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.
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The Children's Place, Inc. (PLCE) Piotroski F-score
The Children's Place, Inc.'s Piotroski F-score for fiscal 2026 is 3 out of 9: 3 of nine tests of profitability, leverage and efficiency passed, unchanged from fiscal 2025.
Piotroski F-score, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Piotroski F-score | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 3 | 0.00 |
| FY2025 | 3 | (1.00) |
| FY2024 | 4 | 3.00 |
| FY2023 | 1 | (7.00) |
| FY2022 | 8 | 4.00 |
| FY2021 | 4 | 0.00 |
| FY2020 | 4 | (3.00) |
| FY2019 | 7 | 0.00 |
| FY2018 | 7 | (1.00) |
| FY2017 | 8 | — |
How fiscal 2026’s score is made up
| Test | This year | Year before | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive return on assets | (12.45%) | (7.47%) | Fail | 0 |
| Positive operating cash flow | 8.12m | (117.59m) | Pass | 1 |
| Rising return on assets | (12.45%) | (7.47%) | Fail | 0 |
| Cash flow above net income | 96.38m | (59.77m) | Pass | 1 |
| Falling long-term leverage | 0.29 | 0.21 | Fail | 0 |
| Rising current ratio | 1.03 | 0.90 | Pass | 1 |
| No new shares issued | 22,028,000 | 12,766,000 | Fail | 0 |
| Rising gross margin | 29.91% | 33.14% | Fail | 0 |
| Rising asset turnover | 1.71 | 1.79 | Fail | 0 |
| Piotroski F-score | Weak — most fundamentals deteriorated | 3 | ||
How the Piotroski F-score works
One point for each of nine tests, this fiscal year against the one before: positive return on assets, positive operating cash flow, rising return on assets, cash flow above net income, falling long-term leverage, a rising current ratio, no new shares issued, a rising gross margin and rising asset turnover. The ratios are the ones on this site, so each can be checked.
Joseph Piotroski (2000) called 8–9 high and 0–1 low; reading it in three bands is the common convention:
| 7–9 | Strong — most fundamentals improved |
|---|---|
| 4–6 | Mixed |
| 0–3 | Weak — most fundamentals deteriorated |
Where this differs from the paper: return on assets is on average rather than beginning-of-year assets, and weighted basic shares stand in for shares issued. The score is shown only when all nine tests can be worked out, which takes three fiscal years; banks and insurers, which report no current assets or gross profit, have none.
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What Piotroski F-score is
The Piotroski F-Score tells an investor how many signs of improving profitability, funding and efficiency a company shows against a year earlier.
One point for each of nine tests against a year earlier: positive return on assets, positive operating cash flow, rising return on assets, cash flow above net income, falling long-term leverage, rising current ratio, no new shares issued, rising gross margin, and rising asset turnover