Childrens Place (PLCE) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)
Childrens Place's (PLCE) quarterly Operating Expenses came in at $88.9 million in Q2 2026, up 2.53% YoY from $86.7 million in Q2 2025, and down 16.27% on a QoQ basis from $106.1 million in Q1 2026.
Childrens Place (PLCE) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Childrens Place (PLCE) has 18 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $88.9 million in Q2 2026.
- Quarterly Operating Expenses rose 2.53% year-over-year to $88.9 million in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through May 2026 was $385.9 million (up 0.72% YoY) and the FY2026 annual result came in at $383.7 million, down 5.39% from the prior year.
- Operating Expenses eased to $88.9 million in Q2 2026, from $106.1 million in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $130.5 million in Q1 2023 to a low of $86.7 million in Q2 2025.
- A 5-year average of $106.0 million and a median of $106.4 million in 2022 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Operating Expenses grew 11.45% — and 2025, when it decreased 20.55%.
- Tracing PLCE's Operating Expenses over 5 years: stood at $106.6 million in 2022, then slipped by 1.75% to $104.8 million in 2023, then dropped by 4.73% to $99.8 million in 2024, then gained by 1.49% to $101.3 million in 2025, then fell by 12.28% to $88.9 million in 2026.
- The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $88.9 million (Q2 2026), $106.1 million (Q1 2026), and $101.3 million (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| May 2, 2026 | 88.86 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 106.13 Mn |
| Nov 1, 2025 | 101.30 Mn |
| Aug 2, 2025 | 89.60 Mn |
| May 3, 2025 | 86.67 Mn |
| Feb 1, 2025 | 100.57 Mn |
| Nov 2, 2024 | 99.82 Mn |
| Aug 3, 2024 | 96.07 Mn |
| May 4, 2024 | 109.09 Mn |
| Feb 3, 2024 | 117.59 Mn |
| Oct 28, 2023 | 104.77 Mn |
| Jul 29, 2023 | 111.97 Mn |
| Apr 29, 2023 | 112.93 Mn |
| Jan 28, 2023 | 130.49 Mn |
| Oct 29, 2022 | 106.63 Mn |
| Jul 30, 2022 | 114.67 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 109.04 Mn |
| Jan 29, 2022 | 121.25 Mn |
| Oct 30, 2021 | 115.56 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2021 | 115.62 Mn |