Childrens Place vs Shoe Station
PLCE and SHOE side by side. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How PLCE and SHOE compare
Shoe Station is the larger company, worth 62 times as much as Childrens Place ($390M against $6.3M).
Shoe Station grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (−4.1% versus −15.9% for Childrens Place).
Shoe Station keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 2.2% compared with −11.8% at Childrens Place.
Shoe Station pays a dividend yielding 4.6%; Childrens Place does not pay one.
Shoe Station scores higher on the StockData Score (16 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 | SHOE |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $6.3M | $390M |
| Share price | $0.285 | $14.36 |
| Change, 1 year | −96.9% | −15.2% |
| Change, 5 years | −99.7% | −65.6% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.69 | 1.03 |
| Employees | 7,800 | 5,000 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 2 | 16 (better) |
| Valuation score | 1 | 5 (better) |
| Growth score | 0 | 0 |
| Performance score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Health score | 1 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 5 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 16.3× |
| P/S | 0.0× (better) | 0.4× |
| P/B | – | 0.6× |
| EV/EBITDA | – | 3.9× |
| P/FCF | 0.3× (better) | 5.9× |
| FCF yield | 363% (better) | 17.0% |
| Fair value | – | $18.84 |
| Margin of safety | – | 23.8% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −15.9% | −4.1% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | −4.5% | 3.1% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | −61.1% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | −61.2% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 27.7% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 29.0% | 34.5% (better) |
| Operating margin | −8.2% | 2.8% (better) |
| Net margin | −11.8% | 2.2% (better) |
| FCF margin | 2.0% | 6.0% (better) |
| Return on equity | – | 3.6% |
| Return on invested capital | – | 3.9% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 0.00 |
| Interest coverage | – | 79.2× |
| Current ratio | 0.89 | 4.04 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 0.33 | 2.93 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 5 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 4.6% |
| Payout ratio | – | 73.4% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 3 |
| Buyback yield | 0.52% (better) | −0.04% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.52% | 4.6% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 75.2% | 73.0% |
| Held by insiders | – | 35.6% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | – | $500K |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | – | 54.4% |
Go deeper
- PLCE stock overview
- PLCE income statement
- PLCE valuation and score
- SHOE stock overview
- SHOE income statement
- SHOE valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.