the children's place inc. - PLCE

PLCE

Close Chg Chg %
5.91 -0.21 -3.55%

Closed Market

5.70

-0.21 (3.55%)

Volume: 346.30K

Last Updated:

May 23, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT

Company Overview: the children's place inc. - PLCE

PLCE Key Data

Open

$5.74

Day Range

5.60 - 5.82

52 Week Range

4.77 - 19.74

Market Cap

$130.24M

Shares Outstanding

22.04M

Public Float

7.18M

Beta

1.87

Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

N/A

EPS

-$4.56

Yield

0.00%

Dividend

$0.56

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Dec 13, 2019

SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

469.81K

 

PLCE Performance

1 Week
 
-7.32%
 
1 Month
 
6.15%
 
3 Months
 
-36.74%
 
1 Year
 
-57.27%
 
5 Years
 
-85.31%
 

PLCE Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 2
Full Ratings ➔

About the children's place inc. - PLCE

The Children's Place, Inc. engages in the provision of apparel, footwear, accessories, and other items for children. The firm also designs contracts to manufacture and sell fashionable and value-priced merchandise under the brand names of The Children’s Place, Baby Place, and Gymboree. It operates through The Children’s Place U.S. and The Children’s Place International segments. The Children’s Place U.S. segment refers to the company’s U.S. and Puerto Rico-based stores and revenue from its U.S. based wholesale business. The Children’s Place International segment is involved in the Canadian-based stores, revenue from the company’s Canadian-based wholesale business, as well as revenue from international franchisees. The company was founded by David Pulver and Clinton A. Clark in 1969 and is headquartered in Secaucus, NJ.

PLCE At a Glance

The Children's Place, Inc.
500 Plaza Drive
Secaucus, New Jersey 07094-3619
Phone 1-201-558-2400 Revenue 1.39B
Industry Apparel/Footwear Retail Net Income -57,819,000.00
Sector Retail Trade Employees 7,900
Fiscal Year-end 01 / 2026
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PLCE Valuation

P/E Current N/A
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) N/A
Price to Sales Ratio 0.084
Price to Book Ratio N/A
Price to Cash Flow Ratio N/A
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 12.362
Enterprise Value to Sales 0.503
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.84

PLCE Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 175,477.089
Income Per Employee -7,318.861
Receivables Turnover 32.465
Total Asset Turnover 1.791

PLCE Liquidity

Current Ratio 0.903
Quick Ratio 0.132
Cash Ratio 0.01

PLCE Profitability

Gross Margin 30.286
Operating Margin 1.215
Pretax Margin -3.567
Net Margin -4.171
Return on Assets -7.471
Return on Equity N/A
Return on Total Capital -10.973
Return on Invested Capital -31.025

PLCE Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity N/A
Total Debt to Total Capital 111.275
Total Debt to Total Assets 78.433
Long-Term Debt to Equity N/A
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 51.86
  • Income Statement
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  • Cash Flow Statement

