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Children's Place (PLCE) Competitors

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$14.04 +0.02 (+0.14%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

PLCE vs. ZUMZ, GCO, DBI, CTRN, CATO, TLYS, EXPR, LE, BKE, and AEO

Should 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 (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.

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%

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)
2.00
Children's Place
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

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.

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 Ratio
Zumiez$875.49M0.46-$62.61M-$2.75-7.71
Children's Place$1.52B0.12-$154.54M-$12.71-1.10

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ZumiezOutperform Votes
575
47.84%
Underperform Votes
627
52.16%
Children's PlaceOutperform Votes
684
62.07%
Underperform Votes
418
37.93%

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

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.

Summary

Zumiez beats Children's Place on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PLCE vs. The Competition

MetricChildren's PlaceFamily clothing stores IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$178.56M$19.24B$23.57B$8.67B
Dividend YieldN/A2.31%171.45%4.06%
P/E Ratio-1.1014.10114.6017.12
Price / Sales0.121.016.5671.29
Price / CashN/A10.4520.2636.36
Price / Book-19.505.566.745.87
Net Income-$154.54M$702.99M$687.07M$225.66M
7 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

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PLCE
Children's Place
0.1125 of 5 stars
$14.04
+0.1%
$11.33
-19.3%
-34.5%$178.56M$1.60B-1.108,390Upcoming Earnings
ZUMZ
Zumiez
2.639 of 5 stars
$22.26
-1.5%
N/A+20.1%$426.06M$875.49M-8.098,900Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
GCO
Genesco
3.3815 of 5 stars
$30.74
-1.2%
N/A-2.1%$344.90M$2.32B-439.0818,000Short Interest ↓
DBI
Designer Brands
4.711 of 5 stars
$5.17
+0.8%
N/A-49.2%$286.66M$3.07B-51.6514,000Short Interest ↓
CTRN
Citi Trends
2.1075 of 5 stars
$17.00
-9.0%
N/A-30.9%$146.54M$747.94M-6.344,800Positive News
High Trading Volume
CATO
Cato
1.3517 of 5 stars
$6.03
+2.2%
N/A-17.5%$124.04M$708.06M-6.787,300Upcoming Earnings
TLYS
Tilly's
2.5661 of 5 stars
$3.99
+3.1%
N/A-50.4%$120.30M$623.08M-2.916,048News Coverage
EXPR
Express
N/AN/AN/A-100.0%$3.11M$1.79B0.0010,000Gap Up
LE
Lands' End
3.4569 of 5 stars
$16.11
-1.6%
N/A+126.8%$502.52M$1.44B-3.874,900News Coverage
BKE
Buckle
3.4912 of 5 stars
$48.77
-0.1%
N/A+37.1%$2.48B$1.23B11.908,000Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
AEO
American Eagle Outfitters
4.9536 of 5 stars
$18.20
-0.7%
N/A-3.8%$3.52B$5.41B14.5643,100Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:PLCE) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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