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Childrens Place, Inc.

PLCENasdaq

Consumer Discretionary · Retail-Family Clothing Stores · SEC filings ↗ · Compare ⊕

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Signs● 3 good● 4 warning● 3 severedetails ↓

Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY26FY25FY24FY23FY22FY21
Revenue$1.21B$1.39B$1.60B$1.71B$1.92B$1.52B
Operating income−$57.2M−$13.7M−$83.8M−$1.5M$275.6M−$199.9M
Net income−$88.3M−$57.8M−$154.5M−$1.1M$187.2M−$140.4M
Total assets$670.3M$747.6M$800.3M$986.3M$1.04B$1.14B
Total liabilities$724.5M$807.0M$809.3M$827.8M$812.0M$1.05B
Equity−$54.2M−$59.4M−$9.0M$158.5M$225.5M$93.4M
EPS (diluted)$-4.01$-4.53$-12.34$-0.09$12.59$-9.59
Shares out.22.2M22.0M12.7M12.4M13.5M14.6M

Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.

Key ratios

from filings · FY2026
Operating margin
−4.7%
Net margin
−7.3%
Return on equity
162.9%
Return on assets
−13.2%
Return on capital (ROCE)
−20.3%
Liabilities / assets
108.1%
Debt / equity
—
Book value / share
$-2.44
Revenue growth (YoY)
−12.8%
Net income growth (YoY)
—

Computed from the company's own SEC figures — no market price, so these are facts, not a valuation. Book value per share is reported equity ÷ shares; it is not the stock price.

Financial health

forensic scores · FY2026
Altman Z″ (distress)
-1.92distress
Accruals / assets
−14.4%clean
Piotroski F-Score
3/9weak

Altman Z″is a textbook bankruptcy-distress score from book values only (>2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · <1.1 distress). Accruals = (net income − operating cash flow) ÷ assets; persistently high accruals are an earnings-quality red flag. Beneish M-Scoreis an eight-ratio screen comparing this year with last (M > −1.78 = elevated manipulation-risk screen, not proof). Piotroski F-Scorecounts how many of nine fundamental-health checks pass (shown as passed / applicable; we use operating margin and total liabilities as documented proxies where the exact input isn't XBRL-tagged). Computed from SEC filings — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Quality score

EDS Score
36
/ 100
Profitability 20Growth 0Catalyst 33Earnings quality 100Financial strength 25

Our own multi-factor score from free SEC data — profitability, growth, financial strength, earnings quality, and event/ownership catalysts. No market price and no licensed model: each axis is the share of source-backed checks it passes. Descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Signs

● 3 severe● 4 warning● 3 good
  • Negative shareholder equity
  • Altman Z″ in the distress zone
  • Filed a late-filing notice (Form NT) — missed an SEC deadline
  • Operating losses (negative operating margin)
  • Reported a net loss
  • Revenue declined year-over-year
  • High leverage (liabilities > 70% of assets)
  • Strong return on equity (>15%)
  • Positive operating cash flow
  • Clean earnings (low accruals)

Derived from the company's own SEC figures (fundamentals, forensic scores, filing discipline) — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Risk flags

late SEC filings

A Form NT means the company notified the SEC it would file a periodic report late — often an accounting, audit or liquidity warning sign. Also search SEC enforcement actions for this company.

Short interest

FINRA · bi-monthly
SettlementShares shortDays to coverΔ vs prior
May 15, 20262.7M13.9-4.2%
Apr 30, 20262.9M10.3-13.3%
Apr 15, 20263.3M4.6+7.6%
Mar 31, 20263.1M12.6+21.8%
Mar 13, 20262.5M7.1+8.8%

Shares sold short as reported to FINRA. Days-to-cover = short shares ÷ average daily volume — higher means more potential squeeze pressure.

Material events

SEC Form 8-K · most recent

Events the company reported on Form 8-K, labelled by the SEC item code it filed under — its own classification, not our interpretation.

Recent SEC filings

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