Childrens Place (PLCE) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)
Childrens Place's (PLCE) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 30.43% in Q2 2026, down 2596.0% YoY from 1.22% in Q2 2025, and down 74.74% on a QoQ basis from 17.42% in Q1 2026.
Childrens Place (PLCE) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Childrens Place (PLCE) has 17 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 30.43% in Q2 2026.
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 2596.0% year-over-year to 30.43% in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through May 2026 was 30.43% (down 2596.0% YoY) and the FY2026 annual result came in at 17.82%, down 1247.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed eased to 30.43% in Q2 2026, from 17.42% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 61.3% in Q2 2022 to a low of 35.71% in Q3 2024.
- A 5-year average of 3.94% and a median of 10.99% in 2026 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Capital Employed surged 10245 bps — and 2023, when it tumbled 8216 bps.
- Tracing PLCE's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 27.22% in 2022, then slumped by 209 bps to 29.69% in 2023, then decreased by 8 bps to 32.12% in 2024, then surged by 88 bps to 3.8% in 2025, then sank by 701 bps to 30.43% in 2026.
- The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 30.43% (Q2 2026), 17.42% (Q1 2026), and 3.8% (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| May 2, 2026 | -30.43% |
| Jan 31, 2026 | -17.42% |
| Nov 1, 2025 | -3.80% |
| Aug 2, 2025 | 7.70% |
| May 3, 2025 | -4.47% |
| Feb 1, 2025 | -4.57% |
| Nov 2, 2024 | -32.12% |
| Aug 3, 2024 | -35.71% |
| May 4, 2024 | -32.54% |
| Feb 3, 2024 | -30.99% |
| Oct 28, 2023 | -29.69% |
| Jul 29, 2023 | -33.80% |
| Apr 29, 2023 | -18.08% |
| Jan 28, 2023 | -0.40% |
| Oct 29, 2022 | 27.22% |
| Jul 30, 2022 | 48.36% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 61.30% |
| Jan 29, 2022 | 58.51% |
| Oct 30, 2021 | 47.92% |
| Jul 31, 2021 | 31.05% |