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PLCE vs. TPR, GCO, ZUMZ, CTRN, DBI, CATO, TLYS, TJX, ROST, and URBN

Should you be buying Children's Place stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Children's Place include Tapestry (TPR), Genesco (GCO), Zumiez (ZUMZ), Citi Trends (CTRN), Designer Brands (DBI), Cato (CATO), Tilly's (TLYS), TJX Companies (TJX), Ross Stores (ROST), and Urban Outfitters (URBN). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.

Children's Place vs. Its Competitors

Tapestry (NYSE:TPR) and Children's Place (NASDAQ:PLCE) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.

Tapestry has a net margin of 12.50% compared to Children's Place's net margin of -3.97%. Tapestry's return on equity of 51.84% beat Children's Place's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Tapestry12.50% 51.84% 10.83%
Children's Place -3.97%-10.32%-1.49%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Tapestry$6.67B3.31$816M$3.8027.98
Children's Place$1.39B0.07-$57.82M-$3.13-1.45

Tapestry has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Children's Place has a beta of 1.87, meaning that its stock price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500.

90.8% of Tapestry shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Tapestry shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Children's Place shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Tapestry currently has a consensus target price of $97.56, suggesting a potential downside of 8.24%. Children's Place has a consensus target price of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 32.16%. Given Children's Place's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Children's Place is more favorable than Tapestry.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Tapestry
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
Children's Place
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

In the previous week, Tapestry had 42 more articles in the media than Children's Place. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for Tapestry and 0 mentions for Children's Place. Tapestry's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Children's Place's score of 0.00 indicating that Tapestry is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Tapestry Positive
Children's Place Neutral

Summary

Tapestry beats Children's Place on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ 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.
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PLCE vs. The Competition

MetricChildren's PlaceRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$106.41M$7.45B$26.79B$9.54B
Dividend YieldN/A2.99%177.15%4.09%
P/E Ratio-1.4565.1228.0423.83
Price / Sales0.071.218.3766.02
Price / Cash1.3617.3253.6657.96
Price / Book-0.982.875.435.54
Net Income-$57.82M$372.41M$880.44M$259.28M
7 Day Performance-16.54%-7.69%-5.24%-4.68%
1 Month Performance-6.00%-3.20%-2.45%4.36%
1 Year Performance-37.98%-0.02%17.83%17.89%

Children's Place Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PLCE
Children's Place
0.8391 of 5 stars
$4.54
-5.4%
$6.00
+32.2%
-41.6%$106.41M$1.39B-1.457,900
TPR
Tapestry
4.147 of 5 stars
$110.37
+1.9%
$93.11
-15.6%
+171.6%$22.50B$6.67B29.0418,600News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
GCO
Genesco
2.3787 of 5 stars
$25.43
+2.6%
$24.50
-3.6%
-19.5%$267.21M$2.33B-16.3018,000
ZUMZ
Zumiez
3.3191 of 5 stars
$15.15
+2.2%
$25.00
+65.0%
-46.6%$263.54M$889.20M1,516.528,700
CTRN
Citi Trends
1.1292 of 5 stars
$30.08
+0.3%
$32.50
+8.0%
+61.3%$248.74M$753.08M-6.444,600Positive News
DBI
Designer Brands
4.5574 of 5 stars
$3.39
+2.7%
$3.50
+3.2%
-67.6%$161.12M$3.01B-4.9914,000Gap Down
CATO
Cato
0.6341 of 5 stars
$3.00
-1.3%
N/A-46.5%$60M$649.81M-2.227,000
TLYS
Tilly's
3.6935 of 5 stars
$1.96
+9.5%
$2.25
+14.8%
-69.8%$53.97M$569.45M-1.215,619News Coverage
Insider Trade
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
TJX
TJX Companies
4.7973 of 5 stars
$125.28
-0.9%
$141.06
+12.6%
+10.8%$141.25B$56.36B29.48364,000News Coverage
Positive News
ROST
Ross Stores
4.6793 of 5 stars
$140.82
+1.8%
$159.06
+13.0%
-4.2%$45.24B$21.13B22.25107,000Positive News
URBN
Urban Outfitters
3.8647 of 5 stars
$77.72
+2.8%
$75.00
-3.5%
+72.2%$6.78B$5.55B16.2629,000News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↑
Gap Down

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This page (NASDAQ:PLCE) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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