Children's Place (PLCE) Competitors $14.04 +0.02 (+0.14%) (As of 11/15/2024 ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends PLCE vs. ZUMZ, GCO, DBI, CTRN, CATO, TLYS, EXPR, LE, BKE, and AEOShould you be buying Children's Place stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Children's Place include Zumiez (ZUMZ), Genesco (GCO), Designer Brands (DBI), Citi Trends (CTRN), Cato (CATO), Tilly's (TLYS), Express (EXPR), Lands' End (LE), Buckle (BKE), and American Eagle Outfitters (AEO). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector. Children's Place vs. Zumiez Genesco Designer Brands Citi Trends Cato Tilly's Express Lands' End Buckle American Eagle Outfitters Zumiez (NASDAQ:ZUMZ) and Children's Place (NASDAQ:PLCE) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations. Is ZUMZ or PLCE more profitable? Zumiez has a net margin of -6.02% compared to Children's Place's net margin of -10.52%. Zumiez's return on equity of -3.52% beat Children's Place's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Zumiez-6.02% -3.52% -1.79% Children's Place -10.52%-4,732.98%-7.12% Do analysts prefer ZUMZ or PLCE? Zumiez currently has a consensus target price of $22.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.72%. Children's Place has a consensus target price of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.96%. Given Children's Place's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Children's Place is more favorable than Zumiez.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Zumiez 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00Children's Place 0 Sell rating(s) 4 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00 Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of ZUMZ or PLCE? 95.5% of Zumiez shares are held by institutional investors. 20.3% of Zumiez shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Children's Place shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. Which has stronger earnings and valuation, ZUMZ or PLCE? Zumiez has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Children's Place. Zumiez 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 RatioZumiez$875.49M0.46-$62.61M-$2.75-7.71Children's Place$1.52B0.12-$154.54M-$12.71-1.10 Does the MarketBeat Community favor ZUMZ or PLCE? Children's Place received 109 more outperform votes than Zumiez when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.07% of users gave Children's Place an outperform vote while only 47.84% of users gave Zumiez an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformZumiezOutperform Votes57547.84% Underperform Votes62752.16% Children's PlaceOutperform Votes68462.07% Underperform Votes41837.93% Does the media favor ZUMZ or PLCE? In the previous week, Children's Place had 2 more articles in the media than Zumiez. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Children's Place and 4 mentions for Zumiez. Zumiez's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Children's Place's score of 0.15 indicating that Zumiez is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Zumiez 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive 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 Which has more volatility & risk, ZUMZ or PLCE? Zumiez has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Children's Place has a beta of 2.24, indicating that its share price is 124% more volatile than the S&P 500. SummaryZumiez beats Children's Place on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks. 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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 PLCE vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricChildren's PlaceFamily clothing stores IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$178.56M$19.24B$23.57B$8.67BDividend YieldN/A2.31%171.45%4.06%P/E Ratio-1.1014.10114.6017.12Price / Sales0.121.016.5671.29Price / CashN/A10.4520.2636.36Price / Book-19.505.566.745.87Net Income-$154.54M$702.99M$687.07M$225.66M7 Day Performance-6.40%-0.70%-2.81%-1.34%1 Month Performance28.10%-2.32%0.17%1.00%1 Year Performance-34.55%31.52%15.87%25.27% Children's Place Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)PLCEChildren's Place0.1125 of 5 stars$14.04+0.1%$11.33-19.3%-34.5%$178.56M$1.60B-1.108,390Upcoming EarningsZUMZZumiez2.639 of 5 stars$22.26-1.5%N/A+20.1%$426.06M$875.49M-8.098,900Short Interest ↓News CoveragePositive NewsGCOGenesco3.3815 of 5 stars$30.74-1.2%N/A-2.1%$344.90M$2.32B-439.0818,000Short Interest ↓DBIDesigner Brands4.711 of 5 stars$5.17+0.8%N/A-49.2%$286.66M$3.07B-51.6514,000Short Interest ↓CTRNCiti Trends2.1075 of 5 stars$17.00-9.0%N/A-30.9%$146.54M$747.94M-6.344,800Positive NewsHigh Trading VolumeCATOCato1.3517 of 5 stars$6.03+2.2%N/A-17.5%$124.04M$708.06M-6.787,300Upcoming EarningsTLYSTilly's2.5661 of 5 stars$3.99+3.1%N/A-50.4%$120.30M$623.08M-2.916,048News CoverageEXPRExpressN/AN/AN/A-100.0%$3.11M$1.79B0.0010,000Gap UpLELands' End3.4569 of 5 stars$16.11-1.6%N/A+126.8%$502.52M$1.44B-3.874,900News CoverageBKEBuckle3.4912 of 5 stars$48.77-0.1%N/A+37.1%$2.48B$1.23B11.908,000Analyst UpgradeShort Interest ↓News CoverageAEOAmerican Eagle Outfitters4.9536 of 5 stars$18.20-0.7%N/A-3.8%$3.52B$5.41B14.5643,100Upcoming EarningsAnalyst ForecastNews Coverage Related Companies and Tools Related Companies ZUMZ Competitors GCO Competitors DBI Competitors CTRN Competitors CATO Competitors TLYS Competitors EXPR Competitors LE Competitors BKE Competitors AEO Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NASDAQ:PLCE) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersBill Gates’s Next Big AI Bet: StargateIn February 2016… when almost nobody was talking about artificial intelligence…. 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