---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-119722"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PLCE"
cik: "0001041859"
company_name: "Childrens Place, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-11-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T16:21:46.045975+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Children's Place Q3 adjusted EPS $3.33 vs $5.43 YoY; lowers FY22 guidance to $4.05-$4.30

## Summary
- Net sales $509.1M, down 8.8% YoY; comp sales down 10%.
- GAAP EPS $3.26, adjusted $3.33; both down sharply from $5.30/$5.43 in Q3 2021.
- Gross margin 34.8%, deleveraged 910 bps on higher supply chain costs.
- FY22 adjusted EPS guidance lowered to $4.05-$4.30; Q4 guidance $0.50-$0.75.
- Inventories up 24% to $549M; repurchased 434k shares for $18M in Q3.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-119722
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PLCE
- cik: 0001041859
- company_name: Childrens Place, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-11-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041859/000110465922119722/0001104659-22-119722-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041859/000110465922119722/tm2230700d1_8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-119722
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-119722.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Childrens Place, Inc. reported Fiscal 2022 results: EPS $4.05 to $4.30. Guidance lowered.
  - Period: Fiscal 2022
  - EPS: $4.05 to $4.30
  - Guidance: lowered
  - Result: guidance update
  source text: Updates Full Year 2022 Adjusted EPS Guidance to $4.05 to $4.30
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041859/000110465922119722/0001104659-22-119722-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  Childrens Place, Inc. reported third quarter ended October 29, 2022 results: revenue $509.1 million, EPS $3.26. Guidance lowered.
  - Period: third quarter ended October 29, 2022
  - Revenue: $509.1 million
  - EPS: $3.26
  - Guidance: lowered
  - Result: reported results
  source text: structural changes made to the Company’s operating model since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Third Quarter 2022 Results Net sales decreased $49.1 million, or 8.8%, to $509.1 million in the three months ended October 29, 2022, compared to $558.2 million in the three months ended October 30, 2021, and decreased $15.7 million, or 3.0%, compared to $524.8
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041859/000110465922119722/0001104659-22-119722-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.