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Childrens Place, Inc.
PLCE
$53M
Mkt Cap
$2.41
-8.71%
Childrens Place, Inc. (PLCE) has a 5-year average return on invested capital (ROIC) of -15.9%. This is below average and may indicate limited pricing power.
Childrens Place, Inc. (PLCE) has a market capitalization of $53M. It is classified as a small-cap stock.
Childrens Place, Inc. (PLCE) does not currently pay a regular dividend. However, the company returns capital to shareholders through share buybacks, with a buyback yield of 0.99%.
Childrens Place, Inc. (PLCE) operates in the Retail-Family Clothing Stores industry, within the Consumer Cyclical sector.
Childrens Place, Inc. (PLCE) reported annual revenue of $1.2 billion in its most recent fiscal year, based on SEC EDGAR filings.
Childrens Place, Inc. (PLCE) has a net profit margin of -7.3%. The company is currently unprofitable.
Childrens Place, Inc. (PLCE) generated $-9 million in free cash flow in its most recent fiscal year. Negative free cash flow may indicate heavy investment or operational challenges.
Table of Contents SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS The Business section and other parts of this Annual Report on Form 10-K may contain certain forward-looking statements regarding future circumstances. Forward-looking statements provide current expectations of future events based on certain assumptions and include any statement that does not directly relate to any historical or current fact. Forward-looking statements can also be identified by words such as “anticipates”, “believes”, “estimates”, “expects”, “intends”, “plans”, “predicts”, and similar terms. These forward-looking statements are based upon current expectations and assumptions of The Children’s Place, Inc.
| Metric | TTM | FY2026 | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 1.3B | 1.2B | 1.4B | 1.6B | 1.7B | 1.9B |
| Net Income | -27M | -88M | -58M | -155M | -1.1M | 187M |
| EPS | $-0.85 | $-4.01 | $-2.27 | $-6.17 | $-0.05 | $6.30 |
| Free Cash Flow | -4.5M | -9.3M | -133M | 65M | -54M | 104M |
| ROIC | 3.3% | -8.5% | -6.3% | -124.1% | -0.5% | 59.9% |
| Gross Margin | 31.9% | 29.9% | 33.1% | 27.8% | 30.1% | 41.5% |
| Debt/Equity | 0.00 | -2.42 | -4.13 | -30.66 | 2.12 | 1.00 |
| Dividends/Share | $0.00 | - | $0.07 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Operating Income | 16M | -57M | -14M | -84M | -1.4M | 276M |
| Operating Margin | 1.2% | -4.7% | -1.0% | -5.2% | -0.1% | 14.4% |
| ROE | 0.0% | 155.4% | 169.0% | -206.8% | -0.6% | 117.4% |
| Shares Outstanding | 22M | 22M | 26M | 25M | 25M | 30M |
| Metric | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income Statement | |||||||||||||
| Revenue | 1.8B | 1.7B | 1.8B | 1.9B | 1.9B | 1.9B | 1.5B | 1.9B | 1.7B | 1.6B | 1.4B | 1.2B | 1.3B |
| Gross Margin | 35.3% | 36.2% | 37.6% | 38.0% | 35.3% | 35.0% | 21.9% | 41.5% | 30.1% | 27.8% | 33.1% | 29.9% | 31.9% |
| R&D | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| SG&A | 471M | 470M | 454M | 476M | 498M | 478M | 428M | 459M | 461M | 447M | 406M | 384M | 377M |
| EBIT | 80M | 90M | 147M | 162M | 111M | 96M | -200M | 276M | -1.4M | -84M | -14M | -57M | 16M |
| Op. Margin | 4.5% | 5.2% | 8.3% | 8.6% | 5.7% | 5.2% | -13.1% | 14.4% | -0.1% | -5.2% | -1.0% | -4.7% | 1.2% |
