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The Children's Place, Inc. (PLCE)

Consumer Cyclical | Apparel Manufacturing | Secaucus, United States | NasdaqGS
2.99 USD

Short-term:★☆☆☆☆Long-term:⯪☆☆☆☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 4:56 a.m. EDT

The investment case for The Children's Place is currently nonexistent, supported by a catastrophic multi-year decline and deteriorating fundamentals. Over the last nine years, the stock has lost nearly 94% of its value, driven by four consecutive years of negative annual returns. The business is bleeding cash, with negative operating margins and a massive debt load that dwarfs its cash reserves. Management instability, with an interim CEO and executives moving to board-only roles, signals a lack of strategic clarity. While the price-to-sales ratio appears low, it reflects a reality of shrinking revenues and eroding profitability rather than a bargain opportunity. The options market confirms this pessimism, with heavy put buying acting as a ceiling on any potential recovery. There is no catalyst visible to reverse this structural decline.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.098034
AutoETS0.115455
MSTL_1050.135048
AutoTheta0.154547
MSTL_430.183908
MSTL_43_1050.188897
AutoARIMA0.190997

Forecast horizon: 60 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 35%
H-stat 0.68
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.056
Excess Kurtosis 0.51
Attribute Value
Sector Consumer Cyclical
Ex Dividend Date 2019-12-12
Last Dividend Date 2019-12-12
Revenue per Share 53.305
Market Cap 66,488,832
Forward P/E -1.46
Beta 1.95
Profit Margins -9.09%
Website https://www.childrensplace.com

As of July 11, 2026, 4:56 a.m. EDT: Options activity reveals a distinct lack of bullish positioning. Call volume is negligible across all expirations, with open interest concentrated in deep out-of-the-money strikes suggesting speculative lottery tickets rather than directional bets. Conversely, put open interest is substantial and heavily skewed toward the money and in-the-money strikes, particularly for the January 2027 expiration where over 1,300 contracts are held at the $3 strike. This heavy put positioning indicates a strong consensus among speculators that the stock will remain depressed or decline further, creating a significant barrier to upward price discovery.


Dividend Data

Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2019-12-13 0.560 1.034929
2019-09-20 0.560 0.725765
2019-06-17 0.560 0.576963
2019-04-12 0.560 0.530403
2018-12-14 0.500 0.539491
2018-09-04 0.500 0.357910
2018-06-15 0.500 0.377358
2018-04-13 0.500 0.378644
2017-12-12 0.400 0.292612
2017-09-11 0.400 0.359066
2017-06-15 0.400 0.371230
2017-04-06 0.400 0.356506
2016-12-14 0.200 0.186741
2016-09-14 0.200 0.247341
2016-06-14 0.200 0.277701
2016-04-05 0.200 0.249501
2015-12-15 0.150 0.276906
2015-09-15 0.150 0.258398
2015-06-16 0.150 0.232378
2015-04-07 0.150 0.237154
2014-12-23 0.133 0.230223
2014-09-24 0.133 0.267767
2014-06-25 0.133 0.265310
2014-03-25 0.133 0.263471
Additional Data
exDividendDate 2019-12-13
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
lastDividendValue 0.56
lastDividendDate 2019-12-13
dividendDate 2019-12-27

