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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.

Revenue
−18.9%
EPS
−479.2%
Free cash flow
+149.5%
Total debt
−0.77%

Quarter to July 2026, against a year earlier

0.32 0.08 +33.33%
Market cap
$7.5M
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
−0.1×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
3/9
Altman Z
1.03
Beneish M
−3.42
Dividend safety
n/a
Overview
Financials
Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios

Insider Decisions last twelve months

Trades a month
Jan 26 Apr 26 Jul 26 Oct 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell — — — — — — — — — — — —
Insider Ownership 67.04%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Size
Market Cap 7.48
Revenue ttm 1,125.72
Net income ttm (133.02)
Free cash flow ttm 23.02
Net debt Q 391.35
Valuation
P/E 0.00
Forward P/E (0.08) (negative: loss-making)
Price / sales 0.01
Forward P/S Powerpack
Price / FCF 0.31
Price / book 0.00
Financial health
Current ratio Q 0.89 (below 1: weak)
Debt / equity Q (2.87) (negative: negative equity)
Interest coverage Q (0.71)
Growth
Revenue growth Q −18.86% (below 0%: shrinking)
Operating income growth Q −417.51% (below 0%: shrinking)
EPS, this year −25.64% (below 0%: weak)
EPS, next year A +53.65% (at or above 15%: strong)
Revenue, next year A −10.41% (below 0%: weak)
EPS, past 5 yrs —
EPS, next 5 yrs A +17.46% (at or above 15%: strong)

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges; (Q) is the latest quarter, (A) analysts’ estimates. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

EV/Sales, ten years
EV/Sales is 0.4×, against a ten-year median of 0.6×; over the ten years it ranged from 0.3× in 2024 to 1.3× in 2017.
P/S against its own 10 years 0.11%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 9.39%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 54.95%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Yield
—
Annual rate
—
Payout ratio
—
Growth, 2017–25
−100.0%/yr
  1. 1.60 ’17
  2. 2.00 ’18 +25
  3. 2.24 ’19 +12
  4. 0.00 ’20 −100
  5. 0.00 ’21
  6. 0.00 ’22
  7. 0.00 ’23
  8. 0.00 ’24
  9. 0.00 ’25
paid change on the year, % Powerpack

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%

Earnings Trends EPS, adjusted, against the consensus

Q1 FY24 Estimate −0.88 Actual −1.18

Earnings per share against the consensus, by quarter
Quarter Estimate Reported Result
Q1 FY23 −1.77 −2.00 Miss by 0.23
Q2 FY23 −2.16 −2.12 Beat by 0.04
Q3 FY23 3.49 3.22 Miss by 0.27
Q1 FY24 −0.88 −1.18 Miss by 0.30
Q3 FY26 0.00 — Reports 15 December 2026

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.

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.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

3
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to January

Ten-year view Analyst estimates Powerpack
Group Line 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 TTM Jul ’26 Trend 10 yrs 2027e 2028e 2029e Next 3/yr
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 1,126 (4.2%) 1,083 1,134 1,189 (0.5%)
Gross margin, % 37.62 38.03 35.27 35.03 21.89 41.49 30.09 27.79 33.14 29.91 28.97 (7.7) pt
EBT 147 161 109 88 (212) 257 (15) (114) (49) (90) (137) n/m
EBT margin, % 8.23 8.62 5.60 4.73 (13.91) 13.42 (0.86) (7.10) (3.57) (7.47) (12.16) (15.7) pt
Net income 102 85 101 73 (140) 187 (1) (155) (58) (88) (133) n/m
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 50.62 (6.0%)
Earnings 5.51 4.82 6.10 4.71 (9.59) 12.82 (0.09) (12.36) (4.53) (4.01) (5.99) n/m
Cash flow 10.72 12.20 8.46 11.44 (2.44) 9.13 (0.63) 7.41 (9.21) 0.37 2.22 (31.2%)
Capex (1.87) (3.34) (4.30) (8.65) (2.09) (2.01) (3.49) (2.20) (1.24) (0.79) (1.18) (9.1%)
Free cash flow 8.86 8.86 4.16 2.79 (4.53) 7.12 (4.12) 5.21 (10.45) (0.42) 1.04 n/m
Book value 26.71 26.96 19.01 15.13 6.38 15.45 12.13 (0.72) (4.65) (2.46) (6.25) n/m
Shares, m 19 18 17 16 15 15 13 13 13 22 22 +1.9%
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 17.48 31.21 15.89 12.51 0.00 5.52 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 8.3
P/S 1.01 1.41 0.83 0.50 0.67 0.54 0.35 0.17 0.09 0.08 0.01 0.6
P/B 3.63 5.56 5.09 3.94 10.98 4.58 3.74 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.8
EV/Sales 0.88 1.28 0.82 0.72 0.79 0.63 0.53 0.34 0.38 0.35 0.35 0.7
EV/FCF 9.57 15.37 22.97 30.89 (18.21) 11.57 (16.97) 8.31 (3.98) (45.50) 17.31 1.4
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 199 214 140 178 (36) 133 (8) 93 (118) 8 49 (29.9%)
Capex (35) (59) (71) (134) (31) (29) (46) (28) (16) (17) (26) (7.4%)
Free cash flow 165 156 69 43 (66) 104 (54) 65 (133) (9) 23 n/m
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 282 296 104 (145) (171) (10) (86) (164) (50) 10 (54) (30.9%)
Net debt (228) (238) (20) 414 182 170 320 263 406 331 391 n/m
Shareholders’ equity 496 474 314 235 93 225 158 (9) (59) (54) (139) n/m
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 11.32 9.15 12.11 7.68 (12.09) 17.19 (0.11) (17.30) (7.47) (12.45) (17.19) (23.8) pt
ROIC 34.29 42.84 23.65 9.27 (45.44) 43.54 (0.20) (20.63) (2.47) (12.93) (22.89) (47.2) pt
ROE 19.99 17.46 25.62 26.67 (85.44) 117.40 (0.59) (206.80) 168.99 155.40 184.95 +135.4 pt
People
People Employees 15,500 15,800 18,700 17,300 13,300 11,900 11,300 8,390 7,900 7,800 — (7.3%)
Revenue/emp, $m 0.12 0.12 0.10 0.11 0.11 0.16 0.15 0.19 0.18 0.15 — +3.4%
Negative figures in brackets.
estimates

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

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
PLBY PLBY Group, Inc. $148.6M 63.9× — (loss-making) +8.53% (above 0%: growing) +293.33% (above 0%: growing) −90.36% (below 0%: shrinking) 77.23% 12.72% Compare
JXG Aquaron Acquisition Corp. $111.9M — (loss-making) — +69.42% (above 0%: growing) n/m −181,420.00% (below 0%: shrinking) 15.04% 0.00% Compare
LAKE Lakeland Industries, Inc. $88.8M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −4.49% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +92.21% (above 0%: growing) 36.98% (6.67%) Compare
JRSH Jerash Holdings (US), Inc. $74.6M 15.4× 14.7× +26.75% (above 0%: growing) +333.33% (above 0%: growing) +133.83% (above 0%: growing) 16.45% 5.24% Compare
JL J-Long Group Limited $14.3M — — — — — — — 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
PLCE The Children's Place, Inc. $7.5M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −18.86% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +149.53% (above 0%: growing) 34.44% (5.39%)
XELB Xcel Brands, Inc $2.4M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −15.14% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +21.40% (above 0%: growing) 100.00% (141.39%) Compare
NCI Neo-Concept International Group Holdings Limited $1.5M — — — — — — — Compare
Median of peers $44.4M — — +2.02% — +18.15% 45.75% (3.33%)

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