Growth Metrics

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

Childrens Place filings provide 17 years of Return on Invested Capital readings, the most recent being 0.01% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Invested Capital changed 0.0% to 0.01% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Jan 2026 was 0.01%, a 0.0% change, with the full-year FY2026 number at 0.19%, up 18.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Invested Capital hit 0.01% in Q1 2026 for Childrens Place, down from 0.0% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.01% in Q1 2022 to a low of 0.02% in Q2 2024.
  • Median Return on Invested Capital over the past 5 years was 0.0% (2023), compared with a mean of 0.0%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Invested Capital: rose 2bps in 2022 and later decreased -2bps in 2024.
  • Childrens Place's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.0% in 2022, then tumbled by -214bps to 0.0% in 2023, then crashed by -155bps to 0.01% in 2024, then soared by 90bps to 0.0% in 2025, then plummeted by -544bps to 0.01% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Invested Capital were 0.01% (Q1 2026), 0.0% (Q4 2025), and 0.0% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.