The Children's Place, Inc.

PLCE Consumer Cyclical Apparel Manufacturing

The Children's Place, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended January 2026) was $1.2 billion, down 12.8% from fiscal 2025. In the quarter to July 2026, revenue fell 18.9%, EPS fell 479.2%, free cash flow grew 149.5% and total debt was flat, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for five consecutive years.

1.07 0.07 −6.14%
Market cap
$25.4M
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
−0.9×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
3/9
Altman Z
1.03
Beneish M
−3.42
Dividend safety
n/a

Insider Decisions trades per month

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Insider Ownership 67.04%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 25.35
Revenue 1,125.72
Net Income (133.02)
Free Cash Flow 23.02
Net Debt 391.35
Current Ratio 0.89 (below 1: weak)
Debt/Equity (2.87) (negative: negative equity)
P/E ratio 0.00
Fwd P/E (0.89) (negative: loss-making)
P/S ratio 0.02
P/B ratio 0.00
Past 5Y EPS Growth —
This Y EPS Growth (25.64%) (below 0%: weak)
Next Y EPS Growth 53.65% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y revenue growth (10.41%) (below 0%: weak)
Next 5Y EPS Growth 17.46% (at or above 15%: strong)

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Valuation vs history

P/S against its own 10 years 0.04%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 12.42%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 57.70%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio —
Annual Dividend Rate —
Annual Dividend Yield —
total individual payouts
2026 Powerpack
2025 Powerpack
2024 Powerpack
2023 Powerpack
2022 Powerpack
2021 Powerpack
2020 Powerpack
2019 2.24
0.56
0.56
0.56
0.56
2018 2.00
0.50
0.50
0.50
0.50
2017 1.60
0.40
0.40
0.40
0.40
2016 0.80
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.20
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2024 2025 2026 Q'26
Cash 14 5 5 7
Receivables 33 43 26 45
Inventory 362 400 325 340
Other — — — —
452 468 398 426
2024 2025 2026 Q'26
Payables 226 127 108 146
ST’ Debt 227 246 131 178
Other — — — —
616 518 388 480

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales (3.50%) (4.51%) (10.89%)
Cash Flow (26.75%) 0.00% 0.00%
Earnings 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Book Value 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Revenue $m

Apr Jul Oct Jan Year
’26 215 242 — — —
’26 242 298 339 329 1,209
’25 268 320 390 409 1,386
’24 322 346 480 455 1,603
’23 362 381 509 456 1,708
’22 435 414 558 508 1,915
’21 255 369 426 473 1,523
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Apr Jul Oct Jan Year
’26 (54) 21 — — —
’26 (43) (30) 6 75 8
’25 (111) (84) (44) 121 (118)
’24 5 (38) (10) 135 93
’23 (19) (34) 36 9 (8)
’22 (17) 13 71 66 133
’21 (40) (43) 32 15 (36)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Apr Jul Oct Jan Year
’26 (62) 16 — — —
’26 (46) (32) (3) 72 (9)
’25 (115) (92) (48) 121 (133)
’24 (6) (45) (16) 132 65
’23 (30) (42) 23 (6) (54)
’22 (23) 6 62 59 104
’21 (46) (51) 23 8 (66)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Apr Jul Oct Jan Year
’26 (2.40) (1.39) — — —
’26 (1.57) (0.24) (0.19) (2.01) (4.01)
’25 (2.99) (2.51) 1.57 (0.62) (4.53)
’24 (2.33) (2.82) 3.05 (10.26) (12.36)
’23 1.43 (1.01) 3.26 (4.10) (0.09)
’22 3.01 1.60 5.30 2.68 12.59
’21 (7.86) (3.19) 0.91 0.53 (9.59)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

3
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to January

Group Line 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Trend 2027e 2028e 2029e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 92.95 87.05 53.62 9.25 47.88 29.20 14.27 4.77 3.66 1.06