| Net Income | 105M | 125M | 102M | 85M | 101M | 73M | -140M | 187M | -1.1M | -155M | -58M | -88M | -27M |
| Net Margin | 5.9% | 7.2% | 5.7% | 4.5% | 5.2% | 3.9% | -9.2% | 9.8% | -0.1% | -9.6% | -4.2% | -7.3% | -2.0% |
| Non-Recurring | 11M | 14M | 4.0M | 5.2M | 6.1M | 6.0M | 39M | 1.5M | 3.3M | 46M | 31M | 2.0M | 2.0M |
| Returns on Capital | |||||||||||||
| ROIC | 11.6% | 14.9% | 29.0% | 35.0% | 34.7% | 25.3% | -69.5% | 59.9% | -0.5% | -124.1% | -6.3% | -8.5% | 3.3% |
| ROE | 17.3% | 22.3% | 20.0% | 17.5% | 25.6% | 26.7% | -85.4% | 117.4% | -0.6% | -206.8% | 169.0% | 155.4% | 0.0% |
| ROA | 10.7% | 13.4% | 11.3% | 9.2% | 12.1% | 7.7% | -12.1% | 17.2% | -0.1% | -17.3% | -7.5% | -12.5% | -3.4% |
| Cash Flow | |||||||||||||
| Op. Cash Flow | 161M | 183M | 199M | 214M | 140M | 178M | -36M | 133M | -8.2M | 93M | -118M | 8.1M | 3.7M |
| Free Cash Flow | 89M | 141M | 165M | 156M | 69M | 120M | -66M | 104M | -54M | 65M | -133M | -9.3M | -4.5M |
| Owner Earnings | 83M | 99M | 106M | 115M | 44M | 87M | -116M | 44M | -89M | 40M | -170M | -28M | -560M |
| CapEx | 72M | 42M | 35M | 59M | 71M | 58M | 31M | 29M | 46M | 28M | 16M | 17M | 8.2M |
| Maint. CapEx | 60M | 63M | 66M | 68M | 69M | 75M | 66M | 58M | 51M | 47M | 40M | 33M | 560M |
| Growth CapEx | 12M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D&A | 60M | 63M | 66M | 68M | 69M | 75M | 66M | 58M | 51M | 47M | 40M | 33M | 560M |
| CapEx/OCF | 44.7% | 23.1% | 17.4% | 27.4% | 50.8% | 32.3% | N/A | 22.0% | N/A | 29.7% | N/A | N/A | 224.1% |
| Capital Allocation | |||||||||||||
| Dividends Paid | 11M | 12M | 15M | 28M | 33M | 35M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7M | 0 | 0 |
| Dividend Yield | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 1.3% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.6% | N/A | N/A |
| Share Buybacks | 76M | 121M | 158M | 119M | 254M | 131M | 15M | 84M | 95M | 7.1M | 673K | 422K | 529K |
| Buyback Yield | 7.0% | 11.4% | 10.2% | 5.0% | 18.8% | 14.1% | 1.5% | 8.0% | 17.2% | 2.3% | 0.5% | 0.0% | 1.0% |
| Stock-Based Comp | 18M | 21M | 28M | 31M | 27M | 16M | 14M | 31M | 29M | 5.6M | 13M | 3.0M | 4.1M |
| Debt Repayment | 306K | 320K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2M | 2.5M | 0 | 861K | 6.8M | 7.4M | 7.4M |
| Balance Sheet | |||||||||||||
| Net Debt | -216M | -228M | -228M | -238M | -20M | 102M | 182M | 170M | 320M | 263M | 240M | 126M | 386M |
| Cash & Equiv. | 173M | 188M | 194M | 245M | 69M | 68M | 64M | 55M | 17M | 14M | 5.3M | 5.5M | 16M |
| Long-Term Debt | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 75M | 50M | 50M | 50M | N/A | N/A | 107M |
| Debt/Equity | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.16 | 0.73 | 2.63 | 1.00 | 2.12 | -30.66 | -4.13 | -2.42 | 0.00 |
| Interest Coverage | 60.5 | 52.4 | 75.5 | 72.7 | 31.5 | 11.8 | -16.8 | 14.8 | -0.1 | -2.8 | -0.5 | -2.0 | -2.0 |
| Equity | 589M | 528M | 496M | 474M | 314M | 235M | 93M | 225M | 158M | -9.0M | -59M | -54M | -4.9M |
| Total Assets | 959M | 898M | 910M | 940M | 727M | 1.2B | 1.1B | 1.0B | 986M | 800M | 748M | 670M | 805M |
| Total Liabilities | 370M | 370M | 414M | 467M | 413M | 946M | 1.0B | 812M | 828M | 809M | 807M | 724M | 810M |
| Intangibles | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 73M | 74M | 72M | 71M | 41M | 13M | 13M | 13M |
