Childrens Place Inc (NASDAQ: PLCE) is -45.41% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $4.77 and a high of $19.74 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The PLCE stock was last observed hovering at around $5.74 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.03%.
Currently trading at $5.71, the stock is -24.14% and -30.51% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 0.39 million and changing -0.52% at the moment leaves the stock -44.18% off its SMA200. PLCE registered -19.69% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -59.33%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $8.2174 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $10.22935.
The stock witnessed a -29.59% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -46.13%, and is -19.35% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 13.47% over the week and 11.83% over the month.
Childrens Place Inc (PLCE) has around 8390 employees, a market worth around $73.01M and $1.39B in sales. Profit margin for the company is -4.17%. Distance from 52-week low is 19.71% and -71.07% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-27.04%).
with sales reaching $260.75M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 112.82% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -2.31% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -2.66% in year-over-year returns.
102.0 institutions hold shares in Childrens Place Inc (PLCE), with institutional investors hold 98.53% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 12.79M, and float is at 4.17M with Short Float at 62.95%. Institutions hold 89.71% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is MITHAQ CAPITAL SPC with over 7.0 million shares valued at $55.71 million. The investor’s holdings represent 54.8214 of the PLCE Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 0.37 million shares valued at $3.04 million to account for 2.95 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP which holds 0.28 million shares representing 2.1924 and valued at over $2.28 million, while CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC holds 1.8552 of the shares totaling 0.24 million with a market value of $1.93 million.
Childrens Place Inc (PLCE) Insider Activity
Still, SEC filings show that on Aug 08 ’24, Markee Maegan (Former Officer) Proposed Sale 10,000 shares at an average price of $7.24 for $72396.0. The insider now directly holds shares of Childrens Place Inc (PLCE).