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

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$16.10 -0.20 (-1.23%)
(As of 11/22/2024 ET)

About Children's Place Stock (NASDAQ:PLCE)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$16.06
$16.87
50-Day Range
$10.89
$17.58
52-Week Range
$4.77
$38.03
Volume
219,698 shs
Average Volume
331,106 shs
Market Capitalization
$204.76 million
P/E Ratio
N/A
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$11.00
Consensus Rating
Hold

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.

Children's Place Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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4th Percentile Overall Score

PLCE MarketRank™: 

Children's Place scored higher than 4% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 208th out of 208 stocks in the retail/wholesale sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • 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.

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  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Children's Place is -1.27, 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 -1.27, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    63.20% 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 1.3, 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 increased by 12.59%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    63.20% 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 1.3, 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 increased by 12.59%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • News Sentiment

    Children's Place has a news sentiment score of 0.04. 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 0.72 average news sentiment score of Retail/Wholesale companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 7 news articles for Children's Place this week, compared to 6 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    Only 7 people have searched for PLCE on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -22% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    Only 3 people have added Children's Place to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -40% compared to the previous 30 days.
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PLCE Stock News Headlines

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PLCE Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Children's Place's stock was trading at $23.22 at the start of the year. Since then, PLCE shares have decreased by 30.7% and is now trading at $16.10.
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The Children's Place, Inc. (NASDAQ:PLCE) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, September, 11th. The company reported $0.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of ($1.10) by $1.40. The business had revenue of $319.66 million for the quarter. Children's Place had a negative net margin of 10.52% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 4,732.98%.

Top institutional investors of Children's Place 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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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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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
9/11/2024
Today
11/23/2024
Fiscal Year End
1/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Industry
Family clothing stores
Sub-Industry
Apparel Retail
Current Symbol
NASDAQ:PLCE
CUSIP
16890510
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
-31.7%
Consensus Rating
Hold
Rating Score (0-4)
2.00
Research Coverage
4 Analysts

Profitability

Net Income
$-154,540,000.00
Pretax Margin
-6.56%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$1.52 billion
Book Value
($0.72) per share

Miscellaneous

Free Float
12,245,000
Market Cap
$204.76 million
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
2.24

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This page (NASDAQ:PLCE) was last updated on 11/24/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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