GME
GameStop Corp.
GME's fundamentals are strong: its operating margin rose 11 points to 14% and it turned 19% of its revenue into free cash flow, though revenue fell 7.7%. At 17x earnings, it's trading less than half its usual 44x. Analysts expect earnings to fall sharply.
PLCE
The Children's Place, Inc.
There isn't enough reported data to score PLCE yet.
GME Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Unavailable |
GME's profitability and cash flow are currently strong, and its revenue is stable. There isn't enough data to rate its balance sheet.
PLCE Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Under pressure | |
| Weak | |
| Stable | |
| Weak |
PLCE's cash flow is currently stable, but its revenue, profitability and balance sheet are under pressure.
GME PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current | 17x | $25.62 | — |
| Cheap | 18x | $27.96 | +9.1% |
| Forward | 38x | $25.62 | — |
| Fair | 43x | $66.84 | +161% |
| Expensive | 252x | $388 | +1414% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
GME's PE is in its cheap range at 17x. Analysts expect earnings to fall, which would put today's price at 38x next year's earnings, in its fair range.
PLCE PE Valuation
PLCE has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
GME Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly deteriorating | |
| Strong decline | |
| Strong decline | |
| Strongly weakening | |
| Limited | |
| High |
Analysts expect GME's earnings and revenue to decline, with profitability weakening.
PLCE Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Losses shrinking | |
| Stable | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| High |
PLCE has the edge over GME on the outlook, with more favorable earnings and revenue expectations.
GME Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $0.67 | -56% |
| Q3 2026 | $1.54 | +93% |
| Q2 2026 | $1.34 | +153% |
| Q1 2026 | $0.77 | +133% |
| Q4 2025 | $0.89 | +394% |
| Q3 2025 | $0.80 | +515% |
| Q2 2025 | $0.53 | +563% |
| Q1 2025 | $0.33 | +1550% |
| Q4 2024 | $0.18 | +$0.21 |
GME has the edge over PLCE on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
PLCE Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$5.99 | -$5.15 |
| Q2 2026 | -$4.84 | -$1.73 |
| Q1 2026 | -$4.01 | +$0.52 |
| Q4 2025 | -$2.60 | +$11.59 |
| Q3 2025 | -$0.84 | +$11.87 |
| Q2 2025 | -$3.11 | +$9.91 |
| Q1 2025 | -$4.53 | +$7.83 |
| Q4 2024 | -$14.19 | -$8.32 |
PLCE lost $5.99 per share over the past year, and its loss has widened in each of the last four quarters.
GME Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $790.2M | -19% |
| Q2 2026 | $835.3M | +14% |
| Q1 2026 | $1.1B | -14% |
| Q4 2025 | $821M | -4.6% |
| Q3 2025 | $972.2M | +22% |
| Q2 2025 | $732.4M | -17% |
| Q1 2025 | $1.3B | -28% |
| Q4 2024 | $860.3M | -20% |
GME's revenue has slid since its 2022 peak: $790M last quarter, down 19% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 20% | +13 points |
| Q2 2026 | 17% | +19 points |
| Q1 2026 | 12% | +6 points |
| Q4 2025 | 5% | +8.9 points |
| Q3 2025 | 6.8% | +9.6 points |
| Q2 2025 | -1.5% | +4.3 points |
| Q1 2025 | 6.2% | +3.1 points |
| Q4 2024 | -3.9% | -2.5 points |
GME has the edge over PLCE on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
PLCE Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $241.8M | -19% |
| Q2 2026 | $215.2M | -11% |
| Q1 2026 | $329.2M | -19% |
| Q4 2025 | $339.5M | -13% |
| Q3 2025 | $298M | -6.8% |
| Q2 2025 | $242.1M | -9.6% |
| Q1 2025 | $408.6M | -10% |
| Q4 2024 | $390.2M | -19% |
PLCE's revenue has slid since its 2021 peak: $242M last quarter, down 19% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -5.4% | -6.8 points |
| Q2 2026 | -20% | -9.6 points |
| Q1 2026 | -12% | -14 points |
| Q4 2025 | 1.1% | -6.4 points |
| Q3 2025 | 1.4% | +8.2 points |
| Q2 2025 | -10% | +0.5 points |
| Q1 2025 | 1.7% | +15 points |
| Q4 2024 | 7.5% | -1.9 points |
PLCE's operating margin was −5.4% last quarter, down 6.8 points from the same quarter a year ago.
