Consumer Discretionary / Apparel RetailUpdated 2026-05-10 22:07 UTC

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Fair value pending

Upside to midpoint

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Market cap

1.3B

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Market data

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Current market quote for this ticker.

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Upcoming earnings date and setup when available.

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Sector context

Where the current metrics sit

Percentiles come from the backend screener cohort cache for the ticker's country and sector.

Forward P/E10.9

P25 11.5P50 15.8P75 23.1

Trailing P/E14.2

P25 13.1P50 20.6P75 33.1

ROE10.2

P25 -21.1P50 4.5P75 16.1

ROIC7.2

P25 -4.5P50 5.2P75 12.8

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Indicator catalog

All CRI market and fundamental indicators

A searchable catalog of the available market, valuation, profitability, growth, balance-sheet, ownership, and analyst metrics for this ticker.

Available fields

277

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Currency

USD

Showing 277 of 277 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0001060822
Company name	Carter's, Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	146229109
Employees	15,400
Employees Change	50%
Employees Change Percent	0.33
Enterprise value	$2B
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
Industry	Apparel Retail
IPO Date	2003-10-24
Isin	US1462291097
Last refreshed	2026-05-10
Market cap	$1.3B
Market cap category	Small-Cap
Price	$35.33
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	191,539.74x
Sector	Consumer Discretionary
Sic	2300
Symbol	CRI
Website	https://www.carters.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	6.78%
EV Earnings	22.93x
EV Sales Forward	0.67x
EV/EBIT	13.84x
EV/EBITDA	10.03x
EV/FCF	15.93x
EV/Sales	0.69x
FCF yield	9.76%
Forward P/E	10.87x
P/B ratio	1.4x
P/E ratio	14.19x
P/S ratio	0.44x
PE Ratio10 Y	15.62x
PE Ratio3 Y	11.74x
PE Ratio5 Y	11.78x
PEG ratio	11.42x
PS Forward	0.43x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	4.96%
EBITDA Margin	6.85%
FCF margin	4.31%
Gross margin	44.66%
Gross Profit	$1.3B
Gross Profit Growth	-1.76%
Gross Profit Growth Q	0.96%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	-2.62%
Gross Profit Growth5 Y	-1.61%
Net Income	$88.3M
Net Income Growth	-44.43%
Net Income Growth Q	-7.74%
Net Income Growth Years	0%
Net Income Growth3 Y	-25.64%
Net Income Growth5 Y	-20.19%
Pretax Margin	3.81%
Profit Margin	3.07%
Profit Per Employee	$5,733
Profitable Years	18
ROA	3.8
Roa5y	7.53
ROCE	7.13
ROE	10.2
Roe5y	25.02
ROIC	7.2
Roic5y	16.11

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	-7.71%
Cagr15y	3.37%
Cagr1y	11.43%
Cagr20y	1.87%
Cagr3y	-16.26%
Cagr5y	-17.2%
Div CAGR10	0.1%
Div CAGR3	-30.66%
Div CAGR5	20.11%
EPS Growth	-44.93
EPS Growth Q	-8.22
EPS Growth Years	0
EPS Growth3 Y	-23.85
EPS Growth5 Y	-16.88
FCF Growth	-42.55%
FCF Growth3 Y	-19.96%
FCF Growth5 Y	-24.75%
OCF Growth	-35.66%
OCF Growth10 Y	-6.54%
OCF Growth3 Y	-15.53%
OCF Growth5 Y	-20.63%
Revenue Growth	4.88x
Revenue Growth Q	8.14x
Revenue Growth Quarters	2x
Revenue Growth Years	1x
Revenue Growth3 Y	-1.93x
Revenue Growth5 Y	-1.35x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	$1.22
Assets	$2.5B
Cash	$473.4M
Current Assets	$1.2B
Current Liabilities	$433.4M
Debt	$1.2B
Debt EBITDA	$2.64
Debt Equity	$1.29
Debt FCF	$9.41
Equity	$928.5M
Interest Coverage	3.83
Liabilities	$1.6B
Long Term Assets	$1.3B
Long Term Liabilities	$1.1B
Net Cash	$-722.9M
Net Cash By Market Cap	$-55.52
Net Debt EBITDA	$3.58
Net Debt Equity	$0.78
Net Debt FCF	$5.69
Tangible Book Value	$432.2M
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$11.73
WACC	5.89

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	2.8
Inventory Turnover	3.47
Net Working Capital	$438.2M
Quick ratio	1.55
Working Capital	$778.2M
Working Capital Turnover	$4.16

