Childrens Place vs Urban Outfitters
PLCE and URBN side by side, both in family clothing stores. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How PLCE and URBN compare
Urban Outfitters is the larger company, worth 1167 times as much as Childrens Place ($7.4B against $6.3M).
Urban Outfitters grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (11.0% versus −15.9% for Childrens Place).
Urban Outfitters keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 8.8% compared with −11.8% at Childrens Place.
Urban Outfitters scores higher on the StockData Score (14 against 2 for Childrens Place), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | PLCE | URBN |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $6.3M | $7.4B |
| Share price | $0.285 | $86.34 |
| Change, 1 year | −96.9% | 37.2% |
| Change, 5 years | −99.7% | 139% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.69 | 1.10 |
| Employees | 7,800 | 31K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 2 | 14 (better) |
| Valuation score | 1 | 1 |
| Growth score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Performance score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 1 | 6 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 13.5× |
| P/S | 0.0× (better) | 1.1× |
| P/B | – | 2.6× |
| EV/EBITDA | – | 7.7× |
| P/FCF | 0.3× (better) | 25.1× |
| PEG | – | 0.31 |
| FCF yield | 363% (better) | 4.0% |
| Fair value | – | $75.46 |
| Margin of safety | – | −14.4% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −15.9% | 11.0% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | −4.5% | 12.3% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | 19.7% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | 25.2% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 247% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 29.0% | 37.5% (better) |
| Operating margin | −8.2% | 11.3% (better) |
| Net margin | −11.8% | 8.8% (better) |
| FCF margin | 2.0% | 4.6% (better) |
| Return on equity | – | 20.9% |
| Return on invested capital | – | 28.2% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 0.89 | 1.58 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 0.33 | 4.63 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 9 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Buyback yield | 0.52% | 4.1% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 0.52% | 4.1% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 75.2% | 73.4% |
| Held by insiders | – | 61.0% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | – | −$342M |
| Short interest, % of float | – | 22.8% |
Go deeper
- PLCE stock overview
- PLCE income statement
- PLCE valuation and score
- URBN stock overview
- URBN income statement
- URBN valuation and score
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