PLCE vs. DXLG, LE, BIG, WISH, SPWH, WILC, CBD, RRGB, BIRD, and PSQH
Should you be buying Children's Place stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Children's Place include Destination XL Group (DXLG), Lands' End (LE), Big Lots (BIG), ContextLogic (WISH), Sportsman's Warehouse (SPWH), G. Willi-Food International (WILC), Companhia Brasileira De Distribuicao (CBD), Red Robin Gourmet Burgers (RRGB), Allbirds (BIRD), and PSQ (PSQH). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Destination XL Group (NASDAQ:DXLG) and Children's Place (NASDAQ:PLCE) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, risk and earnings.
Destination XL Group currently has a consensus price target of $4.50, suggesting a potential upside of 28.94%. Children's Place has a consensus price target of $16.50, suggesting a potential upside of 35.47%. Given Destination XL Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Children's Place is more favorable than Destination XL Group.
In the previous week, Destination XL Group had 2 more articles in the media than Children's Place. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Destination XL Group and 1 mentions for Children's Place. Destination XL Group's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Children's Place's score of 0.37 indicating that Children's Place is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
73.5% of Destination XL Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.8% of Destination XL Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Children's Place shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Destination XL Group has a net margin of 5.34% compared to Destination XL Group's net margin of -9.64%. Children's Place's return on equity of 21.84% beat Destination XL Group's return on equity.
Children's Place received 671 more outperform votes than Destination XL Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.52% of users gave Children's Place an outperform vote while only 56.52% of users gave Destination XL Group an outperform vote.
Destination XL Group has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Children's Place has a beta of 2.05, suggesting that its stock price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Destination XL Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Children's Place. Children's Place is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Destination XL Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Destination XL Group beats Children's Place on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Children's Place News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for PLCE and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PLCE and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Children's Place Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
