The Children's Place, Inc. (PLCE) vs Superior Group of Companies, Inc. (SGC)

The Children's Place, Inc. and Superior Group of Companies, Inc. are both Apparel Manufacturing companies. Superior Group of Companies, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $200.4M against $49.4M — 4.1× the size. The Children's Place, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Superior Group of Companies, Inc. trades at 22.6×. Superior Group of Companies, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −0.43% against −15.9%. Superior Group of Companies, Inc. has the higher net margin (1.44% vs −11.8%) and the higher return on invested capital (3.49% vs −22.9%). Across the 19 metrics below, Superior Group of Companies, Inc. leads on 10 and The Children's Place, Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric PLCE SGC Apparel Manufacturing median
P/E n/m 22.60 17.21
P/S 0.04 0.33 0.44
P/B n/m 0.97 1.58
Price to free cash flow 2.07 5.95 9.18
EV/EBITDA n/m 9.44 8.64
EV/Sales 0.39 0.43 0.54
Earnings yield (279.91%) 4.43% 0.00%
Free cash flow yield 48.37% 16.81% 9.25%

Profitability

Metric PLCE SGC Apparel Manufacturing median
Gross margin 28.97% 37.57% 48.31%
Operating margin (8.21%) 2.46% 2.46%
Net margin (11.82%) 1.44% (0.46%)
Free cash flow margin 2.04% 5.47% 5.26%
Return on equity 184.95% 4.29% 4.29%
Return on assets (17.19%) 1.99% 0.00%
Return on invested capital (22.89%) 3.49% 0.00%

Growth

Metric PLCE SGC Apparel Manufacturing median
Revenue growth (TTM) (15.92%) (0.43%) 0.02%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 11.48% (36.99%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (4.51%) 1.46% 6.76%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% (29.79%) 0.00%

Health

Metric PLCE SGC Apparel Manufacturing median
Debt to equity (2.87) 0.42 0.23
Current ratio 0.89 2.60 1.81
Net debt to EBITDA (13.70) 2.72 (0.43)

Dividend

Metric PLCE SGC Apparel Manufacturing median
Dividend yield — 4.08% 2.76%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.32 0.07

Size

Metric PLCE SGC Apparel Manufacturing median
Market cap 49.37m 200.43m 402.31m

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