Annual Financials for The Children's Place Inc. - PLCE

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All values USD millions. 2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
1.92B 1.71B 1.60B 1.39B
Sales Growth
+25.80% -10.80% -6.20% -13.49%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
1.18B 1.25B 1.20B 966.42M
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
158.98M 140.40M 47.19M 39.61M
Depreciation
- - - -
-
Amortization of Intangibles
- - - -
-
COGS Growth
-6.22% +5.79% -3.32% -19.76%
Gross Income
737.72M 462.70M 398.09M 419.85M
Gross Income Growth
+176.46% -37.28% -13.96% +5.47%
Gross Profit Margin
+38.52% +27.08% +24.84% +30.29%
2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
454.47M 458.67M 436.44M 403.00M
Research & Development
- - - -
-
Other SG&A
454.47M 458.67M 436.44M 403.00M
SGA Growth
+6.13% +0.92% -4.85% -7.66%
Other Operating Expense
- - - -
-
Unusual Expense
7.61M 5.56M 45.44M 30.55M
EBIT after Unusual Expense
275.65M (1.53M) (83.80M) (13.70M)
Non Operating Income/Expense
16.00K 92.00K 87.00K 47.00K
Non-Operating Interest Income
16.00K 92.00K 87.00K 47.00K
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Interest Expense
18.63M 13.32M 30.09M 35.79M
Interest Expense Growth
+56.51% -28.50% +125.81% +18.97%
Gross Interest Expense
18.63M 13.32M 30.09M 35.79M
Interest Capitalized
- - - -
-
Pretax Income
257.03M (14.76M) (113.80M) (49.45M)
Pretax Income Growth
+221.38% -105.74% -670.88% +56.55%
Pretax Margin
+13.42% -0.86% -7.10% -3.57%
Income Tax
69.86M (13.62M) 40.74M 8.37M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
36.80M 2.98M (990.00K) 5.93M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
7.22M (2.84M) 4.76M 2.44M
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
- 23.30M (14.74M) 34.14M
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
- 2.55M 981.00K 2.83M
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - -
-
Consolidated Net Income
187.17M (1.14M) (154.54M) (57.82M)
Minority Interest Expense
- - - -
-
Net Income
187.17M (1.14M) (154.54M) (57.82M)
Net Income Growth
+233.35% -100.61% -13,480.05% +62.59%
Net Margin Growth
+9.77% -0.07% -9.64% -4.17%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
187.17M (1.14M) (154.54M) (57.82M)
Preferred Dividends
- - - -
-
Net Income Available to Common
187.17M (1.14M) (154.54M) (57.82M)
EPS (Basic)
12.8226 -0.0873 -12.3623 -4.5291
EPS (Basic) Growth
+233.66% -100.68% -14,060.71% +63.36%
Basic Shares Outstanding
14.60M 13.04M 12.50M 12.77M
EPS (Diluted)
12.5872 -0.0873 -12.3623 -4.5291
EPS (Diluted) Growth
+231.20% -100.69% -14,060.71% +63.36%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
14.87M 13.04M 12.50M 12.77M
EBITDA
442.24M 144.43M 8.83M 56.46M
EBITDA Growth
+2,334.95% -67.34% -93.89% +539.34%
EBITDA Margin
+23.09% +8.45% +0.55% +4.07%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation HOLD Average Target Price 8.00
Number of Ratings 2 Current Quarters Estimate 0.378
FY Report Date 07 / 2025 Current Year's Estimate 0.913
Last Quarter’s Earnings -0.627 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 0.43 Next Fiscal Year Estimate -0.446
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 1 1 2 1
Mean Estimate 0.38 0.30 0.91 -0.45
High Estimates 0.38 0.30 2.28 -0.45
Low Estimate 0.38 0.30 -0.45 -0.45
Coefficient of Variance N/A N/A 211.57 N/A

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 0 0 0
OVERWEIGHT 0 0 0
HOLD 2 2 2
UNDERWEIGHT 0 0 0
SELL 0 0 0
MEAN Hold Hold Hold

Insider Actions for The Children's Place Inc. - PLCE

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Apr 18, 2025 Jared E. Shure CAO, GEN COUNSEL & SECRETARY 87,446 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Apr 18, 2025 Jared E. Shure CAO, GEN COUNSEL & SECRETARY 84,748 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $5.42 per share 459,334.16
Feb 21, 2025 Rhys Drennan Summerton Director 14,493 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 21, 2025 Douglas R. Edwards Director 24,024 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 21, 2025 Hussan Arshad Director 22,967 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 7, 2025 Mithaq Capital SPC Director 13,696,819 Exercise of in-the-money or at-the-money derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $9.75 per share 133,543,985.25
Feb 7, 2025 Mithaq Capital SPC Director N/A Exercise of in-the-money or at-the-money derivative security 0.00

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