Childrens Place (PLCE) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)
Childrens Place posted quarterly Operating Margin of 12.41% for Q1 2026, down 1408.0% year-on-year from 0.95% in Q1 2025, and down 1248.55% on a QoQ basis from 1.08% in Q4 2025.
Childrens Place (PLCE) has 18 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 12.41% in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Margin fell 1408.0% year-over-year to 12.41%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 stood at 4.73% (down 374.0% YoY), and the FY2026 full-year result was 4.73%, down 374.0% from the prior year.
- Operating Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 12.41%, down from 1.08% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 11.44% in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 14.2% in Q1 2023.
- The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 3.63% (2022), against an average of 2.47%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Operating Margin plunged 2564 bps; it then surged 1524 bps in 2025.
- A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 11.36% in 2022, then slipped by 18 bps to 9.36% in 2023, then retreated by 20 bps to 7.5% in 2024, then slumped by 86 bps to 1.08% in 2025, then plunged by 1249 bps to 12.41% in 2026.
- The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 12.41% (Q1 2026), 1.08% (Q4 2025), and 1.38% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 10 | Childrens Place | 96.92 Mn | 91.43 Mn | 77.20 Mn | -12.41% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jan 31, 2026 | -12.41% |
| Nov 1, 2025 | 1.08% |
| Aug 2, 2025 | 1.38% |
| May 3, 2025 | -9.96% |
| Feb 1, 2025 | 1.67% |
| Nov 2, 2024 | 7.50% |
| Aug 3, 2024 | -6.81% |
| May 4, 2024 | -10.45% |
| Feb 3, 2024 | -13.57% |
| Oct 28, 2023 | 9.36% |
| Jul 29, 2023 | -10.69% |
| Apr 29, 2023 | -9.35% |
| Jan 28, 2023 | -14.20% |
| Oct 29, 2022 | 11.36% |
| Jul 30, 2022 | -3.63% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 5.31% |
| Jan 29, 2022 | 11.44% |
| Oct 30, 2021 | 20.39% |
| Jul 31, 2021 | 9.15% |
| May 1, 2021 | 15.13% |
| Jan 30, 2021 | 3.04% |
| Oct 31, 2020 | 5.48% |
| Aug 1, 2020 | -17.48% |
| May 2, 2020 | -67.84% |
| Feb 1, 2020 | 5.76% |
| Nov 2, 2019 | 11.04% |
| Aug 3, 2019 | 0.91% |
| May 4, 2019 | 1.22% |
| Feb 2, 2019 | 2.57% |
| Nov 3, 2018 | 12.36% |
| Aug 4, 2018 | 2.23% |
| May 5, 2018 | 5.28% |
| Feb 3, 2018 | 9.10% |
| Oct 28, 2017 | 13.09% |
| Jul 29, 2017 | 0.86% |
| Apr 29, 2017 | 9.68% |
| Jan 28, 2017 | 9.34% |
| Oct 29, 2016 | 13.10% |
| Jul 30, 2016 | -0.79% |
| Apr 30, 2016 | 9.45% |
| Jan 30, 2016 | 5.89% |
| Oct 31, 2015 | 12.64% |
| Aug 1, 2015 | -5.49% |
| May 2, 2015 | 5.73% |
| Jan 31, 2015 | 4.31% |
| Nov 1, 2014 | 11.45% |
| Aug 2, 2014 | -4.29% |
| May 3, 2014 | 4.90% |
| Feb 1, 2014 | 4.69% |
| Nov 2, 2013 | 12.50% |
| Aug 3, 2013 | -9.32% |
| May 4, 2013 | 6.73% |
| Feb 2, 2013 | 4.69% |
| Oct 27, 2012 | 12.50% |
| Jul 28, 2012 | -9.32% |
| Apr 28, 2012 | 6.73% |
| Jan 28, 2012 | 5.09% |
| Oct 29, 2011 | 10.69% |
| Jul 30, 2011 | -7.42% |
| Apr 30, 2011 | 8.45% |
| Jan 29, 2011 | 11.41% |
| Oct 30, 2010 | 11.04% |
| Jul 31, 2010 | -3.80% |
| May 1, 2010 | 11.30% |
| Jan 30, 2010 | 10.36% |
| Oct 31, 2009 | 13.98% |
| Aug 1, 2009 | -5.92% |