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The Children's Place, Inc.

$2.43 -$1.70 (-41.16%)

NASDAQ · 11 Sep 2026 20:00 UTC

Previous Close

$2.43

Day Range

$2.42$2.59

Year Range

$2.04$9.56

Market Cap

54.04M

AVG Volume

380.14K

Trailing/Forward PE

-0.5/-

PEG ratio

0.01

Dividend Yield

Next Earnings Date

2026-09-14

Primary Exchange

NASDAQ

Revenue (USD)

PLCE Revenue (USD) by year
Period	Revenue (USD)
2025	1.21B
2024	1.39B
2023	1.6B
2022	1.71B
2021	1.92B
2020	1.52B
2019	1.87B
2018	1.94B
2017	1.87B
2016	1.79B

Net Income (USD)

PLCE Net Income (USD) by year
Period	Net Income (USD)
2025	-88.26M
2024	-57.82M
2023	-154.54M
2022	-1.14M
2021	187.17M
2020	-140.37M
2019	73.3M
2018	100.96M
2017	84.7M
2016	102.34M

Operating Income (USD)

PLCE Operating Income (USD) by year
Period	Operating Income (USD)
2025	-52.54M
2024	17.35M
2023	-38.75M
2022	2.8M
2021	280.42M
2020	-126.65M
2019	102.4M
2018	116.38M
2017	172.61M
2016	151.65M

EBITDA (USD)

PLCE EBITDA (USD) by year
Period	EBITDA (USD)
2025	-25.27M
2024	25.96M
2023	78.57M
2022	138.96M
2021	434.64M
2020	-20.3M
2019	320.41M
2018	180.94M
2017	231.58M
2016	214.05M

Cash Flows (USD)

PLCE Cash Flows (USD) by year
Period	Cash Flows (USD)
2025	-9.26M
2024	-133.42M
2023	65M
2022	-53.8M
2021	103.97M
2020	-66.3M
2019	43.45M
2018	68.8M
2017	155.73M
2016	164.61M

EPS (USD)

PLCE EPS (USD) by year
Period	EPS (USD)
2025	-4.01
2024	-4.56
2023	-12.36
2022	-0.42
2021	12.59
2020	-9.61
2019	4.76
2018	6
2017	4.63
2016	5.44

Expenses (USD)

PLCE Expenses (USD) by year
Period	Expenses (USD)
2025	398.41M
2024	418.33M
2023	464.31M
2022	505.33M
2021	485.67M
2020	434.01M
2019	612.57M
2018	569.54M
2017	529.24M
2016	488.83M

Cash & Debt (USD)

PLCE Cash & Debt (USD) by year
Period	Cash & Debt (USD)
2025	5.49M
2024	5.35M
2023	13.64M
2022	16.69M
2021	54.79M
2020	63.55M
2019	68.49M
2018	69.14M
2017	259.52M
2016	243.01M

Debt ratios

PLCE Debt ratios by year
Period	Debt ratios
2025	2.33
2024	0.86
2023	0.71
2022	0.57
2021	0.43
2020	0.8
2019	0.57
2018	-0.03

Margins

PLCE Margins by year
Period	Margins
2025	27.17%
2024	30.29%
2023	24.84%
2022	27.07%
2021	38.47%
2020	18.18%
2019	31.03%
2018	31.72%
2017	34.39%
2016	34.86%

Return on Capital

PLCE Return on Capital by year
Period	Return on Capital
2025	162.9%
2024	97.32%
2023	1713.53%
2022	-0.72%
2021	83.01%
2020	-150.32%
2019	31.17%
2018	32.11%
2017	17.88%
2016	20.62%

Shares Outstanding

PLCE Shares Outstanding by year
Period	Shares Outstanding
2025	22.17M
2024	12.8M
2023	12.56M
2022	12.33M
2021	14.27M
2020	14.64M
2019	15.03M
2018	16.13M
2017	17.36M
2016	17.98M

Dividends (USD)

PLCE Dividends (USD) by year
Period	Dividends (USD)
2019	2.24
2018	2
2017	1.6
2016	0.8
2015	0.6
2014	0.53

