The Children's Place is a children's apparel retailer in North America. Co. designs, contracts to manufacture, sells at retail and wholesale, and licenses to sell primarily under the proprietary The Children's Place, Place, Baby Place, Gymboree and Sugar and Jade brand names. Co.'s physical stores provide a shopping environment, segmented into departments that serve the wardrobe needs of girls and boys, toddler girls and boys, and baby. Co.'s merchandise is also available online at www.childrensplace.com, www.gymboree.com and www.sugarandjade.com. Co. reports segment data based on geography: The Children's Place U.S. and The Children's Place International. We show 52 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our coverage of PLCE's shares outstanding history.
Understanding the changing numbers of PLCE shares outstanding — and
comprehending the concept of differing number of shares outstanding in general comparing companies like PLCE versus peers —
is critical for investors. Many "beginner" or "novice" investors will look at one stock trading at a price of $10 per share and another trading at
a price of $20 per share and think the latter company is worth twice as much. Of course, that is a completely meaningless comparison without also knowing how many shares outstanding there are for each of the two companies.
Furthermore, via issuance of new shares over time, or the repurchase of existing shares, the number of shares outstanding can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching PLCE by allowing them to research PLCE shares outstanding history
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