GME Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $60.7M | -46% |
| Q2 2026 | $332.9M | +76% |
| Q1 2026 | $187.4M | +18% |
| Q4 2025 | $107M | +435% |
| Q3 2025 | $113.3M | +73% |
| Q2 2025 | $189.6M | +$304.3M |
| Q1 2025 | $158.8M | +$177.5M |
| Q4 2024 | $20M | +80% |
GME has the edge over PLCE on cash flow, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
PLCE Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $15.8M | +$47.7M |
| Q2 2026 | -$61.8M | -$15.4M |
| Q1 2026 | $72.4M | -40% |
| Q4 2025 | -$3.4M | +$44.3M |
| Q3 2025 | -$31.9M | +$59.8M |
| Q2 2025 | -$46.4M | +$69.1M |
| Q1 2025 | $121.4M | -8.2% |
| Q4 2024 | -$47.7M | -$31.5M |
PLCE's free cash flow has turned positive after four years mostly in the red: $23M over the past year.
GME Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +0.1% | +300K shares |
| 1 year | +8.4% | +46.1M shares |
| 3 years | +94% | +288M shares |
| 5 years | +104% | +302M shares |
| Available history | +80% | +264M shares |
GME has 593M diluted shares, up 8.4% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q1 2021 | — |
| Q4 2020 | — |
| Q1 2020 | $21.8M |
| Q4 2019 | $114M |
PLCE Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +0.1% | +28K shares |
| 1 year | +0.4% | +95K shares |
| 3 years | +80% | +9.9M shares |
| 5 years | +48% | +7.2M shares |
| Available history | +43% | +6.7M shares |
PLCE has the edge over GME on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $4,000 |
| Q2 2026 | $29,000 |
| Q1 2026 | — |
| Q4 2025 | — |
| Q3 2025 | $338,000 |
| Q2 2025 | $84,000 |
| Q1 2025 | $107,000 |
| Q4 2024 | — |
PLCE spent $33,000 buying back its own shares over the past year, down 94% from the year before.
GME Net Leverage
PLCE Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2025 | 17.4x | High |
| Q3 2025 | 7.8x | High |
| Q2 2025 | 13.7x | High |
| Q1 2025 | 9.3x | High |
| Q1 2023 | 6.4x | High |
| Q4 2022 | 1.7x | Healthy |
| Q3 2022 | 1.3x | Healthy |
| Q2 2022 | 0.8x | Very low |
PLCE's net debt is about 17 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), up from 6.4 years a year ago.
GME Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 59.9 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 68.5 | Neutral |
GME's weekly RSI is 60 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 69 (neutral).
PLCE Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 25.1 | Oversold |
| Stochastic | 5.9 | Oversold |
PLCE's weekly RSI is 25 (oversold) and its Stochastic is 6 (oversold).
GME PE vs Consumer Cyclical Sector
| Metric | GME | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 17x | 18x | 7.7% below |
| PE % | 15 | 47 | 32 pts below |
GME is trading at 17x earnings, in line with the Consumer Cyclical sector's median of 18x.
PLCE PE vs Consumer Cyclical Sector
| Metric | PLCE | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | N/A | 18x | — |
PLCE has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
GME Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $25.2 | 1.8% above |
| 20 week MA | $22.4 | 15% above |
| 50 week MA | $22.6 | 13% above |
| 100 week MA | $24.0 | 7% above |
| 200 week MA | $21.8 | 17% above |
GME has the edge over PLCE on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
PLCE Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $1.11 | 60% below |
| 20 week MA | $2.00 | 78% below |
| 50 week MA | $3.21 | 86% below |
| 100 week MA | $5.16 | 91% below |
| 200 week MA | $13.0 | 97% below |
PLCE is in a downtrend: it's below all five of its weekly moving averages, and 97% below its 200-week average.
GME Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $1.48 | $5.04 | +241% |
| 2021 | $5.04 | $38.0 | +655% |
| 2022 | $38.0 | $20.1 | -47% |
| 2023 | $20.1 | $17.5 | -13% |
| 2024 | $17.5 | $32.2 | +84% |
| 2025 | $32.2 | $21.1 | -35% |
| 2026 YTD | $21.1 | $25.6 | +21% |
GME has the edge over PLCE on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.
PLCE Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $62.1 | $49.7 | -20% |
| 2021 | $49.7 | $76.7 | +54% |
| 2022 | $76.7 | $37.7 | -51% |
| 2023 | $37.7 | $23.2 | -38% |
| 2024 | $23.2 | $11.0 | -53% |
| 2025 | $11.0 | $4.03 | -63% |
| 2026 YTD | $4.03 | $0.44 | -89% |
PLCE has finished four years in a row lower, and it's down 89% so far in 2026.