Childrens Place (PLCE) FCF Margin (2009 - 2026)
Childrens Place's (PLCE) quarterly FCF Margin came in at 28.71% in Q2 2026, down 956.0% YoY from 3.35% in Q2 2025, and down 230.54% on a QoQ basis from 22.0% in Q1 2026.
Childrens Place (PLCE) FCF Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Childrens Place (PLCE) has 18 years of FCF Margin data on file, last reported at 28.71% in Q2 2026.
- Quarterly FCF Margin fell 956.0% year-over-year to 28.71% in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through May 2026 was 2.09% (up 256.0% YoY) and the FY2026 annual result came in at 0.77%, up 886.0% from the prior year.
- FCF Margin fell to 28.71% in Q2 2026, from 22.0% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, FCF Margin ranged from a high of 29.06% in Q1 2024 to a low of 43.53% in Q2 2024.
- A 5-year average of 4.22% and a median of 6.89% in 2023 frame the typical range for FCF Margin.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — FCF Margin plunged 4171 bps — and 2025, when it surged 2438 bps.
- Tracing PLCE's FCF Margin over 5 years: stood at 4.6% in 2022, then slumped by 222 bps to 5.61% in 2023, then slumped by 102 bps to 11.34% in 2024, then soared by 91 bps to 1.0% in 2025, then tumbled by 2764 bps to 28.71% in 2026.
- The last three FCF Margin figures came in at 28.71% (Q2 2026), 22.0% (Q1 2026), and 1.0% (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.
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| 10 | Childrens Place | 53.75 Mn | 48.96 Mn | 53.35 Mn | -28.71% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| May 2, 2026 | -28.71% |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 22.00% |
| Nov 1, 2025 | -1.00% |
| Aug 2, 2025 | -10.71% |
| May 3, 2025 | -19.15% |
| Feb 1, 2025 | 26.35% |
| Nov 2, 2024 | -11.34% |
| Aug 3, 2024 | -25.10% |
| May 4, 2024 | -43.53% |
| Feb 3, 2024 | 29.06% |
| Oct 28, 2023 | -5.61% |
| Jul 29, 2023 | -9.90% |
| Apr 29, 2023 | -1.82% |
| Jan 28, 2023 | 6.61% |
| Oct 29, 2022 | 4.60% |
| Jul 30, 2022 | -11.03% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | -8.16% |
| Jan 29, 2022 | 11.52% |
| Oct 30, 2021 | 11.15% |
| Jul 31, 2021 | 1.57% |