The Children's Place, Inc. (PLCE)Consumer Cyclical | Apparel Manufacturing | Secaucus, United States | NasdaqGS
3.83 USD
+0.07
(1.729%)
⇧
(April 21, 2026, 10:26 a.m.
EDT)
Short-term: ☆☆☆☆☆ | Long-term: ☆☆☆☆☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 10:58 p.m. EDT
PLCE is a high-risk speculative vehicle caught in a severe fundamental freefall with deteriorating revenue (-19.4% YoY), negative earnings, and a massive debt burden ($513M) against minimal cash ($5.4M), pushing it from a potential value trap to a clear avoidance zone. While short-term options writers have hedged against an immediate crash (April expiry), speculative long money is positioning for a parabolic upside in May/June, indicating a potential 'high-beta pump' attempt by traders, but the underlying business fundamentals (no dividends, negative margins, missed growth targets) make long-term holding unsustainable. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoETS ✓ | 0.138637 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.138637 |
| MSTL | 0.148841 |
| AutoTheta | 0.191278 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 41% |
| H-stat | 36.27 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.346 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.57 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Consumer Cyclical |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2019-12-12 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2019-12-12 |
| Revenue per Share | 54.877 |
| Market Cap | 84,960,440 |
| Forward P/E | -1.96 |
| Beta | 2.01 |
| Profit Margins | -7.30% |
| Website | https://www.childrensplace.com |
As of April 18, 2026, 10:58 p.m. EDT: Near-term options data (April 2026 expiration) shows significant put heaviness. In-the-money puts ($3.00 strike) exhibit massive open interest (3.1k) compared to calls at the same strike (862), while OTM puts ($4.00 strike) have 4.1k OI vs 4.3k calls, indicating a defensive positioning against downside volatility. However, for May and June expirations, the sentiment flips aggressive; OTM options at $5.00 and $7.00 strikes show remarkably high OI concentrations (1.9k and 3.6k respectively for June expirations) with very high implied volatility markup (70-99%), suggesting a speculative long position anticipating a move higher despite the significant short-term downside protection established for April.
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-12-13 | 0.560 | 1.034929 |
| 2019-09-20 | 0.560 | 0.732740 |
| 2019-06-17 | 0.560 | 0.586550 |
| 2019-04-12 | 0.560 | 0.542351 |
| 2018-12-14 | 0.500 | 0.554644 |
| 2018-09-04 | 0.500 | 0.369900 |
| 2018-06-15 | 0.500 | 0.391391 |
| 2018-04-13 | 0.500 | 0.394256 |
| 2017-12-12 | 0.400 | 0.305804 |
| 2017-09-11 | 0.400 | 0.376344 |
| 2017-06-15 | 0.400 | 0.390520 |
| 2017-04-06 | 0.400 | 0.376431 |
| 2016-12-14 | 0.200 | 0.197905 |
| 2016-09-14 | 0.200 | 0.262615 |
| 2016-06-14 | 0.200 | 0.295587 |
| 2016-04-05 | 0.200 | 0.266307 |
| 2015-12-15 | 0.150 | 0.296287 |
| 2015-09-15 | 0.150 | 0.277242 |
| 2015-06-16 | 0.150 | 0.249976 |
| 2015-04-07 | 0.150 | 0.255702 |
| 2014-12-23 | 0.133 | 0.248815 |
| 2014-09-24 | 0.133 | 0.290064 |
| 2014-06-25 | 0.133 | 0.288172 |
| 2014-03-25 | 0.133 | 0.286925 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.33568907 |
| Address1 | 500 Plaza Drive |
| All Time High | 161.65 |
| All Time Low | 2.76 |
| Ask | 4.83 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 9 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 3.0 - Hold |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 863,600 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 346,616 |
| Average Volume | 346,616 |
| Average Volume10Days | 863,600 |
| Beta | 2.013 |
| Bid | 2.75 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Board Risk | 10 |
| Book Value | -0.388 |
| City | Secaucus |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,798,675,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 8 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 3.825 |
| Current Ratio | 1.026 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 3.85 |
| Day Low | 3.74 |
| Display Name | The Children's Place |
| Dividend Date | 1,577,404,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,775,851,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,780,603,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,780,603,200 |
| Ebitda | -22,135,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | -0.01831 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | -26.74 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 0.49 |
| Enterprise Value | 591,893,696 |
| Eps Current Year | -3.94772 |
| Eps Forward | -1.9532 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -4.01 |
| 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 | 3.7396 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 0.085400105 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.022836694 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -33.56891 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 9.56 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -5.7350006 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.5998954 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 2.76 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 1.065 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.3858696 |
| 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 | 7,774,380 |
| Forward Eps | -1.9532 |
| Forward P E | -1.9583248 |
| Free Cashflow | 27,320,124 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 2,500 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.2991 |
| Gross Profits | 361,558,016 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.02616 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.79177004 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 22,211,880 |
| 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 | 84,960,440 |
| Market State | REGULAR |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_35335 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,769,817,600 |
| Net Income To Common | -88,263,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,801,353,600 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 83,405,609 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 1 |
| Open | 3.74 |
| Operating Cashflow | 8,118,000 |
| Operating Margins | -0.11137 |
| Overall Risk | 7 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 1.42 |
| Phone | 201 558 2400 |
| Previous Close | 3.76 |
| Price Eps Current Year | -0.9689137 |
| Price Hint | 4 |
| Price To Book | -9.858247 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.070283204 |
| Profit Margins | -0.073020004 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.081 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | hold |
| Recommendation Mean | 3.0 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.06500006 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 1.728725 |
| Regular Market Day High | 3.85 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 3.74 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 3.74 - 3.85 |
| Regular Market Open | 3.74 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 3.76 |
| Regular Market Price | 3.825 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,781,611 |
| Regular Market Volume | 114,137 |
| Return On Assets | -0.046729997 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.194 |
| Revenue Per Share | 54.877 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.34445214 |
| Sector | Consumer Cyclical |
| Sector Disp | Consumer Cyclical |
| Sector Key | consumer-cyclical |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 2 |
| Shares Outstanding | 22,211,880 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.1384 |
| Shares Short | 3,074,109 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 2,320,965 |
| Short Name | Children's Place, Inc. (The) |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.3694 |
| Short Ratio | 11.07 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | NJ |
| Symbol | PLCE |
| Target High Price | 3.5 |
| Target Low Price | 3.5 |
| Target Mean Price | 3.5 |
| Target Median Price | 3.5 |
| Total Cash | 5,489,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.247 |
| Total Debt | 513,865,984 |
| Total Revenue | 1,208,829,952 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -4.01 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 5.44375 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -1.6187499 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.29735935 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 114,137 |
| Website | https://www.childrensplace.com |
| Zip | 7,094 |