Childrens Place Stock Today

PLCE Stock  USD 10.26  0.19  1.82%   

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Childrens Place is trading at 10.26 as of the 21st of December 2024, a 1.82 percent decrease since the beginning of the trading day. The stock's lowest day price was 10.13. Childrens Place has about a 41 percent probability of financial distress in the next few years of operation and has generated negative returns over the last 90 days. The performance scores are derived for the period starting the 22nd of October 2024 and ending today, the 21st of December 2024. Click here to learn more.
Business Domain
Consumer Discretionary Distribution & Retail
IPO Date
19th of September 1997
Category
Consumer Cyclical
Classification
Consumer Discretionary
The Childrens Place, Inc. operates as a childrens specialty apparel retailer. The Childrens Place, Inc. was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Secaucus, New Jersey. Childrens Place operates under Apparel Retail classification in the United States and is traded on NASDAQ Exchange. The company has 12.78 M outstanding shares of which 2.78 M shares are at this time shorted by private and institutional investors with about 6.19 trading days to cover. More on Childrens Place

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Childrens Stock Highlights

ESG Sustainability
Environmental
Governance
Social
CEO and President and DirectorJane Elfers
Business ConcentrationSpecialty Retail, Consumer Discretionary Distribution & Retail, Consumer Discretionary, NASDAQ Composite, NASDAQ Composite Total, Consumer Discretionary, Specialty Retail, Apparel Retail, Consumer Cyclical (View all Sectors)
Average Analyst Recommendation
Financial Strength
Current ValueLast YearChange From Last Year 10 Year Trend
Asset Turnover1.842.0024
Significantly Down
Pretty Stable
Gross Profit Margin0.350.2779
Significantly Up
Slightly volatile
Total Current Liabilities647.2 M616.4 M
Sufficiently Up
Slightly volatile
Non Current Liabilities Total121.3 M192.9 M
Way Down
Slightly volatile
Total Assets770.9 M800.3 M
Sufficiently Down
Slightly volatile
Total Current Assets437.7 M452.1 M
Sufficiently Down
Pretty Stable
Debt Levels
Childrens Place can leverage the use of borrowed funds to amplify returns from an investment. In general, analyzing the relationship between debt to total assets helps investors to understand Childrens Place's financial leverage. It provides some insight into what part of Childrens Place's total assets is financed by creditors.
Liquidity
Childrens Place currently holds 463.84 M in liabilities with Debt to Equity (D/E) ratio of 2.85, implying the company greatly relies on financing operations through barrowing. Childrens Place has a current ratio of 0.92, indicating that it has a negative working capital and may not be able to pay financial obligations when due. Note, when we think about Childrens Place's use of debt, we should always consider it together with its cash and equity.

Change To Inventory

89.57 Million
Childrens Place (PLCE) is traded on NASDAQ Exchange in USA. It is located in 500 Plaza Drive, Secaucus, NJ, United States, 07094 and employs 2,730 people. Childrens Place is listed under Specialty Retail category by Fama And French industry classification. The company currently falls under 'Small-Cap' category with a current market capitalization of 131.09 M. Childrens Place conducts business under Specialty Retail sector and is part of Consumer Discretionary industry. The entity has 12.78 M outstanding shares of which 2.78 M shares are at this time shorted by private and institutional investors with about 6.19 trading days to cover. Childrens Place currently holds about 28.19 M in cash with 92.8 M of positive cash flow from operations. This results in cash-per-share (CPS) ratio of 2.16.
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Ownership Allocation
The market capitalization of Childrens Place is $131.09 Million. The majority of Childrens Place outstanding shares are owned by other corporate entities. These outside corporations are usually referred to as non-private investors looking to acquire positions in Childrens Place to benefit from reduced commissions. Consequently, institutional investors are subject to a different set of regulations than regular investors in Childrens Place. Please pay attention to any change in the institutional holdings of Childrens Place as this could imply that something significant has changed or is about to change at the company. Note, that even with negative profits, if the true value of the firm is larger than the current market value, you may still be able to generate positive returns on investment in this company.
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Childrens Stock Institutional Holders

InstituionRecorded OnShares
Morgan Stanley - Brokerage Accounts2024-09-30
78.2 K
Bank Of America Corp2024-09-30
77.7 K
Caption Management, Llc2024-09-30
73.9 K
Oz Management Llc2024-09-30
61.4 K
Susquehanna Fundamental Investments, Llc2024-06-30
57 K
Quest Partners Llc2024-09-30
52.7 K
State Street Corp2024-09-30
44.6 K
Baader Bank Inc2024-09-30
42.5 K
Northern Trust Corp2024-09-30
41.5 K
Mithaq Capital Spc2024-09-30
M
Vanguard Group Inc2024-09-30
372.8 K
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Childrens Place Historical Income Statement

At present, Childrens Place's Interest Expense is projected to increase significantly based on the last few years of reporting. The current year's Gross Profit is expected to grow to about 550.5 M, whereas Other Operating Expenses is forecasted to decline to about 1.4 B. View More Fundamentals

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Childrens Place Corporate Management

Philip EndeGVP EstateProfile
Mary SheridanChief OfficerProfile
Jared ShureGeneral OfficerProfile
Rajat JainLogistics TechnologyProfile
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Is Specialty Retail space expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of Childrens Place. If investors know Childrens will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about Childrens Place listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
Quarterly Earnings Growth
(0.06)
Earnings Share
(14.21)
Revenue Per Share
120.565
Quarterly Revenue Growth
(0.07)
Return On Assets
0.001
The market value of Childrens Place is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Childrens that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Childrens Place's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Childrens Place's true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Childrens Place's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Childrens Place's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between Childrens Place's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Childrens Place is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Childrens Place's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.