PLCE vs. GCO, ZUMZ, DBI, CTRN, TLYS, CATO, TJX, ROST, ANF, and URBN
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), TJX Companies (TJX), Ross Stores (ROST), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), and Urban Outfitters (URBN). 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 investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability and dividends.
Children's Place has a beta of 2.35, meaning that its share price is 135% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Genesco has a beta of 2.35, meaning that its share price is 135% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
In the previous week, Children's Place had 1 more articles in the media than Genesco. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Children's Place and 1 mentions for Genesco. Genesco's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Children's Place's score of 0.00 indicating that Genesco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Children's Place currently has a consensus target price of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 19.44%. Genesco has a consensus target price of $31.00, indicating a potential downside of 20.88%. Given Children's Place's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Children's Place is more favorable than Genesco.
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.
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.
Summary
Genesco beats Children's Place on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:PLCE) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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