Employee Count

PLCE Employee Count by year
Period	Employee Count
2026	7.8K
2025	7.9K
2024	8.39K
2023	11.3K
2022	11.9K
2021	13.3K
2020	17.3K
2019	18.7K
2018	15.8K
2017	15.5K

Book Value Per Share (USD)

PLCE Book Value Per Share (USD) by year
Period	Book Value Per Share (USD)
2025	-2.44
2024	-4.64
2023	-0.72
2022	12.85
2021	15.8
2020	6.38
2019	15.65
2018	19.49
2017	27.29
2016	27.6

Total Assets (USD)

PLCE Total Assets (USD) by year
Period	Total Assets (USD)
2025	670.3M
2024	747.55M
2023	800.31M
2022	986.28M
2021	1.04B
2020	1.14B
2019	1.18B
2018	727.05M
2017	940.23M
2016	910.5M

PE Ratio

PLCE PE Ratio by year
Period	PE Ratio
Mar 23	5.5
Mar 23	5.62
Mar 23	6.09
Mar 23	6.48
Feb 23	6.14
Feb 23	6.79
Feb 23	6.3
Feb 23	6.9
Jan 23	6.44
Jan 23	6.33
Jan 23	5.75
Jan 23	5.41
Dec 22	5.38
Dec 22	5.58
Dec 22	5.27
Dec 22	5.1
Dec 22	5.28
Nov 22	4.1
Nov 22	4.22
Nov 22	3.99
Nov 22	4.02
Oct 22	4.11
Oct 22	4.32
Oct 22	4.09
Oct 22	4.05
Sep 22	3.26
Sep 22	3.59
Sep 22	3.84
Sep 22	4.33
Sep 22	4.46
Aug 22	4.68
Aug 22	3.98
Aug 22	4.15
Aug 22	3.94
Jul 22	3.65
Jul 22	3.75
Jul 22	3.43
Jul 22	3.55
Jul 22	3.23
Jun 22	3.69
Jun 22	3.71
Jun 22	3.73
Jun 22	3.81
May 22	3.65
May 22	3.48
May 22	3.58
May 22	3.68
Apr 22	3.53
Apr 22	3.7
Apr 22	3.94
Apr 22	3.8
Apr 22	3.8
Mar 22	3.83
Mar 22	5.04
Mar 22	4.85
Mar 22	5.28
Feb 22	5.99
Feb 22	6.09
Feb 22	6.34
Feb 22	6.22
Jan 22	6.63
Jan 22	5.93
Jan 22	6.92
Jan 22	6.79
Dec 21	7.46
Dec 21	7.22
Dec 21	7.18
Dec 21	8.34
Dec 21	14.3
Nov 21	15.37
Nov 21	16.86
Nov 21	16.75
Nov 21	16.27
Oct 21	13.55
Oct 21	13.65
Oct 21	13.3
Oct 21	14.47
Oct 21	13.3
Sep 21	13.6
Sep 21	13.6
Sep 21	13.09
Sep 21	13.85
Aug 21	67.56
Aug 21	74.37
Aug 21	76.71
Aug 21	67.53
Jul 21	62.96
Jul 21	64.54
Jul 21	62.84
Jul 21	70.58
Jul 21	69.46
Jun 21	74.16
Jun 21	64.82
Jun 21	72.6
Jun 21	69.18
Jun 20	10.69
May 20	8.54
May 20	7.95
May 20	6.38
May 20	6.15

