J. C. Penney

American department store chain
Organization department_store_chain Q920037
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Financials

Self-reported XBRL data from 4 annual filings
Revenue
$11.17B
▼ 7.1% YoY FY2020
Net Income
-$268.00M
▼ 5.1% YoY FY2020
Assets
$7.99B
▲ 3.5% YoY FY2020
EPS (diluted)
$-0.84
▼ 3.7% YoY FY2020
$0.00$3.55B$7.10B$10.66B$14.21B FY2017: $12.92B · NI -$17.00M (-0.1% margin)FY2018: $12.87B · NI -$118.00M (-0.9% margin)FY2019: $12.02B · NI -$255.00M (-2.1% margin)FY2020: $11.17B · NI -$268.00M (-2.4% margin) '17'18'19'20
Revenue Net Income
Source: SEC EDGAR · latest 10-K filed 2020-02-01 · accession 0001166126-20-000022

J. C. Penney

Summary

J. C. Penney is a department store chain[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of department_store_chain entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,666 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • J. C. Penney is in the country of United States[3].
  • J. C. Penney's image is recorded as JC Penney store, Aventura Mall (Aventura, Florida, 2006).jpg[4].
  • J. C. Penney's instance of is recorded as department store chain[5].
  • J. C. Penney's instance of is recorded as business[6].
  • J. C. Penney's instance of is recorded as public company[7].
  • J. C. Penney's instance of is recorded as organization[8].
  • J. C. Penney's founder is recorded as James Cash Penney[9].
  • J. C. Penney's founder is recorded as William McManus[10].
  • J. C. Penney's headquarters location is recorded as Plano[11].
  • J. C. Penney's chief executive officer is recorded as Marvin Ellison[12].
  • J. C. Penney's ISNI is recorded as 0000000404385833[13].
  • J. C. Penney's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 265719216[14].
  • J. C. Penney's GND ID is recorded as 1087045096[15].
  • J. C. Penney's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n50010794[16].
  • J. C. Penney's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00629202[17].
  • J. C. Penney's Commons category is recorded as J. C. Penney[18].
  • J. C. Penney's Libraries Australia ID is recorded as 36093632[19].
  • J. C. Penney's stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange[20].
  • J. C. Penney's industry is recorded as retail[21].
  • +1902-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of J. C. Penney[22].
  • J. C. Penney's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/026h1w[23].
  • J. C. Penney's significant event is recorded as bankruptcy[24].
  • J. C. Penney's official website is recorded as http://www.jcpenney.com[25].
  • J. C. Penney's topic's main category is recorded as Category:JCPenney[26].
  • J. C. Penney's ISIN is recorded as US7081601061[27].

Body

Founding

Founders include James Cash Penney[9] and William McManus[10]. +1902-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of J. C. Penney[22].

Leadership

J. C. Penney's chief executive officer is recorded as Marvin Ellison[12]. Its director / manager is recorded as Ron Johnson[28].

Operations

J. C. Penney's headquarters location is recorded as Plano[11].

Industry

J. C. Penney's industry is recorded as retail[21].

Ownership

J. C. Penney's stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange[20].

Why It Matters

J. C. Penney ranks in the top 2% of department_store_chain entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,666 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

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  12. [14] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] . Polygon.io. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . edition.cnn.com. Retrieved . edition.cnn.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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