Growth Metrics

Childrens Place (PLCE) Gross Margin (2016 - 2026)

Childrens Place filings provide 18 years of Gross Margin readings, the most recent being 23.45% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Gross Margin fell 509.0% to 23.45% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Jan 2026 was 29.91%, a 323.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2026 number at 29.91%, down 323.0% from a year prior.
  • Gross Margin hit 23.45% in Q1 2026 for Childrens Place, down from 33.08% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Gross Margin ranged from a high of 39.16% in Q2 2022 to a low of 17.48% in Q1 2023.
  • Median Gross Margin over the past 5 years was 33.08% (2025), compared with a mean of 30.83%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Gross Margin: plummeted -2069bps in 2023 and later soared 958bps in 2024.
  • Childrens Place's Gross Margin stood at 34.75% in 2022, then fell by -3bps to 33.74% in 2023, then grew by 5bps to 35.46% in 2024, then decreased by -7bps to 33.08% in 2025, then decreased by -29bps to 23.45% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Gross Margin were 23.45% (Q1 2026), 33.08% (Q4 2025), and 33.98% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.