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	-0.18%
Dividend Growth	-68.75%
Dividend Growth Years	0%
Dividend per share	$1
Dividend Years	14
Dividend Yield	2.83%
Ex Div Date	2026-03-13
Last Dividend	$0.25
Payout Frequency	Quarterly
Payout Ratio	40.15%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y total return	-55.17%
1Y total return	11.43%
200-day SMA	32.62
3Y total return	-41.28%
50-day SMA	35.55
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
5Y total return	-61.08%
All Time High	129
All Time High Change	-72.61%
All Time High Date	2018-01-25
All Time Low	11.7
All Time Low Change	201.97%
All Time Low Date	2003-10-24
ATR	2.05
Beta	0.85
Beta1y	1.45
Beta2y	0.79
Ch YTD	8.94
High	36.35
High52	44.44
High52 Date	2026-02-20
High52ch	-20.5%
Low	35.21
Low52	23.38
Low52 Date	2025-08-01
Low52ch	51.11%
Ma50ch	-0.61%
Price vs 200-day SMA	8.32%
RSI	47.18
RSI Monthly	38.34
RSI Weekly	50.78
Sharpe ratio	0.41x
Sortino ratio	0.64
Total Return	2.65%
Tr YTD	9.73
Tr15y	64.39%
Tr1m	0.26%
Tr1w	4.81%
Tr3m	-3.27%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Analyst Count	6
Analyst Count Top	2
Analyst Price Target Top	$36.5
Analyst Ratings	Hold
Analyst Ratings Top	Sell
Earnings EPS Estimate	$0.11
Earnings EPS Estimate Growth	-83.33
Earnings Revenue Estimate	661,029,600x
Earnings Revenue Estimate Growth	4.95x
Operating Income	$146.3M
Operating Income Growth	-42.7
Operating Income Growth Q	8.97
Operating Income Growth3 Y	-24.93
Operating Income Growth5 Y	-17.7
Operating margin	4.96
Price target	$35.6
Price Target Change	$0.76
Price Target Change Top	$3.31

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	35,121,330%
Float Percent	95.31%
Net Borrowing	75,000,000
Shares Insiders	4.65%
Shares Institutions	105.23%
Shares Out	36,850,117
Shares Qo Q	0.13%
Shares Yo Y	0.18%
Short Float	7.54%
Short Ratio	2.66
Short Shares	7.19

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	$112.9M
Average Volume	1,291,430.15x
Bv Per Share	25.2
CAPEX	$-50.3M
Ch10y	-65.71
Ch15y	22.12
Ch1m	0.26
Ch1w	4.81
Ch1y	7.81
Ch20y	7.62
Ch3m	-3.97
Ch3y	-48.69
Ch5y	-68.01
Ch6m	11.45
Change	-1.17%
Change From Open	-1.4
Close	35.75
Days Gap	0.22
Depreciation Amortization	55,634,000
Dollar Volume	32,415,805
Earnings Date	2026-05-06
Earnings Time	bmo
EBIT	$146.3M
EBITDA	$202M
EPS	$2.49
F Score	6
FCF	$127.1M
FCF EV Yield	6.28x
FCF Per Share	$3.45
Financing CF	23,403,000
Fiscal Year End	January
Founded	1,865
Goodwill	208,413,000
Graham Number	37.57456
Graham Upside	6.35
Income Tax	$21.7M
Investing CF	-50,318,000
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-05-06
Last Report Date	2026-04-04
Last Split Date	2006-06-07
Last Split Type	Forward
Last10k Filing Date	2026-02-27
Lynch Fair Value	$12.45
Lynch Upside	-64.75
Ma150	34.26
Ma150ch	3.14%
Ma20	36.52
Ma20ch	-3.26%
Net CF	152,641,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-07-24
Open	35.83
Optionable	Yes
P FCF Ratio	10.25
P OCF Ratio	7.34
Payment Date	2026-03-27
Position In Range	10.53
Post Close	35.33
Postmarket Change Percent	0.03
Postmarket Price	$35.34
Ppne	757,623,000
Price Date	2026-05-08
Price EBITDA	$6.45
Ptbv Ratio	3.01
Relative Volume	0.71x
Revenue	2,949,712,000x
SBC By Revenue	0.48x
Share Based Comp	14,179,000
Tax By Revenue	0.74x
Tax Rate	19.36%
Tr20y	44.86%
Tr6m	13.2%
Us State	Georgia
Volume	917,515
Z Score	2.74

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Next action

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Income

CRI dividend yield, growth & safety

Yield, payout sustainability, and the multi-year growth streak.

Dividend yield

+2.8%

$1.00 annual per share

Payout ratio

+40.2%

Share of earnings returned as dividends. Below 60% is generally sustainable.

5Y dividend CAGR

+20.1%

0 consecutive years of growth

Total shareholder yield

+2.7%

Next ex-dividend date: 2026-03-13

Performance

CRI stock returns vs the market

Total return (incl. dividends) compared to S&P 500.

Ownership

Who owns CRI?

Insider, institutional, and short-interest positioning.

Institutional ownership

+105.2%

Float: +95.3% of shares outstanding

Insider ownership

+4.6%

Stake held by company insiders. Higher generally signals alignment.

Negative means the company is buying back shares.

Technical

CRI momentum and risk profile

RSI, moving-average stack, beta, and risk-adjusted return.

RSI (14)

47.2

Neutral momentum band

Price vs 200-day MA

+8.3%

50/200-day relationship not available

Beta (5Y)

0.85

Moves roughly with the market

Sharpe ratio

0.41

Risk-adjusted return — higher is better; >1.0 is solid.

Peers

CRI vs. sector cohort

Currency-neutral comparison: P/E, P/S, ROIC, 5Y revenue CAGR, and 1Y total return. Market-cap column appears only when every peer reports in the same currency.

Ticker	Name	Market cap	P/E	P/S	ROIC	5Y rev CAGR	1Y total return	Rating
ABNB	Airbnb Inc.	84B	34.7x	6.6x	15.9%	+29.9%	+14.9%	होल्ड
AMZN	Amazon.com Inc.	2.9T	32.6x	3.9x	13.5%	+12.1%	+44.5%	घटाएँ
BKNG	Booking Holdings Inc.	128.6B	21.8x	4.6x	57.9%	+37.4%	-19.6%	ख़रीद

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