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Children's Place (PLCE)


Market Price (9/16/2025): $7.1 | Market Cap: $157.2 Mil
Sector: Consumer Discretionary | Industry: Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods

Children's Place (PLCE)


Market Price (9/16/2025): $7.1
Market Cap: $157.2 Mil
Sector: Consumer Discretionary
Industry: Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods

Investment Highlights

0  Weak multi-year price returns
2Y Excs Rtn is -117%, 3Y Excs Rtn is -148%
Debt is significant
Net D/ENet Debt/Equity. Debt net of cash. Negative indicates net cash. Equity is taken as the Market Capitalization is 351%
1  Meaningful short interest
Short Interest % of Basic SharesShort Interest % of Basic Shares = (Short Interest Quantity) / (Basic Shares Outstanding). A high fraction of short interest can indicate potential risk of a short squeeze. is 16%
Expensive valuation multiples
P/CFOPrice/(Cash Flow from Operations). CFO is cash before capital expenditures. is 44x
2   Weak revenue growth
Rev Chg LTMRevenue Change % Last Twelve Months (LTM) is -12%, Rev Chg 3Y AvgRevenue Change % averaged over trailing 3 years is -9.5%, Rev Chg QQuarterly Revenue Change % is -6.8%
3   Yield minus risk free rate is negative
ERPEquity Risk Premium (ERP) = Total Yield - Risk Free Rate, Reflects the premium above risk free assets offered by the investment. is -22%
4   High stock price volatility
Vol 12M is 123%
0 Weak multi-year price returns
2Y Excs Rtn is -117%, 3Y Excs Rtn is -148%
1 Meaningful short interest
Short Interest % of Basic SharesShort Interest % of Basic Shares = (Short Interest Quantity) / (Basic Shares Outstanding). A high fraction of short interest can indicate potential risk of a short squeeze. is 16%
2 Debt is significant
Net D/ENet Debt/Equity. Debt net of cash. Negative indicates net cash. Equity is taken as the Market Capitalization is 351%
3 Expensive valuation multiples
P/CFOPrice/(Cash Flow from Operations). CFO is cash before capital expenditures. is 44x
4 Weak revenue growth
Rev Chg LTMRevenue Change % Last Twelve Months (LTM) is -12%, Rev Chg 3Y AvgRevenue Change % averaged over trailing 3 years is -9.5%, Rev Chg QQuarterly Revenue Change % is -6.8%
5 Yield minus risk free rate is negative
ERPEquity Risk Premium (ERP) = Total Yield - Risk Free Rate, Reflects the premium above risk free assets offered by the investment. is -22%
6 High stock price volatility
Vol 12M is 123%

Market Valuation

 9/16/25202420232022
Share Price CYE$7.10$10.46$23.22$36.42
Market Cap CYE ($ Mil)157.2133.7291.4475.8
Total Debt ($ Mil)566.1586.3463.8511.8
Total Cash ($ Mil)7.85.313.616.7
Enterprise Value ($ Mil)715.5720.0755.2987.6
Valuation Ratios    
P/S TTM0.10.10.20.3
P/EBIT TTM9.8-9.8-3.5-330.8
P/E TTM-5.8-2.3-1.9-418.1
Sector Ratios    
P/S TTM (Sector)0.80.80.90.8
P/EBIT TTM (Sector)7.36.97.05.5
P/E TTM (Sector)9.68.18.97.3
 9/16/252024
Share Price CYE$7.10$10.46
Market Cap CYE ($ Mil)157.2133.7
Total Debt ($ Mil)566.1586.3
Total Cash ($ Mil)7.85.3
Enterprise Value ($ Mil)715.5720.0
Valuation Ratios  
P/S TTM0.10.1
P/EBIT TTM9.8-9.8
P/E TTM-5.8-2.3
Sector Ratios  
P/S TTM (Sector)0.80.8
P/EBIT TTM (Sector)7.36.9
P/E TTM (Sector)9.68.1

Business Description

The Children's Place, Inc. operates as a children's specialty apparel retailer. The company operates in two segments, The Children's Place U.S. Show more

Price Returns Compared

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 202020212022202320242025Total [1]
Returns
PLCE Return-20%58%-54%-36%-55%-31%-89%
Peers Return12%16%-25%24%-10%8%18%
S&P 500 Return16%27%-19%24%23%12%104%

[1] Cumulative total returns since the beginning of 2020
[2] Peers: URBN, AEO, CRI, GES, NKE. See PLCE Returns vs. Peers.
[3] 2025 data is for the year up to 9/15/2025 (YTD)

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Financials

PLCEURBNAEOCRIGESNKEMedian
NameChildren.Urban Ou.American.Carter's Guess? Nike  
Mkt Price7.1971.9719.6331.3516.7173.0325.49
Mkt Cap0.26.63.51.10.9107.92.3
Rev LTM1,3395,6795,2742,8333,09246,3094,183
Op Inc LTM165272992201403,702260
FCF LTM-5290212140133,268176
FCF 3Y Avg-432382862781264,919258
CFO LTM44774601991013,698329
CFO 3Y Avg-184235063342075,656378

