Children's Place (PLCE) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

The Children's Place, Inc. operates as a children's specialty apparel retailer in North America. It operates through two segments, The Children's Place U.S. and The Children's Place International. The company offers apparel, footwear, accessories, and other items for children and tweens; and designs, contracts to manufacture, and sells merchandise under the proprietary The Children's Place, Place, Baby Place, Gymboree, Sugar & Jade, and PJ Place brand names. It operates through online stores at childrensplace.com, gymboree.com, sugarandjade.com, and www.pjplace.com; international franchise partners; and retail stores in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. The company was formerly known as The Children's Place Retail Stores, Inc. and changed its name to The Children's Place, Inc. in June 2014. The Children's Place, Inc. was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Secaucus, New Jersey.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $10.13 to $10.72
• 50-Day Range: $10.45 to $16.30
• 52-Week Range: $4.77 to $38.03
• Volume: 296,899 shs
• Average Volume: 1.38 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $131.08 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $11.00
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Children's Place Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Children's Place scored higher than 7% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 212th out of 219 stocks in the retail/wholesale sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Children's Place has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Children's Place has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Children's Place is -0.72, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Children's Place is -0.72, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

56.97% of the float of Children's Place has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Children's Place has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.2, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Children's Place has recently decreased by 5.44%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Children's Place does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Children's Place does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

56.97% of the float of Children's Place has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Children's Place has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.2, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Children's Place has recently decreased by 5.44%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.33

News Sentiment

Children's Place has a news sentiment score of 0.33. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.70 average news sentiment score of Retail/Wholesale companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 8 news articles for Children's Place this week, compared to 6 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 4 people have searched for PLCE on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -43% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 1 people have added Children's Place to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -50% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Children's Place insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 3.72% of the stock of Children's Place is held by insiders.

PLCE Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have PLCE shares performed this year?

Children's Place's stock was trading at $23.22 at the beginning of the year. Since then, PLCE shares have decreased by 55.8% and is now trading at $10.26.
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How were Children's Place's earnings last quarter?

The Children's Place, Inc. (NASDAQ:PLCE) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, December, 3rd. The company reported $2.04 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.63 by $0.59. Children's Place had a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 4,732.98% and a negative net margin of 12.47%.

Who are Children's Place's major shareholders?

Children's Place's top institutional investors include Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. (1.41%), PEAK6 Investments LLC, Geode Capital Management LLC (1.09%) and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (1.02%). Insiders that own company stock include Mithaq Capital Spc, Jane T Elfers, John E Bachman and Joseph A Alutto.
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How do I buy shares of Children's Place?

Shares of PLCE stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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What other stocks do shareholders of Children's Place own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Children's Place investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Broadcom (AVGO), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Adobe (ADBE), ServiceNow (NOW) and CrowdStrike (CRWD).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 12/03/2024
• Today: 12/21/2024
• Fiscal Year End: 1/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Retail/Wholesale
• Industry: Family clothing stores
• Sub-Industry: Apparel Retail
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:PLCE
• CUSIP: 16890510
• CIK: 1041859
• Web: www.childrensplace.com
• Phone: (201) 558-2400
• Fax: 201-227-0321
• Employees: 8,390
• Year Founded: 1988

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $11.00
• High Stock Price Target: $17.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $7.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +7.2%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.00
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): ($14.19)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $-154,540,000.00
• Net Margins: -12.47%
• Pretax Margin: -8.22%
• Return on Equity: -4,732.98%
• Return on Assets: -8.98%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 0.93
• Quick Ratio: 0.17

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.43 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.09
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: ($3.88) per share
• Price / Book: -2.64

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 12,776,000
• Free Float: 12,301,000
• Market Cap: $131.08 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 2.28