Head to Head Contrast: Children’s Place (NASDAQ:PLCE) versus SuperGroup (OTCMKTS:SEPGY)

SuperGroup (OTCMKTS:SEPGY) and Children’s Place (NASDAQ:PLCE) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for SuperGroup and Children’s Place, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SuperGroup	0	0	0	0	0.00
Children’s Place	1	1	0	0	1.50

Children’s Place has a consensus price target of $8.00, indicating a potential downside of 7.08%. Given Children’s Place’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Children’s Place is more favorable than SuperGroup.

Profitability

This table compares SuperGroup and Children’s Place’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SuperGroup	N/A	N/A	N/A
Children’s Place	-2.04%	-10.32%	-2.45%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares SuperGroup and Children’s Place”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SuperGroup	$655.98 million	0.01	-$177.94 million	N/A	N/A
Children’s Place	$1.34 billion	0.14	-$57.82 million	($0.86)	-10.01

Children’s Place has higher revenue and earnings than SuperGroup.

Summary

Children’s Place beats SuperGroup on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About SuperGroup

Superdry plc designs, produces, markets, and sells clothing, footwear, and accessories primarily under the Superdry brand for men and women in the United Kingdom and internationally. It operates through Retail and Wholesale segments. The Company operates through stores, concessions, various Internet sites, multi-brand independents and distributors, franchise, and license stores. It operates 213 owned, and 410 franchised and licensed stores; and 18 international websites. The company was formerly known as SuperGroup Plc and changed its name to Superdry plc in January 2018. Superdry plc was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Cheltenham, the United Kingdom.

About Children’s Place

The Children’s Place, Inc. engages in the provision of apparel, footwear, accessories, and other items for children. The firm also designs contracts to manufacture and sell fashionable and value-priced merchandise under the brand names of The Children’s Place, Baby Place, and Gymboree. It operates through The Children’s Place U.S. and The Children’s Place International segments. The Children’s Place U.S. segment refers to the company’s U.S. and Puerto Rico-based stores and revenue from its U.S. based wholesale business. The Children’s Place International segment is involved in the Canadian-based stores, revenue from the company’s Canadian-based wholesale business, as well as revenue from international franchisees. The company was founded by David Pulver and Clinton A. Clark in 1969 and is headquartered in Secaucus, NJ.