Growth & Margins

PLCEURBNAEOCRIGESNKEMedian
NameChildren.Urban Ou.American.Carter's Guess? Nike  
Rev Chg LTM-12.1%8.4%-0.9%-1.5%7.8%-9.8%-1.2%
Rev Chg 3Y Avg-9.5%6.7%1.6%-6.1%4.9%0.0%0.8%
Rev Chg Q-6.8%10.7%-4.7%3.7%5.5%-12.0%-0.5%
QoQ Delta Rev Chg LTM-1.6%2.3%-1.0%0.7%1.3%-3.2%-0.1%
Op Mgn LTM1.2%9.3%5.7%7.8%4.5%8.0%6.7%
Op Mgn 3Y Avg-1.2%7.2%6.2%9.7%6.9%10.6%7.1%
QoQ Delta Op Mgn LTM-0.1%0.8%-2.7%-1.3%-0.6%-2.3%-1.0%
CFO/Rev LTM0.3%8.4%8.7%7.0%3.3%8.0%7.5%
CFO/Rev 3Y Avg-1.2%8.0%9.7%11.4%7.3%11.3%8.8%
FCF/Rev LTM-0.3%5.1%4.0%5.0%0.4%7.1%4.5%
FCF/Rev 3Y Avg-2.8%4.4%5.5%9.5%4.5%9.8%5.0%

Valuation

PLCEURBNAEOCRIGESNKEMedian
NameChildren.Urban Ou.American.Carter's Guess? Nike  
Mkt Cap0.26.63.51.10.9107.92.3
P/S0.11.20.70.40.32.30.5
P/EBIT9.911.811.85.511.429.111.6
P/E-5.814.717.98.227.533.516.3
P/CFO43.513.87.75.68.529.211.2
Total Yield-17.1%6.8%6.9%20.9%11.1%3.0%6.8%
Dividend Yield0.0%0.0%1.3%8.6%7.5%0.0%0.6%
FCF Yield 3Y Avg-34.5%5.4%11.1%14.0%12.3%3.9%8.2%
D/E3.60.20.51.01.90.10.8
Net D/E3.50.10.50.71.60.00.6

Returns

PLCEURBNAEOCRIGESNKEMedian
NameChildren.Urban Ou.American.Carter's Guess? Nike  
1M Rtn60.5%-7.2%51.1%21.4%28.3%-4.6%24.8%
3M Rtn79.8%1.6%104.9%0.2%43.2%18.6%30.9%
6M Rtn-18.6%46.5%67.2%-22.4%42.1%0.3%21.2%
12M Rtn-50.5%99.8%3.1%-53.5%-6.2%-5.5%-5.9%
3Y Rtn-80.2%232.6%93.6%-49.7%37.0%-26.3%5.4%
1M Excs Rtn48.5%-9.2%53.0%18.1%24.4%-6.2%21.3%
3M Excs Rtn70.0%-4.9%102.8%-9.1%40.9%10.6%25.8%
6M Excs Rtn-31.4%30.1%64.5%-37.1%67.5%-14.2%8.0%
12M Excs Rtn-40.1%89.9%-12.4%-71.2%-23.0%-23.9%-23.4%
3Y Excs Rtn-148.0%166.1%35.2%-116.8%-29.2%-94.5%-61.9%

Financials

Segment Financials

Revenue by Segment

$ Mil20252024202320222021
Single Segment1,6031,7081,9151,5231,871
Total1,6031,7081,9151,5231,871


Price Behavior

Short Interest

Short Interest: As Of Date8292025
Short Interest: Shares Quantity3,470,733
Short Interest: % Change Since 81520257.4%
Average Daily Volume517,524
Days-to-Cover Short Interest6.71
Basic Shares Quantity22,142,000
Short % of Basic Shares15.7%

Earnings Returns History

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 Forward Returns
Earnings Date1D Returns5D Returns21D Returns
9/5/202515.8%28.3% 
4/11/2025-15.3%-20.4%-5.3%
12/3/2024-24.1%-16.9%-35.3%
9/11/202485.7%255.1%161.2%
2/9/2024-36.7%33.1%-18.3%
11/16/2023-24.9%-29.0%-19.1%
8/17/20236.6%1.8%-7.8%
5/24/2023-21.4%-36.7%-11.4%
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SUMMARY STATS   
# Positive9104
# Negative131218
Median Positive6.9%9.7%17.6%
Median Negative-18.9%-15.6%-11.7%
Max Positive85.7%255.1%161.2%
Max Negative-36.7%-39.9%-35.9%

SEC Filings

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Report DateFiling DateFiling
7312025905202510-Q 8/2/2025
4302025611202510-Q 5/3/2025
1312025417202510-K 2/1/2025
103120241206202410-Q 11/2/2024
7312024911202410-Q 8/3/2024
4302024613202410-Q 5/4/2024
1312024506202410-K 2/3/2024
103120231204202310-Q 10/28/2023
7312023830202310-Q 7/29/2023
4302023607202310-Q 4/29/2023
1312023328202310-K 1/28/2023
103120221130202210-Q 10/29/2022
7312022826202210-Q 7/30/2022
4302022601202210-Q 4/30/2022
1312022325202210-K 1/29/2022
103120211208202110-Q 10/30/2021

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