ORTEXORTEX News
Tracking PLCE? Get live short interest, options flow, and signals on ORTEX.Sign up free →
PL

PLCE

The Children's Place, Inc.

NASDAQ

PLCE heads into the final day of April with one of the most compressed short structures in retail — and a stock that just shed 10% on the week, closing at $3.22. Short sellers have been actively covering over the past two weeks, but the position they're unwinding was immense. SI peaked near 47.6% of free float on April 15, the day of the Q4 earnings print. It has since retreated to…

Latest pulse27 Apr 2026

PLCE short interest fell 20.2% in one week to 11.8% of float, as cost to borrow declined 25% to 2.83%. Utilization dropped to 84.5% from…

$1.07-6.14% 1d-24.65% 1w-43.68% 1mClose: 16 Oct 2026
Short interest % of float
High
Live SI on ORTEX →
Cost to borrow
High
Live CTB on ORTEX →
Availability
Low
Live availability on ORTEX →
Put / call ratio
Live options on ORTEX →
Next earnings
17 Dec 2026
See the full picture on ORTEX →Live short interest, options flow, signals, 13F filings, and more.

Snapshot as of 19 Oct 2026

Articles

PL
Trader NotePLCE

PLCE shorts ease but remain extreme after earnings crash

PLCE heads into the final day of April with one of the most compressed short structures in retail — and a stock that just shed 10% on the week, closing at $3.22. Short sellers have been actively covering over the past…

1 min read

Want the live picture for PLCE?

Short interest updated daily, real-time options flow, analyst consensus deltas, 13F positioning, ORTEX Alpha signals, and every article ORTEX publishes for PLCE — free to start on ORTEX.

Sign up for free →Open PLCE on ORTEX