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Children's Place (PLCE) Competitors

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$10.77 -0.48 (-4.27%)
(As of 04:00 PM ET)

PLCE vs. GCO, ZUMZ, DBI, CTRN, TLYS, CATO, EXPR, TJX, ROST, and ANF

Should you be buying Children's Place stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Children's Place include Genesco (GCO), Zumiez (ZUMZ), Designer Brands (DBI), Citi Trends (CTRN), Tilly's (TLYS), Cato (CATO), Express (EXPR), TJX Companies (TJX), Ross Stores (ROST), and Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF). These companies are all part of the "apparel retail" industry.

Children's Place vs.

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

Genesco has a net margin of -1.13% compared to Children's Place's net margin of -12.47%. Genesco's return on equity of 0.56% beat Children's Place's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Children's Place-12.47% -4,732.98% -8.98%
Genesco -1.13%0.56%0.22%

Children's Place has a beta of 2.28, meaning that its stock price is 128% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Genesco has a beta of 2.47, meaning that its stock price is 147% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Genesco has higher revenue and earnings than Children's Place. Genesco 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Children's Place$1.43B0.10-$154.54M-$14.19-0.76
Genesco$2.32B0.20-$16.83M-$2.43-16.74

Children's Place received 228 more outperform votes than Genesco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.01% of users gave Children's Place an outperform vote while only 57.14% of users gave Genesco an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Children's PlaceOutperform Votes
684
62.01%
Underperform Votes
419
37.99%
GenescoOutperform Votes
456
57.14%
Underperform Votes
342
42.86%

Children's Place presently has a consensus price target of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.14%. Genesco has a consensus price target of $31.00, indicating a potential downside of 23.80%. Given Children's Place's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Children's Place is more favorable than Genesco.

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
Genesco
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

In the previous week, Genesco had 1 more articles in the media than Children's Place. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Genesco and 5 mentions for Children's Place. Genesco's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Children's Place's score of 0.59 indicating that Genesco 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)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Genesco
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

94.5% of Genesco shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of Children's Place shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.1% of Genesco shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Genesco beats Children's Place on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PLCE vs. The Competition

MetricChildren's PlaceFamily clothing stores IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$137.60M$19.69B$24.52B$8.94B
Dividend YieldN/A2.26%168.53%4.06%
P/E Ratio-0.7614.86111.4116.95
Price / Sales0.101.033.40127.83
Price / CashN/A11.0921.6437.95
Price / Book-2.785.025.344.71
Net Income-$154.54M$702.99M$670.54M$225.30M
7 Day Performance-25.93%-6.62%-5.43%-3.74%
1 Month Performance-28.25%-0.53%0.44%4.48%
1 Year Performance-52.74%12.14%10.22%18.72%

Children's Place Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PLCE
Children's Place
0.4203 of 5 stars
$10.77
-4.3%
$11.00
+2.1%
-51.3%$137.60M$1.43B-0.768,390News Coverage
GCO
Genesco
3.9508 of 5 stars
$43.39
+0.5%
$31.00
-28.6%
+23.5%$486.92M$2.32B-17.7718,000Insider Trade
Short Interest ↓
ZUMZ
Zumiez
1.7677 of 5 stars
$20.02
+1.3%
$22.00
+9.9%
+5.3%$383.78M$875.49M-7.698,900
DBI
Designer Brands
4.0226 of 5 stars
$5.83
-2.3%
$5.75
-1.4%
-32.7%$323.56M$3.05B-202.6714,000Analyst Revision
CTRN
Citi Trends
0.5561 of 5 stars
$25.74
+3.9%
$27.67
+7.5%
+7.3%$224.20M$757.09M-8.074,800
TLYS
Tilly's
2.7058 of 5 stars
$3.50
+0.9%
$5.50
+57.1%
-54.4%$105.53M$595.19M-1.966,048Positive News
CATO
Cato
2.091 of 5 stars
$3.66
+9.3%
N/A-45.1%$75.17M$666.78M-2.627,300High Trading Volume
EXPR
Express
N/AN/AN/A-100.0%$3.11M$1.79B0.0210,000Gap Up
TJX
TJX Companies
4.5486 of 5 stars
$123.98
-0.7%
$130.89
+5.6%
+37.8%$139.37B$54.22B29.38349,000Positive News
ROST
Ross Stores
4.7447 of 5 stars
$150.93
-1.7%
$171.69
+13.8%
+12.6%$49.80B$20.38B24.18108,000Positive News
ANF
Abercrombie & Fitch
4.2164 of 5 stars
$149.63
+4.9%
$178.38
+19.2%
+81.5%$7.54B$4.82B14.1131,700

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This page (NASDAQ:PLCE) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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