Free Cash Flow Yield

PLCE Free Cash Flow Yield by year
Period	Free Cash Flow Yield
Sep 26	-47.07%
Sep 26	-40.71%
Aug 26	-46.31%
Aug 26	-45.94%
Aug 26	-46.88%
Aug 26	-42.52%
Jul 26	-46.88%
Jul 26	-47.46%
Jul 26	-38.65%
Jul 26	-38.26%
Jul 26	-39.45%
Jun 26	-40.42%
Jun 26	-33.25%
Jun 26	-32.87%
Jun 26	-11.87%
May 26	-10%
May 26	-12.29%
May 26	-12.9%
May 26	-12.86%
May 26	-12.82%
Apr 26	-12.4%
Apr 26	-11.9%
Apr 26	-10.52%
Apr 26	53.98%
Mar 26	56.9%
Mar 26	53.82%
Mar 26	49.51%
Mar 26	47.54%
Feb 26	44.8%
Feb 26	40.82%
Feb 26	44.69%
Feb 26	43.08%
Jan 26	44.47%
Jan 26	41.01%
Jan 26	39.65%
Jan 26	37.18%
Jan 26	43.39%
Dec 25	44.47%
Dec 25	41.2%
Dec 25	-2.74%
Dec 25	-2.64%
Nov 25	-2.59%
Nov 25	-2.78%
Nov 25	-2.4%
Nov 25	-2.38%
Oct 25	-2.86%
Oct 25	-2.36%
Oct 25	-2.82%
Oct 25	-2.88%
Oct 25	-2.85%
Sep 25	-3.01%
Sep 25	-3.22%
Sep 25	-2.94%
Sep 25	-3.77%
Aug 25	-58.68%
Aug 25	-66.11%
Aug 25	-66.4%
Aug 25	-67.61%
Aug 25	-65.53%
Jul 25	-54.69%
Jul 25	-57.77%
Jul 25	-59.74%
Jul 25	-60.84%
Jun 25	-67.15%
Jun 25	-76.48%
Jun 25	-74.75%
Jun 25	-151.89%
May 25	-171.38%
May 25	-182.8%
May 25	-169.43%
May 25	-182.48%
May 25	-200.38%
Apr 25	-194.04%
Apr 25	-182.48%
Apr 25	-141.77%
Apr 25	-139.92%
Mar 25	-110.23%
Mar 25	-109.23%
Mar 25	-114.84%
Mar 25	-121.06%
Feb 25	-115.26%
Feb 25	-106.69%
Feb 25	-98.79%
Feb 25	-95.93%
Jan 25	-98.19%
Jan 25	-92.6%
Jan 25	-92.87%
Jan 25	-92.6%
Jan 25	-87.54%
Dec 24	-87.78%
Dec 24	-93.69%
Dec 24	-88.76%
Dec 24	-81.39%
Nov 24	-44.9%
Nov 24	-44.4%
Nov 24	-50.92%
Nov 24	-47.66%
Nov 24	-50.81%
Oct 24	-62.06%
Oct 24	-60.79%

Price to Sales

PLCE Price to Sales by year
Period	Price to Sales
Sep 26	0.05
Sep 26	0.05
Aug 26	0.05
Aug 26	0.05
Aug 26	0.05
Aug 26	0.05
Jul 26	0.05
Jul 26	0.05
Jul 26	0.06
Jul 26	0.06
Jul 26	0.05
Jun 26	0.05
Jun 26	0.06
Jun 26	0.07
Jun 26	0.06
May 26	0.08
May 26	0.06
May 26	0.06
May 26	0.06
May 26	0.06
Apr 26	0.06
Apr 26	0.06
Apr 26	0.07
Apr 26	0.06
Mar 26	0.05
Mar 26	0.06
Mar 26	0.06
Mar 26	0.06
Feb 26	0.07
Feb 26	0.08
Feb 26	0.07
Feb 26	0.07
Jan 26	0.07
Jan 26	0.08
Jan 26	0.08
Jan 26	0.08
Jan 26	0.07
Dec 25	0.07
Dec 25	0.07
Dec 25	0.12
Dec 25	0.13
Nov 25	0.13
Nov 25	0.12
Nov 25	0.14
Nov 25	0.14
Oct 25	0.12
Oct 25	0.14
Oct 25	0.12
Oct 25	0.12
Oct 25	0.12
Sep 25	0.11
Sep 25	0.11
Sep 25	0.12
Sep 25	0.09
Aug 25	0.08
Aug 25	0.07
Aug 25	0.07
Aug 25	0.07
Aug 25	0.07
Jul 25	0.09
Jul 25	0.08
Jul 25	0.08
Jul 25	0.08
Jun 25	0.07
Jun 25	0.06
Jun 25	0.06
Jun 25	0.06
May 25	0.06
May 25	0.05
May 25	0.06
May 25	0.05
May 25	0.05
Apr 25	0.05
Apr 25	0.05
Apr 25	0.06
Apr 25	0.06
Mar 25	0.08
Mar 25	0.08
Mar 25	0.07
Mar 25	0.07
Feb 25	0.07
Feb 25	0.08
Feb 25	0.09
Feb 25	0.09
Jan 25	0.09
Jan 25	0.09
Jan 25	0.09
Jan 25	0.09
Jan 25	0.1
Dec 24	0.1
Dec 24	0.09
Dec 24	0.1
Dec 24	0.11
Nov 24	0.13
Nov 24	0.14
Nov 24	0.12
Nov 24	0.13
Nov 24	0.12
Oct 24	0.1
Oct 24	0.1

