Growth Metrics

Childrens Place (PLCE) Return on Sales (2016 - 2026)

Childrens Place has reported Return on Sales over the past 18 years, most recently at 0.14% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Sales fell 12.0% to 0.14% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Jan 2026 was 0.07%, a 3.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2026 number at 0.07%, down 3.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Sales reached 0.14% in Q1 2026 per PLCE's latest filing, down from 0.01% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Return on Sales was 0.08% in Q4 2022, with the low at 0.28% in Q1 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Sales is 0.03% (2022), against an average of 0.05%.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Sales: fell -19bps in 2023, then grew 26bps in 2025.
  • Tracing PLCE's Return on Sales over 5 years: stood at 0.08% in 2022, then decreased by -5bps to 0.08% in 2023, then tumbled by -36bps to 0.05% in 2024, then crashed by -125bps to 0.01% in 2025, then crashed by -956bps to 0.14% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Sales over the past three periods came in at 0.14%, 0.01%, and 0.02% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.