The Children's Place, Inc.
$2.99-0.5%YTD-26.0%1Y-40.7%
Mentions · last 7 days
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Price updated 10h ago·X counts updated 10h ago
AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data
Today's AI verdict on what's driving $PLCE, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.
What it does
Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.
Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data
Where Apparel - Retail sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $PLCE.
Apparel - Retail
No material change from last week — TJX is being called 'Retail's Apex Predator' feasting on inflation, with excess inventory from full-price retailers expanding TJX's buying opportunity.
What this means for $PLCE
Partial — Children's specialty apparel retailer operating ~500 US and Canadian stores alongside a growing digital channel; this segment overlaps with the off-price market share gains from excess inventory liquidation but is not the dominant revenue driver.
Industry benchmark
12-name peer basket
+4.3%YTD
+60.6%1Y
Fundamentals & catalyst
Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.
Key ratios
P/E
-0.9How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.ROIC
-10.9%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.Op margin
-4.3%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.FCF yield
-11.8%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).P/S
0.1Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.ROE
5.3%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.Gross margin
27.2%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.D/E
-9.5Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.Past earnings
QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q1 2026Jun 12, 2026$-2.40$-2.15-11.6%
Q1 2026Apr 10, 2026$-1.86$-0.96-93.2%
Q3 2025Dec 16, 2025$-0.18$0.70-125.6%
Q2 2025Sep 5, 2025$-0.15$-0.10-46.8%
Next earningsFri, Sep 4·consensus EPS $-0.90
Quarterly trend
QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q4 FY25$329.2M-19.4%20.4%-11.7%$-2.01$72.4M
Q3 FY25$339.5M-13.0%30.9%1.2%$-0.19$-3.4M
Q2 FY25$298.0M-6.8%31.4%2.0%$-0.24$-31.9M
Q1 FY25$242.1M-9.6%25.8%-9.9%$-1.57$-46.4M
Forward consensus
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$1.2B$1.2B – $1.2B-$2.81-$2.81 – -$2.811
FY27$1.1B$1.1B – $1.1B-$4.65-$4.65 – -$4.651
FY28$1.2B$1.2B – $1.2B-$2.05-$2.05 – -$2.051
FY29$1.2B$1.2B – $1.2B$0.55$0.55 – $0.551
Setup & momentum
Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.
Right now
Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.3×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.3%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-10.1%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.-38.1%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.
Float & profile
FloatTiny float · 7.7M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today1.5% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β1.955-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.
Insider activity
Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.
SEC filings
Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.
Recent material filings
8-KOfficer or director changeJul 108-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
AI summary
SC 13D/AActivist amendmentJul 8SC 13D/A
AI summary
8-KMaterial agreementJul 78-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement · Item 2.03: Material debt obligation · Item 5.02: Officer or director change
AI summary
8-KOfficer or director changeMay 68-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change · Item 5.07: Shareholder vote · Item 8.01: Other event
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8-KOfficer or director changeFeb 278-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
8-KOfficer or director changeFeb 128-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
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Recent news
Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.
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