EV/EBITDA

PLCE EV/EBITDA by year
Period	EV/EBITDA
Apr 26	28.19
Mar 26	28.03
Mar 26	28.2
Mar 26	28.48
Mar 26	28.63
Feb 26	28.85
Feb 26	29.23
Feb 26	28.86
Feb 26	29.01
Jan 26	28.88
Jan 26	29.21
Jan 26	29.36
Jan 26	29.65
Jan 26	28.98
Dec 25	28.88
Dec 25	29.19
Dec 25	14.38
Dec 25	14.5
Nov 25	14.57
Nov 25	14.33
Nov 25	14.83
Nov 25	14.87
Oct 25	14.24
Oct 25	14.9
Oct 25	14.28
Oct 25	14.21
Oct 25	14.24
Sep 25	14.07
Sep 25	13.88
Sep 25	14.15
Sep 25	13.48
Aug 25	24.55
Aug 25	24.09
Aug 25	24.07
Aug 25	24.01
Aug 25	24.12
Jul 25	24.86
Jul 25	24.62
Jul 25	24.48
Jul 25	24.41
Jun 25	24.03
Jun 25	23.59
Jun 25	23.66
Jun 25	25.77
May 25	25.38
May 25	25.19
May 25	25.42
May 25	25.2
May 25	24.95
Apr 25	25.03
Apr 25	25.2
Nov 24	23.13
Nov 24	23.19
Nov 24	22.48
Nov 24	22.81
Nov 24	22.49
Oct 24	21.61
Oct 24	21.69
Oct 24	22.37
Oct 24	22.81
Sep 24	23.51
Sep 24	22.87
Sep 24	22.64
Sep 24	10.22
Aug 24	10.34
Aug 24	10.48
Aug 24	10.49
Aug 24	10.65
Aug 24	10.67
Jul 24	10.78
Jul 24	10.73
Jul 24	11.06
Jul 24	10.75
Jun 24	10.84
Jun 24	10.8
Jun 24	10.87
Jun 24	7.35
May 24	7.69
May 24	7.86
May 24	7.68
May 24	7.49
May 24	6.36
Apr 24	6.27
Apr 24	6.42
Apr 24	6.36
Apr 24	6.44
Mar 24	6.83
Mar 24	6.97
Mar 24	7.01
Mar 24	7.33
Mar 24	7.75
Feb 24	7.94
Feb 24	9.04
Feb 24	6.95
Feb 24	8.07
Jan 24	8.49
Jan 24	8.14
Jan 24	8.03
Jan 24	8.02
Dec 23	8.3

