Tilly's (TLYS) Competitors $1.51 -0.02 (-1.57%) Closing price 10/17/2025 03:58 PM EasternExtended Trading$1.50 0.00 (-0.07%) As of 10/17/2025 05:35 PM 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, DBI, CATO, TJX, ROST, URBN, ANF, BKE, AEO, and GESShould you be buying Tilly's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tilly's include Children's Place (PLCE), Designer Brands (DBI), Cato (CATO), TJX Companies (TJX), Ross Stores (ROST), Urban Outfitters (URBN), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), Buckle (BKE), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), and Guess? (GES). These companies are all part of the "apparel retail" industry. Tilly's vs. Its Competitors Children's Place Designer Brands Cato TJX Companies Ross Stores Urban Outfitters Abercrombie & Fitch Buckle American Eagle Outfitters Guess? Children's Place (NASDAQ:PLCE) and Tilly's (NYSE:TLYS) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership. Which has more risk and volatility, PLCE or TLYS? Children's Place has a beta of 2.26, suggesting that its stock price is 126% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tilly's has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media refer more to PLCE or TLYS? In the previous week, Children's Place had 2 more articles in the media than Tilly's. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Children's Place and 1 mentions for Tilly's. Children's Place's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Tilly's' score of -0.80 indicating that Children's Place is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Children's Place 0 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Tilly's 0 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Negative Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in PLCE or TLYS? 76.4% of Tilly's shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Children's Place shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Tilly's shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Which has better earnings & valuation, PLCE or TLYS? Tilly's has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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 RatioChildren's Place$1.39B0.12-$57.82M-$0.86-8.45Tilly's$569.45M0.08-$46.23M-$1.52-0.99 Is PLCE or TLYS more profitable? Children's Place has a net margin of -2.04% compared to Tilly's' net margin of -8.28%. Children's Place's return on equity of -10.32% beat Tilly's' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Children's Place-2.04% -10.32% -2.45% Tilly's -8.28%-48.33%-12.92% Do analysts rate PLCE or TLYS? Children's Place currently has a consensus target price of $7.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.71%. Tilly's has a consensus target price of $2.25, suggesting a potential upside of 49.40%. Given Tilly's' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Tilly's is more favorable than Children's Place.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Children's Place 1 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 1.50Tilly's 1 Sell rating(s) 4 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 1.80 SummaryChildren's Place beats Tilly's 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. Subscribe Now View SMS TermsBy entering your phone number and clicking the sign-up button, you agree to receive periodic text messages from MarketBeat at the phone number you submitted, including texts that may be sent using an automatic telephone dialing system. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency will vary. 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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'sRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$45.89M$8.35B$26.87B$21.77BDividend YieldN/A2.93%172.47%3.62%P/E Ratio-0.9923.3418.7832.43Price / Sales0.081.288.8881.20Price / CashN/A19.4617.1718.06Price / Book0.453.775.104.59Net Income-$46.23M$368.88M$911.66M$1.01B7 Day Performance-7.61%1.19%0.22%-0.34%1 Month Performance-19.77%-2.94%-3.83%-0.90%1 Year Performance-65.93%-4.04%5.53%9.51% Tilly's Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)TLYSTilly's3.2865 of 5 stars$1.51-1.6%$2.25+49.4%-65.9%$45.89M$569.45M-0.995,619PLCEChildren's Place0.6064 of 5 stars$7.74+8.9%$7.00-9.6%-38.2%$157.61M$1.39B-9.007,900Positive NewsDBIDesigner Brands4.1391 of 5 stars$3.37+6.0%$4.00+18.7%-45.0%$157.55M$3.01B-4.8114,000CATOCato0.8229 of 5 stars$4.23-1.4%N/A-32.5%$84.63M$649.81M-4.197,000Analyst UpgradeTJXTJX Companies4.6012 of 5 stars$141.38+0.7%$147.63+4.4%+22.3%$156.23B$56.36B32.20364,000Trending NewsROSTRoss Stores4.2959 of 5 stars$154.77+4.8%$162.33+4.9%+4.3%$48.04B$21.13B24.57107,000Positive NewsURBNUrban Outfitters4.3759 of 5 stars$69.02+1.0%$81.91+18.7%+79.1%$6.13B$5.55B13.4829,000Analyst UpgradeANFAbercrombie & Fitch3.9832 of 5 stars$73.01-0.5%$111.11+52.2%-56.4%$3.45B$4.95B6.9139,200Gap UpBKEBuckle3.064 of 5 stars$54.00+2.4%$54.00+22.0%$2.70B$1.22B13.508,000Gap UpAEOAmerican Eagle Outfitters3.5225 of 5 stars$15.27+6.7%$14.72-3.6%-29.5%$2.42B$5.33B14.6944,000Gap UpGESGuess?3.2085 of 5 stars$16.83+0.7%$16.75-0.5%-11.2%$870.82M$3.00B105.1913,000News CoverageAnalyst Upgrade Related Companies and Tools Related Companies PLCE Alternatives DBI Alternatives CATO Alternatives TJX Alternatives ROST Alternatives URBN Alternatives ANF Alternatives BKE Alternatives AEO 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 10/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersThis Crypto Is Set to Explode in JanuaryCurious about crypto but still stuck scrolling endless threads? 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