Consumer Cyclical
Live Price
Offline$3.44
-1.15% today
1Y Change
-7.20%
Window
Jun 20, 2025 → Jun 9, 2026
Coverage: 243 bars · Jun 20, 2025 → Jun 9, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
The Children's Place, Inc. (PLCE) is a Consumer Cyclical stock with a market cap of $70.00M and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $3.44 and down 7.2% across the available one-year price window (Jun 20, 2025 → Jun 9, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -12.8%, EPS growth of +11.5%, a dividend yield of 0.0%. What stands out right now is revenue -12.8%, EPS +11.5%, free cash flow +93.1% with operating margin -4.3% and ROIC -10.9%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at price/sales 0.1. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines PLCE price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Consumer Cyclical peers on this page.
Benchmark Comparison
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PLCE
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
PLCE Max Drawdown
-69.03%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
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Financial profile
Profitability, balance sheet stamina, and cash efficiency drawn from the latest filings.
FY Revenue
$1.5B
-20.5% YoY
FY Net Income
-$140.4M
-175.0% YoY
Free Cash Flow
-$66.3M
-163.8% YoY
Revenue Growth
-12.8%
EPS Growth
+11.5%
Gross Margin
27.2%
Net Margin
-7.3%
Income statement
USD
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 1.4B | 1.6B | 1.7B | 1.9B | 1.5B |
| Gross Profit | 420M | 398M | 463M | 738M | 267M |
| Operating Income | 17M | -38M | 4M | 283M | -161M |
| EBITDA | 26M | -37M | 139M | 435M | -20M |
| Net Income | -58M | -155M | -1M | 187M | -140M |
| EPS (Diluted) | — | — | — | — | — |
Balance sheet
USD
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | 5M | 14M | 17M | 55M | 64M |
| Total Assets | 748M | 800M | 986M | 1.0B | 1.1B |
| Total Liabilities | 807M | 809M | 828M | 812M | 1.0B |
| Shareholder Equity | -59M | -9M | 158M | 225M | 93M |
| Total Debt | 586M | 464M | 512M | 451M | 634M |
| Net Debt | 581M | 450M | 495M | 396M | 570M |
Cash flow positioning
Latest Full Year
Operating Cash Flow
36M
-126.8% YoY
Capital Expenditures
31M
-4.4% YoY
Free Cash Flow
66M
-163.8% YoY
Key ratios
Gross Margin
27.2%
Operating Margin
-4.3%
Net Margin
-7.3%
ROE
532.9%
Debt / Equity
-9.48x
Next Step
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