Children's Place (Children's Place) Debt-to-Equity

: 4.67 (As of Oct. 2023)

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Children's Place's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2023 was $425 Mil. Children's Place's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2023 was $126 Mil. Children's Place's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2023 was $118 Mil. Children's Place's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2023 was 4.67.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for Children's Place's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

PLCE' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.02 Med: 2.13 Max: 10.83
Current: 4.67

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Children's Place was 10.83. The lowest was 0.02. And the median was 2.13.

PLCE's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
95.42% of 1005 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 0.64 vs PLCE: 4.67

Children's Place Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Children's Place's Debt-to-Equity 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 Annual Data

Trend

Jan14

Jan15

Jan16

Jan17

Jan18

Jan19

Jan20

Jan21

Jan22

Jan23

Debt-to-Equity

0.16

2.57

6.79

2.00

3.23

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
Debt-to-Equity																2.34	3.23	4.08	6.13	4.67

Competitive Comparison

For the Apparel Retail subindustry, Children's Place's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity 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 Debt-to-Equity Distribution

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

* The bar in red indicates where Children's Place's Debt-to-Equity falls into.

Children's Place Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

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

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(365.566	+	146.234)	/	158.478
	=	3.23

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

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(424.895	+	126.442)	/	118.071
	=	4.67

Children's Place (NAS:PLCE) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.

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

Industry

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Address

500 Plaza Drive, Secaucus, NJ, USA, 07094

Website

https://www.childrensplace.com

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