Lands' End (LE) Competitors

Children's Place (NASDAQ:PLCE) and Lands' End (NASDAQ:LE) 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 institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings and valuation.

Is PLCE or LE more profitable?

Lands' End has a net margin of -9.20% compared to Children's Place's net margin of -10.52%. Lands' End's return on equity of -1.03% beat Children's Place's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Children's Place	-10.52%	-4,732.98%	-7.12%
Lands' End	-9.20%	-1.03%	-0.29%

Do analysts prefer PLCE or LE?

Children's Place presently has a consensus price target of $11.33, indicating a potential downside of 19.28%. Lands' End has a consensus price target of $20.00, indicating a potential upside of 29.87%. Given Lands' End's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Lands' End 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)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Lands' End	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more risk and volatility, PLCE or LE?

Children's Place has a beta of 2.24, meaning that its stock price is 124% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lands' End has a beta of 2.78, meaning that its stock price is 178% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to PLCE or LE?

In the previous week, Children's Place had 2 more articles in the media than Lands' End. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Children's Place and 4 mentions for Lands' End. Lands' End's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Children's Place's score of 0.15 indicating that Lands' End is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Children's Place	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Lands' End	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PLCE or LE?

Children's Place received 384 more outperform votes than Lands' End when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.07% of users gave Children's Place an outperform vote while only 57.03% of users gave Lands' End an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Children's Place	Outperform Votes 684 62.07%	Underperform Votes 418 37.93%
Lands' End	Outperform Votes 300 57.03%	Underperform Votes 226 42.97%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of PLCE or LE?

37.5% of Lands' End shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of Children's Place shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Lands' End shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better earnings & valuation, PLCE or LE?

Lands' End has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Children's Place. Lands' End 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Children's Place	$1.60B	0.11	-$154.54M	-$12.71	-1.10
Lands' End	$1.47B	0.33	-$130.68M	-$4.16	-3.70

Summary

Lands' End beats Children's Place on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.