Childrens Place, Inc.
PLCE Nasdaq· Retail-Family Clothing Stores
Last close · Oct 26, 2026
$1.02
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Childrens Place, Inc. had $1.2B of revenue in fiscal 2025, down 12.8% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed −4.5% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was −4.7%, down 3.7 pts: of every 100 in sales, about −5 is left after running the business.
- Childrens Place, Inc. lost $88.3M in fiscal 2025.
- Free cash flow was −$9.3M in fiscal 2025, −0.8% of revenue.
- Childrens Place, Inc. returned $0.4M to shareholders in fiscal 2025. The diluted share count rose 72.6%.
- Childrens Place, Inc. has $5.5M more cash than debt.
Market cap
$22.7M
P/E
—
Revenue
$1.2B
Net income
−$88.3M
Free cash flow
−$9.3M
Operating margin
−4.7%
Childrens Place, Inc. in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
−12.8%
No. Sales fell 12.8% last year.
Does it make a profit?
−7.3%
No. It lost money last year.
Does profit turn into cash?
−0.8%
No. It spent more cash than it brought in.
How healthy are the accounts?
4 / 9
Mixed. It passes 4 of 9 health tests.
How is the share priced?
—
No P/E: it made no profit over the last four quarters.
What Childrens Place, Inc. does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- January 31, 2026
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Apr 10, 2026
- Legal name
- Childrens Place, Inc.
- CIK
- 0001041859
Childrens Place, Inc. · PLCE
Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $1.9B | $1.7B | $1.6B | $1.4B | $1.2B |
| Revenue growth | 25.8% | −10.8% | −6.2% | −13.5% | −12.8% |
| Gross margin | 41.5% | 30.1% | 27.8% | 33.1% | 29.9% |
| Operating margin | 14.4% | −0.1% | −5.2% | −1.0% | −4.7% |
| Net income | $187M | −$1.1M | −$155M | −$57.8M | −$88.3M |
| Net margin | 9.8% | −0.1% | −9.6% | −4.2% | −7.3% |
| Diluted EPS | $12.59 | −$0.09 | −$12.34 | −$4.53 | −$4.01 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $133M | −$8.2M | $92.8M | −$118M | $8.1M |
| Capital expenditure | $29.3M | $45.6M | $27.6M | $15.8M | $17.4M |
| Free cash flow | $104M | −$53.8M | $65.2M | −$133M | −$9.3M |
| FCF margin | 5.4% | −3.1% | 4.1% | −9.6% | −0.8% |
| Dividends paid | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $1.7M | — |
| Share buybacks | $84.0M | $94.6M | $7.1M | $0.7M | $0.4M |
| Share count change | 1.6% | −12.2% | −4.1% | 1.9% | 72.6% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $54.8M | $16.7M | $13.6M | $5.3M | $5.5M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $225M | $337M | $277M | $412M | $0.0M |
| Shareholders' equity | $225M | $158M | −$9.0M | −$59.4M | −$54.2M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.5x | 6.4x | — | 15.7x | — |
| Current ratio | 1.0x | 0.9x | 0.7x | 0.9x | 1.0x |
| Interest coverage | 14.8x | −0.1x | −2.8x | — | — |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | 50.7% | −0.3% | −26.1% | −3.1% | — |
| Return on equity | 117.4% | −0.6% | −206.8% | — | — |
| Return on tangible equity | 121.9% | −1.3% | — | — | — |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Altman Z'' | 2.3 | −0.3 | −2.6 | −1.5 | −1.9 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Insiders sold, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Of sales under plans
—
$0.0M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Childrens Place, Inc. · PLCE
Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
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KIRA
At $1.02 a share, the company is worth $22.7M.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001041859). Data updated October 24, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.