The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Childrens Place Inc shares valued at $50,001 were purchased by Umair Muhammad on Oct 08 ’25. At $7.00 per share, Umair Muhammad acquired 7,143 shares. The insider’s holdings grew to 277,667 shares worth approximately $2.18 million following the completion of this transaction.
As published in a research note from Telsey Advisory Group on May 07, 2024, Childrens Place Inc [PLCE] has been retained to a Market perform and the price target has been revised to $9. Analysts at B. Riley Securities upgraded the stock from ‘”a Sell”‘ to ‘”a Neutral”‘ outlook in a report released in late April. As of February 13, 2024, B. Riley Securities has decreased its “Neutral” rating to a “Sell” for PLCE. Earlier on February 09, 2024, Monness Crespi & Hardt downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Neutral” for PLCE stock which previously was a “a Buy”.
Analyzing PLCE Stock Performance
On last trading session, Childrens Place Inc [NASDAQ: PLCE] plunged -9.35% to $7.85. The stock’s lowest price that day was $7.72, but it reached a high of $8.7864 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -2.85%. Over the course of the year, Childrens Place Inc shares have dropped approximately -31.86%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $11.99 on 02/06/25 and a 52-week low of $3.66 on 06/23/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Childrens Place Inc (PLCE)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 7.45, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 7.05. In the upper region, resistance lies at 8.52. The next price resistance is at 9.19. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 53.11 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Childrens Place Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Childrens Place Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-10-15 dropping by -0.72 million shares to 2.73 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-09-15 was 3.45 million shares. A decline of -26.38% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 4.15 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 4.15.
Which companies own the most shares of Childrens Place Inc (PLCE)?
In terms of Childrens Place Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 10 in the next 12 months, up nearly 15.47% from the previous closing price of $8.66. Analysts anticipate Childrens Place Inc stock to reach 48 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 7. In spite of this, 2 analysts ranked Childrens Place Inc stock as Hold at the end of 2025. On November 20, 2023, B. Riley Securities assigned a price target of “a Neutral” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $19.
