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Children's Place (Children's Place) Quick Ratio : 0.19 (As of Oct. 2023)


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What is Children's Place Quick Ratio?

The quick ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its most liquid assets. It is calculated as a company's Total Current Assets excludes Total Inventories divides by its Total Current Liabilities. Children's Place's quick ratio for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2023 was 0.19.

Children's Place has a quick ratio of 0.19. It indicates that the company cannot currently fully pay back its current liabilities.

The historical rank and industry rank for Children's Place's Quick Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

PLCE' s Quick Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.11   Med: 0.41   Max: 1.22
Current: 0.19

During the past 13 years, Children's Place's highest Quick Ratio was 1.22. The lowest was 0.11. And the median was 0.41.

PLCE's Quick Ratio is ranked worse than
93.38% of 1118 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 0.865 vs PLCE: 0.19

Children's Place Quick Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Children's Place's Quick Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Children's Place Quick Ratio Chart

Children's Place Annual Data
Trend Jan14 Jan15 Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23
Quick Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.40 0.21 0.22 0.26 0.18

Children's Place Quarterly Data
Jan19 Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23
Quick Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.17 0.18 0.14 0.15 0.19

Competitive Comparison of Children's Place's Quick Ratio

For the Apparel Retail subindustry, Children's Place's Quick Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Quick Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Children's Place's Quick Ratio Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Children's Place's Quick Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Children's Place's Quick Ratio falls into.



Children's Place Quick Ratio Calculation

The quick ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its most liquid assets. For this reason, the ratio excludes inventories from current assets.

Children's Place's Quick Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2023 is calculated as

Quick Ratio (A: Jan. 2023 )=(Total Current Assets-Total Inventories)/Total Current Liabilities
=(561.943-447.795)/648.385
=0.18

Children's Place's Quick Ratio for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2023 is calculated as

Quick Ratio (Q: Oct. 2023 )=(Total Current Assets-Total Inventories)/Total Current Liabilities
=(597.355-462.411)/705.742
=0.19

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Children's Place  (NAS:PLCE) Quick Ratio Explanation

The quick ratio is more conservative than the Current Ratio because it excludes inventories from current assets. The ratio derives its name presumably from the fact that assets such as cash and marketable securities are quick sources of cash. Inventories generally take time to be converted into cash, and if they have to be sold quickly, the company may have to accept a lower price than book value of these inventories. As a result, they are justifiably excluded from assets that are ready sources of immediate cash.

In general, low or decreasing quick ratios generally suggest that a company is over-leveraged, struggling to maintain or grow sales, paying bills too quickly or collecting receivables too slowly. On the other hand, a high or increasing quick ratio generally indicates that a company is experiencing solid top-line growth, quickly converting receivables into cash, and easily able to cover its financial obligations. Such companies often have faster inventory turnover and cash conversion cycles.

The higher the quick ratio, the better the company's liquidity position.


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Children's Place (Children's Place) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
500 Plaza Drive, Secaucus, NJ, USA, 07094
Children's Place Inc is pure-play children's specialty apparel retailer in North America. It design, contract to manufacture, sell at retail and wholesale, and license to sell, trend right, high quality merchandise predominantly at value prices, under proprietary The Children's Place, Place, Baby Place, Gymboree, Sugar & Jade, and PJ Place brand names.
Executives
Maegan Markee officer: BRAND PRESIDENT 500 PLAZA DRIVE, SECAUCUS NJ 07094
Alicia Enciso director 1721 VALLEY AVENUE, MCLEAN VA 22101
Jane T Elfers officer: President and CEO C/O THE CHILDRENS PLACE RETAIL STORES, 915 SECAUCUS ROAD, SECAUCUS NJ 07094
Wesley S Mcdonald director
Michael A Shaffer director C/O PHILLIPS-VAN HEUSEN CORPORATION, 200 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10016
Sheamus Toal officer: SVP, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 450 W. 33RD STREET, 5TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10001
John E. Bachman director 77 EXETER STREET, 1809, BOSTON MA 02116
Joseph A Alutto director 810 CURLEYS COURT, COLUMBUS OH 43235
Jared Shure officer: SVP, GEN COUNSEL & SECRETARY 500 PLAZA DRIVE, THE CHILDREN'S PLACE, SECAUCUS NJ 07094
Elizabeth J Boland director C/O BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS, 2 WELLS AVENUE, NEWTON MA 02459
Deborah Derby officer: CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER TOYS R US INC, 225 SUMMIT AVE, MONTVALE NJ 07645
Katherine Kountze director 500 PLAZA DRIVE, C/O THE CHILDREN'S PLACE, SECAUCUS NJ 07094
Michael D Rinaldo officer: CHIEF ACCOUNTING OFFICER C/O TIFFANY & CO., 727 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Leah Swan officer: CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER 500 PLAZA DRIVE, C/O THE CHILDREN'S PLACE, INC., SECAUCUS NJ 07094
Robert F Helm officer: SVP, FINANCE & INV MGMT (CAO) 500 PLAZA DRIVE, THE CHILDREN'S PLACE, SECAUCUS NJ 07094