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.40674603
Address1 500 Plaza Drive
All Time High 161.65
All Time Low 2.76
Ask 3.78
Ask Size 2
Audit Risk 7
Average Daily Volume10 Day 313,310
Average Daily Volume3 Month 487,100
Average Volume 487,100
Average Volume10Days 313,310
Beta 1.945
Bid 2.19
Bid Size 2
Board Risk 10
Book Value -4.823
City Secaucus
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,798,675,200
Compensation Risk 4
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 2.99
Current Ratio 0.891
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 3.08
Day Low 2.95
Display Name The Children's Place
Dividend Date 1,577,404,800
Earnings Timestamp 1,781,294,400
Earnings Timestamp End 1,788,552,000
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,788,552,000
Ebitda -36,966,000
Ebitda Margins -0.03128
Enterprise To Ebitda -18.816
Enterprise To Revenue 0.588
Enterprise Value 695,558,848
Eps Current Year -4.65328
Eps Forward -2.04844
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -4.84
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,576,195,200
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 3.3356
Fifty Day Average Change -0.3455999
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.10360952
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -40.674603
Fifty Two Week High 9.56
Fifty Two Week High Change -6.5700006
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.6872385
Fifty Two Week Low 2.76
Fifty Two Week Low Change 0.23000002
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.08333334
Fifty Two Week Range 2.76 - 9.56
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 874,675,800,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 2.11
Float Shares 7,678,459
Forward Eps -2.04844
Forward P E -1.4596474
Free Cashflow 17,728,500
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 2,500
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,782,864,000
Gross Margins 0.29479
Gross Profits 348,416,992
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.02609
Held Percent Institutions 0.78761
Implied Shares Outstanding 22,237,067
Industry Apparel Manufacturing
Industry Disp Apparel Manufacturing
Industry Key apparel-manufacturing
Ir Website http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=120577&p=irol-irhome
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,576,195,200
Last Dividend Value 0.56
Last Fiscal Year End 1,769,817,600
Long Business Summary The Children's Place, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an omni-channel children's specialty portfolio of brands in North America and internationally. It operates through two segments, The Children's Place U.S. and The Children's Place International. The company designs, contracts to manufacture, and sells apparel, accessories, and footwear primarily under The Children's Place, Gymboree, Sugar & Jade, PJ Place, Crazy 8, Place, Baby Place, and other brands. It offers its products through its digital storefronts, www.childrensplace.com and www.gymboree.com; physical stores in North America; wholesale marketplaces; and international franchise partners, as well as through social media channels. The company was formerly known as The Children's Place Retail Stores, Inc. and changed its name to The Children's Place, Inc. in June 2014. The Children's Place, Inc. was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Secaucus, New Jersey.
Long Name The Children's Place, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 66,488,832
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_35335
Most Recent Quarter 1,777,680,000
Net Income To Common -107,431,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,801,353,600
Non Diluted Market Cap 66,444,356
Number Of Analyst Opinions 1
Open 2.99
Operating Cashflow -2,690,000
Operating Margins -0.16936001
Overall Risk 6
Payout Ratio 0.0
Peg Ratio 1.42
Phone 201 558 2400
Previous Close 2.99
Price Eps Current Year -0.64255756
Price Hint 4
Price To Book -0.6199461
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.056254458
Profit Margins -0.09089
Quick Ratio 0.12
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.0
Regular Market Change Percent 0.0
Regular Market Day High 3.08
Regular Market Day Low 2.95
Regular Market Day Range 2.95 - 3.08
Regular Market Open 2.99
Regular Market Previous Close 2.99
Regular Market Price 2.99
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,800
Regular Market Volume 229,420
Return On Assets -0.05491
Revenue Growth -0.111
Revenue Per Share 53.305
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20365608
Sector Consumer Cyclical
Sector Disp Consumer Cyclical
Sector Key consumer-cyclical
Share Holder Rights Risk 2
Shares Outstanding 22,237,067
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.1247
Shares Short 2,773,257
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 2,540,321
Short Name Children's Place, Inc. (The)
Short Percent Of Float 0.3323
Short Ratio 5.78
Source Interval 15
State NJ
Symbol PLCE
Target High Price 4.0
Target Low Price 4.0
Target Mean Price 4.0
Target Median Price 4.0
Total Cash 4,781,000
Total Cash Per Share 0.215
Total Debt 633,851,008
Total Revenue 1,181,929,984
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps -4.84
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 4.8659
Two Hundred Day Average Change -1.8759
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.38551965
Type Disp Equity
Volume 229,420
Website https://www.childrensplace.com
Zip 7,094