Growth Metrics

Childrens Place (PLCE) Debt to Equity (2009 - 2026)

Childrens Place posted quarterly Debt to Equity of -$2.42 for Q1 2026, up 41.49% year-on-year from -$1.71 in Q1 2025, and up 92.99% on a QoQ basis from -$34.52 in Q4 2025.

Childrens Place (PLCE) has 14 years of Debt to Equity data on file, last reported at -$2.42 in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Debt to Equity rose 41.49% year-over-year to -$2.42; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 stood at -$2.42 (up 41.49% YoY), and the FY2026 full-year result was -$2.42, up 41.49% from the prior year.
  • Debt to Equity for Q1 2026 stood at -$2.42, up from -$34.52 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Debt to Equity topped out at $182.77 in Q2 2025 and bottomed at -$60.49 in Q3 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Debt to Equity is $0.78 (2022), against an average of $3.16.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when Debt to Equity plunged 1488.11%; it then surged 2917.17% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Debt to Equity shows it stood at $1.25 in 2022, then soared by 143.23% to $3.04 in 2023, then plunged by 340.63% to -$7.31 in 2024, then plunged by 372.18% to -$34.52 in 2025, then soared by 92.99% to -$2.42 in 2026.
  • The last three Debt to Equity figures came in at -$2.42 (Q1 2026), -$34.52 (Q4 2025), and -$60.49 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt/Equity (Qtr)
1 Ralph Lauren 22.42 Bn 20.35 Bn 1.38 Bn 0.44
2 Levi Strauss 9.03 Bn 8.22 Bn 1.08 Bn 0.48
3 V F 6.53 Bn 6.32 Bn 1.22 Bn 1.91
4 Pvh 4.49 Bn 3.79 Bn 1.44 Bn 0.48
5 Kontoor Brands 3.96 Bn 3.85 Bn 470.76 Mn 2.02
6 Columbia Sportswear 3.46 Bn 2.93 Bn 394.96 Mn -
7 Under Armour 2.29 Bn 1.38 Bn 492.04 Mn 0.84
8 Figs 1.95 Bn 1.68 Bn 108.30 Mn -
9 G Iii Apparel 1.38 Bn 969.37 Mn 285.48 Mn 0.00
10 Childrens Place 96.92 Mn 91.43 Mn 77.20 Mn -2.42

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 -2.42
Nov 1, 2025 -34.52
Aug 2, 2025 -60.49
May 3, 2025 182.77
Feb 1, 2025 -4.13
Nov 2, 2024 -7.31
Aug 3, 2024 -4.60
May 4, 2024 -6.49
Feb 3, 2024 -25.14
Oct 28, 2023 3.04
Jul 29, 2023 4.04
Apr 29, 2023 2.39
Jan 28, 2023 1.81
Oct 29, 2022 1.25
Jul 30, 2022 1.54
Apr 30, 2022 1.17
Jan 29, 2022 0.78
Oct 30, 2021 0.13
Jul 31, 2021 1.19
May 1, 2021 1.36
Jan 30, 2021 1.82
Oct 31, 2020 2.32
Aug 1, 2020 4.08
May 2, 2020 2.23
Feb 1, 2020 0.73
Aug 3, 2019 0.79
May 4, 2019 0.55
Feb 2, 2019 0.16
Nov 3, 2018 0.19
Aug 4, 2018 0.28
May 5, 2018 0.14
Feb 3, 2018 0.08
Oct 28, 2017 0.11
Jul 29, 2017 0.11
Apr 29, 2017 0.06
Jan 28, 2017 7.03
Oct 29, 2016 0.13
Jul 30, 2016 0.09
Apr 30, 2016 0.05
Oct 31, 2015 0.06
Aug 1, 2015 0.06
May 2, 2015 0.02
Nov 1, 2014 0.03
Aug 2, 2014 0.05
Aug 1, 2009 0.07