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Childrens Place, Inc.
Nasdaq· Retail-Family Clothing Stores· CIK 0001041859 Consumer & Retail
$1.05 +0.00 (+0.00%)
Oct 26 4:00 PM ET · prev $1.05
Market cap
$22.9M
Nano cap
Consensus
Sell
0% Buy or better · 6 analysts
Median target
$3.25
+210% · range $3.25–3.25
1 year
−87.6%
from $8.50 · Oct 27
30 days
−50.2%
from $2.11
52-week range
$1.03–9.17
−89% from high · low Oct 21
Avg volume 20D
319.7K
Oct 9 spike 2.00M
Short interest
3.27M
≈14.7% of shares · −10.7%
Days to cover
16.3
at average volume
Insider net
$0
no open-market trades · 12 mo
New fund stakes
0
Q2 2026 13F · 0 exits
Filing reports
7
analyzed by SecBot
SecBot read BEARISH 4 reports · 90 days
Balance 1 bearish · 0 bullish · 3 neutral oldest → newest, height = score
Avg score ·High conf. 4/4
Strongest BEARISH The Children's Place reported a massive Q2 2027 earnings miss, with EPS of -$2.00 versus consensus of -$0.93…
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Price

Daily candles with volume. Pins mark insider trades, rating changes, 13F stakes, reports, catalysts and short-interest jumps.

Signal stack

Where each data set points today.

  • InsidersNO TRADES

    No open-market buys or sells in 12 months. Recent filings are awards, exercises and tax withholding.

  • InstitutionsMIXED

    Q2 2026: 4 added (0 new), 6 trimmed or exited.

  • AnalystsBEARISH

    0 of 6 rate it Buy or better. Every target is above the price.

  • Short sellersSTEADY

    Short interest −10.7% to 3.27M shares. 16.3 days to cover, ≈14.7% of shares.

  • TrendDOWNTREND

    48% below its 50-day average. New closing low $1.03 on Oct 22.

  • SocialQUIET

    No Reddit mentions this week. Last mention Oct 19.

Who's buying

13F· Q2 2026
0
new positions
0
exits
FundMoveSharesValue
ROYAL BANK OF CANADANEAR_EXIT121—
JANE STREET GROUP, LLCDOUBLED110,001$335.5K
MARSHALL WACE, LLPNEAR_EXIT79,098$241.2K
PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ADD41,266$126.0K
NORTHERN TRUST CORPTRIM19,557$59.6K
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INCADD18,465$56.3K
Squarepoint Ops LLCTRIM10,064$30.7K
MORGAN STANLEYTRIM3,822$11.7K

Quarterly 13F filings are due 45 days after each quarter ends.

The Street

6 analysts
Sell 0% rate it Buy or better
Strong Buy0Buy0Hold3Sell1Strong Sell2
12-month targets · 1 analysts

Price is below the lowest target. Median implies +210%.Targets as of Oct 26, 2026.

Recent actions
DateFirmActionRating
Sep 9, 2026UBS
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINNeutral
Jun 1, 2026UBS
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINNeutral
Reddit
Recent posts
r/Shortsqueeze Bullish 7d ago
PLCE — The Asymmetric Short-Squeeze Thesis on a Deep-Value Distressed Retailer
1 upvotes · 1 comments
r/pennystocks Neutral 14d ago
12 OCT 2026 , WHAT ARE THE BIGGEST LOSERS AND WHY ?
1 upvotes · 2 comments
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Insider ledger

Form 4
$0
open-market buys or sells · 12 mo
DateInsiderTypeValue
Oct 14, 2026
Umair Muhammad
CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER
AWARD250,000 sh
Oct 7, 2026
TOFALLI KIMBERLY ROY
Director
AWARD$70.0K
Sep 11, 2026
Umair Muhammad
CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER
TO ISSUER239,085 sh
Aug 11, 2026
Seemab Muhammad Asif
Director
OTHER500,000 sh
Aug 11, 2026
Seemab Muhammad Asif
Director
AWARD500,000 sh
May 22, 2026
Shure Jared
CAO, GEN COUNSEL & SECRETARY
TAX W/H$3.3K
Apr 15, 2026
Shure Jared
CAO, GEN COUNSEL & SECRETARY
TAX W/H$13.9K
Apr 15, 2026
Shure Jared
CAO, GEN COUNSEL & SECRETARY
AWARD7,525 sh

Earnings setup

Estimates

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Short side

FINRA· Sep 30, 2026
3,269,879
shares short
-10.7%
vs prior settlement
16.3
days to cover
≈14.7%
of shares outstanding
Recent activity
The latest filings, insider trades, analyst actions, press and options flow — newest first.
Oct 23, 2026 SEC
The Children's Place granted CFO John Szczepanski a one-time cash retention award of $550,000, vesting over six months…
8-K — Impact 2/10
Oct 14, 2026 Insider
Umair Muhammad was granted 250,000 shares
CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER
Oct 9, 2026 SEC
Kimberly Roy Tofalli filed a Form 3 initial statement of beneficial ownership with the SEC, reporting zero shares of…
3 — Impact 2/10
Oct 8, 2026 SEC
Children's Place appointed Elizabeth A. LaPuma as an independent director and Audit Committee member, effective…
8-K — Impact 4/10
Oct 7, 2026 Insider
TOFALLI KIMBERLY ROY was granted 36,649 shares
Director @ $1.91 ($70.0K)
Sep 24, 2026 Other
INVESTOR ALERT: Pomerantz Law Firm Investigates Claims On Behalf of Investors of The Children's Place, Inc. - PLCE
NEW YORK, Sept. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investor
Sep 11, 2026 Insider
Umair Muhammad disposed of 239,085 shares
CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER
Jun 30, 2026 Inst.
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA — NEAR_EXIT
121 shares (—)
Catalysts
Scheduled dates and disclosed events: earnings, FDA and trial readouts, halts, press releases. Colored dot = impact.
Recent
Sep 24, 2026
Press release
INVESTOR ALERT: Pomerantz Law Firm Investigates Claims On Behalf of Investors of The Children's Place, Inc. - PLCE
NEW YORK, Sept. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of The Children's Place, Inc. ("The Children's…
Sep 17, 2026
Press release
INVESTOR ALERT: Pomerantz Law Firm Investigates ClaimsOn Behalf of Investors of The Children's Place, Inc. - PLCE
NEW YORK, Sept. 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of The Children's Place, Inc. ("The Children's…
Sep 14, 2026
Earnings
The Children’s Place Reports Second Quarter 2026 Results
Opened 19 new stores during the quarter Significant decrease in inventory balance compared to the prior year
Sep 3, 2026
Earnings date
PLCE Q2 2027 Earnings Scheduled — 2026-09-03
Jun 12, 2026
Earnings
The Children’s Place Reports First Quarter 2026 Results
Announces New Long-Term Strategic Priorities Announces New Long-Term Strategic Priorities

SecBot reports

7 filings · 2 press releases · 0 bullish · 3 bearish · 4 neutral
All PLCE filing & press-release reports (9)