Analyst estimates 2027–2029

Powerpack
High 147.50 161.65 116.84 72.50 113.50 83.77 48.88 38.03 11.99 5.38
People
People Employees 15,500 15,800 18,700 17,300 13,300 11,900 11,300 8,390 7,900 7,800
Revenue/emp, $m 0.12 0.12 0.10 0.11 0.11 0.16 0.15 0.19 0.18 0.15
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 1,785 1,870 1,938 1,871 1,523 1,915 1,708 1,603 1,386 1,209
Gross margin, % 37.62 38.03 35.27 35.03 21.89 41.49 30.09 27.79 33.14 29.91
EBT 147 161 109 88 (212) 257 (15) (114) (49) (90)
EBT margin, % 8.23 8.62 5.60 4.73 (13.91) 13.42 (0.86) (7.10) (3.57) (7.47)
Net income 102 85 101 73 (140) 187 (1) (155) (58) (88)
Depreciation 66 68 69 75 66 58 51 47 40 33
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 96.07 106.45 117.16 120.32 104.07 131.22 130.79 127.98 108.59 54.88
Earnings 5.51 4.82 6.10 4.71 (9.59) 12.82 (0.09) (12.36) (4.53) (4.01)
Cash flow 10.72 12.20 8.46 11.44 (2.44) 9.13 (0.63) 7.41 (9.21) 0.37
Capex (1.87) (3.34) (4.30) (8.65) (2.09) (2.01) (3.49) (2.20) (1.24) (0.79)
Free cash flow 8.86 8.86 4.16 2.79 (4.53) 7.12 (4.12) 5.21 (10.45) (0.42)
Book value 26.71 26.96 19.01 15.13 6.38 15.45 12.13 (0.72) (4.65) (2.46)
Shares, m 19 18 17 16 15 15 13 13 13 22
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 17.48 31.21 15.89 12.51 0.00 5.52 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
P/S 1.01 1.41 0.83 0.50 0.67 0.54 0.35 0.17 0.09 0.08
P/B 3.63 5.56 5.09 3.94 10.98 4.58 3.74 0.00 0.00 0.00
EV/Sales 0.88 1.28 0.82 0.72 0.79 0.63 0.53 0.34 0.38 0.35
EV/FCF 9.57 15.37 22.97 30.89 (18.21) 11.57 (16.97) 8.31 (3.98) (45.50)
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 199 214 140 178 (36) 133 (8) 93 (118) 8
Capex (35) (59) (71) (134) (31) (29) (46) (28) (16) (17)
Free cash flow 165 156 69 43 (66) 104 (54) 65 (133) (9)
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 282 296 104 (145) (171) (10) (86) (164) (50) 10
Total debt 15 21 49 483 245 225 337 277 412 336
Net debt (228) (238) (20) 414 182 170 320 263 406 331
Shareholders’ equity 496 474 314 235 93 225 158 (9) (59) (54)
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 11.32 9.15 12.11 7.68 (12.09) 17.19 (0.11) (17.30) (7.47) (12.45)
ROIC 34.29 42.84 23.65 9.27 (45.44) 43.54 (0.20) (20.63) (2.47) (12.93)
ROE 19.99 17.46 25.62 26.67 (85.44) 117.40 (0.59) (206.80) 168.99 155.40
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Jan 2026 · latest quarter Jul 2026 · fundamentals updated 2 Oct 2026

Charts ten years each

The Children's Place, Inc. vs peers in Apparel Manufacturing (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
SGC Superior Group of Companies, Inc. $214.0M 23.6× 21.1× +2.63% (above 0%: growing) −20.00% (below 0%: shrinking) +110.90% (above 0%: growing) 37.96% 1.48% Compare
VNCE Vince Holding Corp. $172.6M 21.8× 23.1× +11.67% (above 0%: growing) −11.83% (below 0%: shrinking) +729.87% (above 0%: growing) 60.93% 16.57% Compare
LAKE Lakeland Industries, Inc. $93.2M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −4.49% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +92.21% (above 0%: growing) 36.98% (6.67%) Compare
JXG Aquaron Acquisition Corp. $87.4M — (loss-making) — +69.42% (above 0%: growing) n/m −181,420.00% (below 0%: shrinking) 15.04% 0.00% Compare
JRSH Jerash Holdings (US), Inc. $78.2M 16.2× 11.0× +26.75% (above 0%: growing) +333.33% (above 0%: growing) +133.83% (above 0%: growing) 16.45% 5.24% Compare
PLCE The Children's Place, Inc. $25.4M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −18.86% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +149.53% (above 0%: growing) 34.44% (5.39%)
JL J-Long Group Limited $16.3M — — — — — — — Compare
PMNT Perfect Moment Ltd. $11.2M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −21.88% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +14.90% (above 0%: growing) 54.52% (283.48%) Compare
DLAPQ Delta Apparel, Inc. $4.1M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −28.46% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +348.24% (above 0%: growing) 4.25% (30.96%) Compare
Median of peers $82.8M 21.8× 21.1× +2.63% −11.83% +110.90% 36.98% 0.00%

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The Children's Place, Inc. (PLCE) key facts

  • Concern: The Children's Place, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended January 2026) was $1.2 billion, down 12.8% from fiscal 2025.
  • The Children's Place, Inc. (PLCE) is an Apparel Manufacturing company in the Consumer Cyclical sector, listed on Nasdaq.
  • As of October 16, 2026, PLCE traded at $1.07, a market capitalization of $25.4 million.
  • Return on equity was 155.4% and debt-to-equity -2.87.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 3 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 1.03 (distress zone) for fiscal 2026.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations · fundamentals updated Oct 2, 2026.

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