SuperworthChildrens Place profit margin PLCE
Gross, operating and net profit as a share of revenue over the last twelve months, from 2010.
- Net margin, 12 months
- −11.8%
- Operating margin, 12 months
- −8.2%
- Net margin on a year earlier
- −9.8 pts
- Peer median
- 1.2%
Over the twelve months to Aug 1, 2026, Childrens Place kept −11.8% of its revenue as net profit, with an operating margin of −8.2% and a gross margin of 29.0%.
Five years earlier its net margin was 5.2%.
The median for 4 apparel retail stocks of a similar size is 1.2%.
Profit margin over time
Fiscal year by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Net margin | Operating margin | Gross margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | −7.3% | −4.7% | 29.9% |
| FY2024 | −4.2% | −1.0% | 33.1% |
| FY2023 | −9.6% | −5.2% | 27.8% |
| FY2022 | −0.1% | −0.1% | 30.1% |
| FY2021 | 9.8% | 14.4% | 41.5% |
| FY2020 | −9.2% | −13.1% | 21.9% |
| FY2019 | 3.9% | 5.2% | 35.0% |
| FY2018 | 5.2% | 5.7% | 35.3% |
| FY2017 | 4.5% | 8.6% | 38.0% |
| FY2016 | 5.7% | 8.3% | 37.6% |
| FY2015 | 3.4% | 5.2% | 36.2% |
| FY2014 | 3.2% | 4.5% | 35.3% |
| FY2013 | 3.0% | 4.3% | 37.1% |
| FY2012 | 3.5% | 5.0% | 38.2% |
| FY2011 | 4.5% | 6.1% | 38.4% |
Quarter by quarter
| Quarter | Ended | Net margin, 12 months | Change on a year | Operating margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 FY26 | −11.8% | −9.8 pts | −8.2% | |
| Q1 FY26 | −9.1% | −5.1 pts | −6.4% | |
| Q4 FY25 | −7.3% | −3.1 pts | −4.7% | |
| Q3 FY25 | −4.0% | +8.5 pts | −0.7% | |
| Q2 FY25 | −2.0% | +8.5 pts | 1.2% | |
| Q1 FY25 | −4.0% | +6.6 pts | −0.7% | |
| Q4 FY24 | −4.2% | +5.5 pts | −1.0% | |
| Q3 FY24 | −12.5% | −7.7 pts | −5.7% | |
| Q2 FY24 | −10.5% | −6.1 pts | −4.4% | |
| Q1 FY24 | −10.6% | −7.6 pts | −5.3% | |
| Q4 FY23 | −9.6% | −9.6 pts | −5.2% | |
| Q3 FY23 | −4.8% | −9.8 pts | −5.4% |
Against its peers
Companies in Apparel - Retail nearest Childrens Place's size, closest first, today.
| Company | Profit margin |
|---|---|
| PLCEChildrens Place | −11.8% |
| TLYSTilly'S | 0.3% |
| DLTHDuluth | 1.1% |
| VNCEVince | 2.4% |
| ZUMZZumiez | 1.4% |
| Peer median | 1.2% |
Where Childrens Place ranks
What the profit margin tells you
Profit as a share of revenue at three levels: gross (after making the product), operating (after running the business) and net (after everything, including tax and interest).
Compare within an industry. 10% is superb for a retailer and poor for a software company.
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