The Children's Place

PLCE

Apparel - Retail · Consumer Cyclical

Price

$2.96

-0.01 (-0.34%)

Market Cap

$65.8M

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is worried

Weak fundamentals across most pillars.

Share count rising — dilution

+48.1% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 14.9M (2022) → 22.0M (2026)

The Children's Place, Inc. operates as a children's specialty apparel retailer. The company operates in two segments, The Children's Place U.S. and The Children's Place International. It sells apparel, footwear, accessories, and other items for children; and designs, contracts to manufacture, and sells merchandise under the proprietary The Children's Place, Place, Baby Place, Gymboree, and Sugar & Jade brand names. As of January 29, 2022, the company had 672 stores in the United States, Canada,

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-19.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-219.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

65.5%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$5M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Revenue declining

The Children's Place's revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

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Quality

Gross Margin

20.4%

Thin — 20.4% gross margin

Operating Margin

-11.7%

Losing money on operations — -11.7%

ROCE

-11.4%

Weak — -11.4% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales YoY

-2.3%

Shrinking sales (-2.3% YoY)

EPS YoY

N/A

Data not available

EPS Consistency

0/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

N/A

Data not available

FCF Margin

11.5%

Modest free cash flow (11.5%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

N/A

Data not available

Interest Cover

N/A

Data not available

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

N/M

Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful

P/E vs Forward

N/A

not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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