| Retained Earnings | 374M | 321M | 275M | 226M | 181M | 108M | -43M | 78M | 23M | -135M | -193M | -281M | -232M |
| Working Capital | 335M | 306M | 282M | 296M | 104M | -145M | -171M | -10M | -86M | -164M | -50M | 10M | -40M |
| Current Assets | 609M | 581M | 611M | 657M | 435M | 450M | 547M | 582M | 562M | 452M | 468M | 398M | 544M |
| Current Liabilities | 274M | 275M | 329M | 361M | 331M | 595M | 718M | 592M | 648M | 616M | 518M | 388M | 584M |
| Per Share Data | |||||||||||||
| EPS | 1.30 | 1.40 | 2.70 | 2.34 | 3.01 | 2.34 | -4.80 | 6.30 | -0.05 | -6.17 | -2.27 | -4.01 | -0.85 |
| Owner EPS | 1.03 | 1.11 | 2.78 | 3.18 | 1.30 | 2.77 | -3.98 | 1.48 | -3.51 | 1.60 | -6.66 | -1.27 | -25.26 |
| Book Value | 7.30 | 5.92 | 13.09 | 13.06 | 9.36 | 7.51 | 3.19 | 7.58 | 6.27 | -0.36 | -2.33 | -2.46 | -0.22 |
| Cash Flow/Share | 2.00 | 2.05 | 5.26 | 5.91 | 4.16 | 5.68 | -1.22 | 4.48 | -0.32 | 3.71 | -4.61 | 0.37 | 24.01 |
| Dividends/Share | 0.14 | 0.10 | 0.39 | 0.77 | 1.12 | 1.12 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.07 | N/A | 0.00 |
| Shares Out. | 80.7M | 89.1M | 37.9M | 36.3M | 33.6M | 31.3M | 29.3M | 29.7M | 25.3M | 25.0M | 25.5M | 22.0M | 22.2M |
| Valuation | |||||||||||||
| P/E Ratio | 19.0 | 18.3 | 15.1 | 28.0 | 13.3 | 12.7 | N/A | 5.6 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | -2.8 |
| P/FCF | 51.2 | 38.3 | 20.6 | 35.1 | 45.3 | 16.6 | N/A | 20.1 | N/A | 9.5 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| EV/EBIT | N/A | N/A | 8.9 | 13.2 | 11.9 | 10.7 | N/A | 4.4 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 27.4 |
| Price/Book | 1.8 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 11.1 | 4.6 | 3.5 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Price/Sales | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | N/A | 0.0 |
| FCF Yield | 8.2% | 13.2% | 10.7% | 6.6% | 5.1% | 12.9% | -6.4% | 9.9% | -9.8% | 21.0% | -104.5% | N/A | -8.5% |
| Market Cap | 1.1B | 1.1B | 1.5B | 2.4B | 1.3B | 933M | 1.0B | 1.0B | 551M | 310M | 128M | 0 | 53M |
| Avg. Price | 47.31 | 55.66 | 76.78 | 109.32 | 122.49 | 85.19 | 37.29 | 83.80 | 45.07 | 28.26 | 11.68 | 0.00 | 2.41 |
| Year-End Price | 56.62 | 60.38 | 89.45 | 150.90 | 92.73 | 63.84 | 71.03 | 70.44 | 43.60 | 24.77 | 10.00 | 0.00 | 2.41 |
Childrens Place, Inc. passes 2 of 9 quality checks, indicating weak fundamentals.
On a free-cash-flow basis, the stock trades at 0.5x vs a median of 20.4x. The company's 5-year average gross margin is 32.5%. Total shareholder yield (buybacks) is 1.0%. At current prices, the estimated annualized return to fair value is -11.0%.
Childrens Place, Inc. (PLCE) reported earnings per share (EPS) of $-4.01 in its most recent fiscal year.
Childrens Place, Inc. (PLCE) has a return on equity (ROE) of 155.4%. This indicates the company generates strong returns for shareholders.
Childrens Place, Inc. (PLCE) has a 5-year average gross margin of 32.5%. This indicates decent pricing power.
The Ledger Terminal provides 18 years of financial data for Childrens Place, Inc. (PLCE), sourced directly from SEC EDGAR filings. This includes income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and key financial ratios.
Childrens Place, Inc. (PLCE) has a book value per share of $-2.46, based on its most recent annual SEC filing.
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