Buckle vs Childrens Place
BKE and PLCE side by side, both in family clothing stores. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How BKE and PLCE compare
Buckle is the larger company, worth 229 times as much as Childrens Place ($2.3B against $9.9M).
Buckle grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (6.2% versus −15.9% for Childrens Place).
Buckle keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 16.6% compared with −11.8% at Childrens Place.
Buckle pays a dividend yielding 10.0%; Childrens Place does not pay one.
Buckle scores higher on the StockData Score (17 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 | BKE | PLCE |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $2.3B | $9.9M |
| Share price | $43.94 | $0.444 |
| Change, 1 year | −22.5% | −95.2% |
| Change, 5 years | −12.6% | −99.6% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.88 | 1.80 |
| Employees | 8,000 | 7,800 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 17 (better) | 2 |
| Valuation score | 1 | 1 |
| Growth score | 2 (better) | 0 |
| Performance score | 5 (better) | 0 |
| Health score | 6 (better) | 1 |
| Dividend score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 10.1× | – |
| P/S | 1.7× | 0.0× (better) |
| P/B | 4.6× | – |
| EV/EBITDA | 7.1× | – |
| P/FCF | 11.8× | 0.4× (better) |
| FCF yield | 8.5% | 233% (better) |
| Fair value | $43.55 | – |
| Margin of safety | −0.90% | – |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 6.2% (better) | −15.9% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 7.6% (better) | −4.5% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 9.6% | – |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 8.5% | – |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 9.3% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 49.0% (better) | 29.0% |
| Operating margin | 20.8% (better) | −8.2% |
| Net margin | 16.6% (better) | −11.8% |
| FCF margin | 14.4% (better) | 2.0% |
| Return on equity | 45.8% | – |
| Return on invested capital | 117% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | – |
| Current ratio | 2.08 (better) | 0.89 |
| Altman Z-score | 4.89 (better) | 0.34 |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 (better) | 4 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 10.0% | – |
| Payout ratio | 102% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 1 | – |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 11.1% | – |
| Buyback yield | – | 0.33% |
| Shareholder yield | 10.0% (better) | 0.33% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 61.1% | 75.2% |
| Held by insiders | 7.0% | – |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$7.1M | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 7.5% | – |
Go deeper
- BKE stock overview
- BKE income statement
- BKE valuation and score
- PLCE stock overview
- PLCE income statement
- PLCE valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.