A0.51%169.79%3.83%P/E Ratio-0.454.1324.1834.23Price / Sales0.040.683.9634.85Price / CashN/A43.1119.4117.51Price / Book0.176.446.114.69Net Income-$34.49M-$84.27M$784.05M$1.02B7 Day Performance0.72%5.90%-2.01%-1.74%1 Month Performance-52.68%7.78%9.09%7.46%1 Year Performance-86.15%-19.54%7.21%3.96% Tilly's Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)TLYSTilly's1.9144 of 5 stars$0.80-12.4%$3.75+367.6%-86.5%$24.18M$569.45M-0.455,700Gap DownPLCEChildren's Place0.5575 of 5 stars$6.75+18.2%$9.00+33.3%-48.6%$86.30M$1.39B-0.4811,900Gap DownCATOCato0.6076 of 5 stars$2.67+4.7%N/A-52.5%$53.61M$649.81M-1.937,500TJXTJX Companies4.2386 of 5 stars$131.43+2.6%$136.94+4.2%+34.1%$146.83B$56.36B30.93340,000Trending NewsEarnings ReportAnalyst ForecastGap DownROSTRoss Stores4.6879 of 5 stars$149.26+4.9%$161.20+8.0%+15.4%$49.08B$21.13B23.51100,000Trending NewsDividend AnnouncementAnalyst DowngradeAnalyst RevisionURBNUrban Outfitters3.8138 of 5 stars$57.26+10.5%$53.36-6.8%+44.2%$5.31B$5.55B16.4123,000Trending NewsEarnings ReportAnalyst ForecastGap DownANFAbercrombie & Fitch4.0638 of 5 stars$78.24+6.9%$119.63+52.9%-49.7%$3.73B$4.95B7.7431,500Upcoming EarningsAnalyst ForecastGap DownAEOAmerican Eagle Outfitters4.8516 of 5 stars$12.10+8.6%$15.30+26.5%-54.7%$2.09B$5.33B10.3440,800Upcoming EarningsGap DownHigh Trading VolumeBKEBuckle3.098 of 5 stars$39.26+6.4%$41.00+4.4%+6.7%$2.01B$1.22B9.968,300Upcoming EarningsFLFoot Locker3.503 of 5 stars$13.33+11.0%$20.63+54.7%+4.3%$1.27B$7.99B-2.9649,900Upcoming EarningsOptions VolumeGap UpGESGuess?3.7155 of 5 stars$12.05+5.4%$12.50+3.7%-56.4%$624.86M$3.00B10.1312,500News CoveragePositive NewsUpcoming Earnings Related Companies and Tools Related Companies PLCE Alternatives CATO Alternatives TJX Alternatives ROST Alternatives URBN Alternatives ANF Alternatives AEO Alternatives BKE Alternatives FL Alternatives GES Alternatives 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 (NYSE:TLYS) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersJuly 2025 Rule Change to Impact Retirement InvestorsThere's a massive change from a new rule going into effect this July. 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