Price/Operating Cashflow

PLCE Price/Operating Cashflow by year
Period	Price/Operating Cashflow
Jun 26	9.61
May 26	11.42
May 26	9.29
May 26	8.85
May 26	8.88
May 26	8.9
Apr 26	9.2
Apr 26	9.59
Apr 26	10.84
Apr 26	1.36
Mar 26	1.29
Mar 26	1.36
Mar 26	1.48
Mar 26	1.54
Feb 26	1.64
Feb 26	1.8
Feb 26	1.64
Feb 26	1.7
Jan 26	1.65
Jan 26	1.79
Jan 26	1.85
Jan 26	1.97
Jan 26	1.69
Dec 25	1.65
Dec 25	1.78
Dec 25	45.35
Dec 25	46.98
Nov 25	47.95
Nov 25	44.68
Nov 25	51.65
Nov 25	52.13
Oct 25	43.41
Oct 25	52.62
Oct 25	44.02
Oct 25	43.05
Oct 25	43.47
Sep 25	41.17
Sep 25	38.51
Sep 25	42.26
Sep 25	32.94
Jun 24	1.37
May 24	1.66
May 24	1.8
May 24	1.65
May 24	1.49
Dec 23	24.66
Nov 23	21.26
Nov 23	20.17
Nov 23	25.7
Nov 23	29.33
Oct 23	28.29
Oct 23	30.36
Oct 23	25.01
Oct 23	25.35
Sep 23	28.52
Sep 23	27.05
Sep 23	25.8
Sep 23	24.18
Sep 23	29.08
Aug 23	20.85
Aug 23	21.7
Aug 23	20.31
Aug 23	24.38
Jul 23	24.16
Jul 23	21.81
Jul 23	21.29
Jul 23	20.78
Jun 23	18.23
Jun 23	16.53
Jun 23	15.83
Jun 23	14.01
Mar 23	9.95
Mar 23	10.17
Mar 23	11.01
Mar 23	11.72
Feb 23	11.11
Feb 23	12.28
Feb 23	11.39
Feb 23	12.48
Jan 23	11.66
Jan 23	11.44
Jan 23	10.41
Jan 23	9.79
Dec 22	9.74
Dec 22	10.09
Dec 22	9.53
Dec 22	9.23
Dec 22	9.55
Nov 22	6.09
Nov 22	6.26
Nov 22	5.92
Nov 22	5.97
Oct 22	6.11
Oct 22	6.41
Oct 22	6.07
Oct 22	6.01
Sep 22	4.85
Sep 22	5.34
Sep 22	5.7
Sep 22	6.43

Price to Book

PLCE Price to Book by year
Period	Price to Book
Aug 25	77.5
Aug 25	68.78
Aug 25	68.48
Aug 25	67.26
Aug 25	69.4
Jul 25	83.15
Jul 25	78.72
Jul 25	76.12
Jul 25	74.75
Jun 25	67.71
Jun 25	59.46
Jun 25	60.84
May 24	0.83
Apr 24	0.75
Apr 24	0.88
Apr 24	0.82
Apr 24	0.9
Mar 24	1.23
Mar 24	1.35
Mar 24	1.38
Mar 24	1.65
Mar 24	2.01
Feb 24	2.17
Feb 24	3.09
Feb 24	1.33
Feb 24	2.27
Jan 24	2.63
Jan 24	2.33
Jan 24	2.24
Jan 24	2.23
Dec 23	2.47
Dec 23	2.5
Dec 23	2.46
Dec 23	2.41
Dec 23	3.41
Nov 23	2.94
Nov 23	2.78
Nov 23	3.55
Nov 23	4.05
Oct 23	3.91
Oct 23	4.19
Oct 23	3.45
Oct 23	3.5
Sep 23	3.94
Sep 23	3.73
Sep 23	3.56
Sep 23	3.34
Sep 23	4.02
Aug 23	2.61
Aug 23	2.72
Aug 23	2.54
Aug 23	3.05
Jul 23	3.03
Jul 23	2.73
Jul 23	2.67
Jul 23	2.6
Jun 23	2.28
Jun 23	2.07
Jun 23	1.98
Jun 23	1.75
Jun 23	1.23
May 23	1.34
May 23	1.8
May 23	2.05
May 23	2.08
Apr 23	2.31
Apr 23	2.54
Apr 23	2.42
Apr 23	2.98
Mar 23	3.13
Mar 23	2.29
Mar 23	2.34
Mar 23	2.54
Mar 23	2.7
Feb 23	2.56
Feb 23	2.83
Feb 23	2.62
Feb 23	2.87
Jan 23	2.68
Jan 23	2.64
Jan 23	2.4
Jan 23	2.25
Dec 22	2.24
Dec 22	2.32
Dec 22	2.19
Dec 22	2.12
Dec 22	2.2
Nov 22	2.77
Nov 22	2.85
Nov 22	2.69
Nov 22	2.72
Oct 22	2.78
Oct 22	2.92
Oct 22	2.76
Oct 22	2.73
Sep 22	2.2
Sep 22	2.43
Sep 22	2.59
Sep 22	2.92
Sep 22	3.01

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