Childrens Place, Inc. (PLCE)
As-reported financials and SEC filings for Childrens Place, Inc. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q1 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.
About Childrens Place, Inc.
The Children's Place, Inc. is a North American specialty retailer focused on children's apparel, accessories, and footwear. It designs, sources, and sells products primarily under its proprietary brands The Children's Place and Gymboree through physical stores, e-commerce sites, and wholesale channels. The company serves families with children ranging from infants to size 22 and operates both domestic and international retail and franchise locations.
Snapshot
Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended January 31, 2026). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.
What changed at Childrens Place
- Revenue fell 12.8% to $1.2B in FY2025, after a 13.5% decline the year before.
- Operating margin is now a 4.7% loss in FY2025, from 14.4% in FY2021.
- Most recent quarter Q1 FY2026: revenue $215M, down 11.1% from Q1 FY2025.
- Free cash flow was negative $9M in FY2025.
- Net loss widened to $88M in FY2025, from $58M in FY2024.
Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.
Peer comparison
Where Childrens Place’s fundamentals sit among the 403 Consumer Discretionary companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).
Childrens Place’s revenue growth of -12.8% ranks in the 11th percentile of the 394 Consumer Discretionary companies reporting it.
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Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.
Short interest
Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.
| Settlement | Shares short | Change | Days to cover |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-14 | 3.4M | -1.8% | 21.66 |
| 2026-07-31 | 3.5M | +13.3% | 14.00 |
| 2026-07-15 | 3.1M | +10.6% | 12.51 |
| 2026-06-30 | 2.8M | +2.1% | 7.73 |
| 2026-06-15 | 2.7M | +6.9% | 4.75 |
| 2026-05-29 | 2.5M | -7.5% | 2.08 |
| 2026-05-15 | 2.7M | -4.2% | 13.90 |
| 2026-04-30 | 2.9M | -13.3% | 10.27 |
Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.
Income statement (as reported)
| FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.21B | $1.39B | $1.60B | $1.71B | $1.92B |
| Gross profit | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating income | $-57.2M | $-13.7M | $-83.8M | $-1.5M | $275.6M |
| Net income | $-88.3M | $-57.8M | $-154.5M | $-1.1M | $187.2M |
| Diluted EPS | $-4.01 | $-4.53 | $-12.34 | $-0.09 | $12.59 |
Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.
Balance sheet (as reported)
| FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and equivalents | $5.5M | $5.3M | $13.6M | $16.7M | $54.8M |
| Current assets | $398.0M | $468.0M | $452.1M | $561.9M | $581.5M |
| Total assets | $670.3M | $747.6M | $800.3M | $986.3M | $1.04B |
| Current liabilities | $387.9M | $518.1M | $616.4M | $648.4M | $591.8M |
| Long-term debt | — | $166.0M | $49.8M | $49.8M | $49.7M |
| Total liabilities | $724.5M | $807.0M | $809.3M | $827.8M | $812.0M |
| Total equity | $-54.2M | $-59.4M | $-9.0M | $158.5M | $225.5M |
Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.
Cash flow (as reported)
| FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $8.1M | $-117.6M | $92.8M | $-8.2M | $133.3M |
| Capital expenditure | $17.4M | $15.8M | $27.6M | $45.6M | $29.3M |
| Free cash flow | $-9.3M | $-133.4M | $65.2M | $-53.8M | $104.0M |
Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.
Quarterly trend (as reported)
| Quarter | Revenue | Revenue YoY | Net income | Diluted EPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 FY2026 | $215.2M | -11.1% | $-53.2M | $-2.40 |
| Q4 FY2025 | $329.2M | -19.4% | $-44.6M | $-2.01 |
| Q3 FY2025 | $339.5M | -13.0% | $-4.3M | $-0.19 |
| Q2 FY2025 | $298.0M | -6.8% | $-5.4M | $-0.24 |
| Q1 FY2025 | $242.1M | -9.6% | $-34.0M | $-1.57 |
| Q4 FY2024 | $408.6M | -10.2% | $-8.0M | $-0.62 |
| Q3 FY2024 | $390.2M | -18.8% | $20.1M | $1.57 |
| Q2 FY2024 | $319.7M | -7.5% | $-32.1M | $-2.51 |
Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.
Company facts
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.