Children's Place PLCE Ratios & Valuation
| Q1 '26 | Q4 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q1 '25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Gross margin | 29.1%-0.8pp | 29.9%-1.2pp | 31.1%-0.8pp | 31.9%-0.3pp | 32.2%-1.0pp | |
| Operating margin | -6.4%-1.6pp | -4.7%— | —— | —— | —— | |
| Net margin | -9.1%-1.8pp | -7.3%-3.3pp | -4%-2.0pp | -2%+1.9pp | -4%+0.2pp | |
| EBITDA margin | -3.7%-1.7pp | -2%-3.1pp | 1.1%-2.0pp | 3.1%+1.8pp | 1.3%+0.1pp | |
| Returns | ||||||
| Return on assets | -14.2%-1.8pp | -12.5%-6.2pp | -6.3%-3.1pp | -3.2%+3.5pp | -6.6%+0.8pp | |
| Return on invested capital | -33.6%-15.7pp | -17.9%-14.9pp | -3%-4.3pp | 1.3%+5.8pp | -4.5%+0.1pp | |
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Asset turnover | 1.6×-0.1× | 1.7×+0.1× | 1.6×0.0× | 1.6×-0.1× | 1.7×-0.1× | |
| Inventory turnover | 2.2×-0.1× | 2.3×+0.3× | 2×+0.1× | 1.9×-0.3× | 2.2×-0.3× | |
| Liquidity | ||||||
| Current ratio | 0.9×-0.1× | 1×+0.1× | 0.9×0.0× | 0.9×0.0× | 0.9×0.0× | |
| Quick ratio | 0.2×0.0× | 0.2×0.0× | 0.2×0.0× | 0.2×0.0× | 0.1×0.0× | |
| Cash ratio | 0×0.0× | 0×0.0× | 0×0.0× | 0×0.0× | 0×0.0× | |
| Leverage | ||||||
| Debt-to-assets | 0.4×+0.1× | 0.3×-0.5× | 0.8×+0.1× | 0.7×+0.3× | 0.4×-0.4× | |
| Per Share | ||||||
| Book value per share | -$4.83-96.3% | -$2.46-533% | -$0.39-76.7% | -$0.22-436% | $0.07+101% | |
| Valuation | ||||||
| Market capitalization | $67.82M-36.3% | $89.34M-43.8% | $158.94M+49.4% | $106.41M-11.1% | $119.66M-4.4% | |
| Enterprise value | $341.53M-11.4% | $261.49M-64.1% | $729.39M+9.7% | $664.75M+66.1% | $400.17M-43.3% | |
| Price / sales | 0.1×0.0× | 0.1×0.0× | 0.1×0.0× | 0.1×0.0× | 0.1×0.0× | |
| EV / sales | 0.3×0.0× | 0.2×-0.3× | 0.6×+0.1× | 0.5×+0.2× | 0.3×-0.2× | |
| Earnings yield | -166.6%-113pp | -98.8%-66.3pp | -32.5%-6.9pp | -25.7%+19.5pp | -45.2%+1.0pp |
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- What are Children's Place's profit margins?
- Children's Place (PLCE) runs a 29.1% gross margin and a -6.4% operating margin, with a -9.1% net margin.
- Where do Children's Place's ratios come from?
- Every ratio is computed from Children's Place's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.
