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Childrens Place (PLCE) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Childrens Place filings provide 17 years of Return on Capital Employed readings, the most recent being 17.42% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 1285.0% to 17.42% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Jan 2026 was 17.42%, a 1285.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2026 number at 17.82%, down 1247.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 17.42% in Q1 2026 for Childrens Place, down from 3.8% 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.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 4.57% (2025), compared with a mean of 2.38%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: skyrocketed 10245bps in 2022 and later crashed -8216bps in 2023.
  • Childrens Place's Return on Capital Employed stood at 27.22% in 2022, then tumbled by -209bps to 29.69% in 2023, then dropped by -8bps to 32.12% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 88bps to 3.8% in 2025, then plummeted by -359bps to 17.42% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 17.42% (Q1 2026), 3.8% (Q4 2025), and 7.7% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.