CRI Stock Analysis: Carter’s | NYSE
Apparel Retail | NYSE, USA | Market Cap: 1.517m USD | 12M Return: 28.4% | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 35.6M
EPS Trend: -81.2%
Qual. Beats: 2
Rev. Trend: -55.8%
Qual. Beats: 1
Warnings
No concerns identified
Tailwinds
No distinct edge detected
Seasonality 10.5 years of data
How good or bad each month usually is (without trend). The score below shows how much you can trust it: 0 = pure chance, >40 gets interesting and >55 is strong.
Carters, Inc. is a U.S.-headquartered apparel company that designs, sources, and markets branded childrenswear for babies and young children across three operating segments: U.S. Retail, U.S. Wholesale, and International. Its product portfolio spans everyday apparel such as bodysuits, layette essentials, and sleepwear, along with playclothes, outerwear, swimwear, accessories, and home goods like bedding, toys, and diaper bags. The company distributes through a multi-channel model combining company-owned retail stores, e-commerce websites, a mobile app, and wholesale partnerships with department stores, national chains, and specialty retailers. Carters markets a portfolio of brands including Carters, OshKosh Bgosh, Skip Hop, Child of Mine, Simple Joys, and Little Planet, and was founded in 1865 with its headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.
- U.S. birth rate decline pressures core childrenswear demand
- Wholesale segment exposed to department store traffic weakness
- Cotton input costs and tariff exposure squeeze gross margins
| Net Income: 90.6m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.05 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA -4.37 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 26.38% < 20% (prev 22.74%; Δ 3.64% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.07 > 3% & CFO 177.4m > Net Income 90.6m |
| Net Debt (1.35b) to EBITDA (206.2m): 6.56 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 2.80 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (35.4m) vs 12m ago 0.40% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 44.66% > 18% (prev 47.68%; Δ -3.02% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 122.5% > 50% (prev 120.6%; Δ 1.89% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 3.94 > 6 (EBIT TTM 150.5m / Interest Expense TTM 38.2m) |
| A: 0.31 (Total Current Assets 1.21b - Total Current Liabilities 433.4m) / Total Assets 2.48b |
| B: 0.38 (Retained Earnings 934.6m / Total Assets 2.48b) |
| C: 0.06 (EBIT TTM 150.5m / Avg Total Assets 2.41b) |
| D: 0.60 (Book Value of Equity 928.5m / Total Liabilities 1.56b) |
| Altman-Z'' = 4.33 = AA |
| DSRI: 0.92 (Receivables 196.6m/203.9m, Revenue 2.95b/2.81b) |
| GMI: 1.07 (GM 47.68% / 44.66%) |
| AQI: 0.90 (AQ_t 0.21 / AQ_t-1 0.23) |
| SGI: 1.05 (Revenue 2.95b / 2.81b) |
| TATA: -0.03 (NI 90.6m - CFO 177.4m) / TA 2.48b) |
| Beneish M = -3.06 (Cap -4..+1) = AA |
As of July 07, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 39.10 with a total of 862,367 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by -9.80%, over one month by -0.15%, over three months by +9.44% and over the past year by +28.38%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 35.30 (which is 9.7% or 2.3 ATR below the current price).
Carter’s has received a consensus analysts rating of 2.33. Therefore, it is recommended to sell CRI.
- StrongBuy: 0
- Buy: 0
- Hold: 3
- Sell: 2
- StrongSell: 1
| Analysts Target Price | 42.7 | 9.1% |
P/E Trailing = 16.5301
P/E Forward = 15.4083
P/S = 0.5142
P/B = 1.6336
P/EG = 2.0126
Revenue TTM = 2.95b USD
EBIT TTM = 150.5m USD
EBITDA TTM = 206.2m USD
Long Term Debt = 567.5m USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 133.4m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 1.83b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 628.8m
Net Debt = 1.35b USD (calculated: Debt 1.83b - CCE 473.4m)
Enterprise Value = 2.87b USD (1.52b + Debt 1.83b - CCE 473.4m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 3.94 (Ebit TTM 150.5m / Interest Expense TTM 38.2m)
EV/FCF = 22.57x (Enterprise Value 2.87b / FCF TTM 127.1m)
FCF Yield = 4.43% (FCF TTM 127.1m / Enterprise Value 2.87b)
FCF Margin = 4.31% (FCF TTM 127.1m / Revenue TTM 2.95b)
Net Margin = 3.07% (Net Income TTM 90.6m / Revenue TTM 2.95b)
Gross Margin = 44.66% ((Revenue TTM 2.95b - Cost of Revenue TTM 1.63b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 43.15% (prev 43.24%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 1.15 (Enterprise Value 2.87b / Total Assets 2.48b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 2.09% (Interest Expense 38.2m / Debt 1.83b)
Taxrate = 19.36% (21.7m / 112.3m)
NOPAT = 121.4m (EBIT 150.5m * (1 - 19.36%))
Current Ratio = 2.80 (Total Current Assets 1.21b / Total Current Liabilities 433.4m)
Debt / Equity = 1.97 (Debt 1.83b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 928.5m)
Debt / EBITDA = 6.56 (Net Debt 1.35b / EBITDA 206.2m)
Debt / FCF = 10.64 (Net Debt 1.35b / FCF TTM 127.1m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 893.0m (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 3.76% (Net Income 90.6m / Total Assets 2.48b)
RoE = 10.14% (Net Income TTM 90.6m / Total Stockholder Equity 893.0m)
RoCE = 10.31% (EBIT 150.5m / Capital Employed (Equity 893.0m + L.T.Debt 567.5m))
RoIC = 5.96% (NOPAT 121.4m / Invested Capital 2.04b)
WACC = 5.01% (E(1.52b)/V(3.34b) * Re(9.02%) + D(1.83b)/V(3.34b) * Rd(2.09%) * (1-Tc(0.19)))
Discount Rate = 9.02% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: -21.48 | Cagr: -0.68%
[DCF] Terminal Value 73.10% ; FCFF base≈164.7m ; Y1≈144.5m ; Y5≈116.7m
[DCF] Fair Price = 14.16 (EV 1.87b - Net Debt 1.35b = Equity 521.7m / Shares 36.9m; r=8.35% [WACC [floored]]; 5y FCF grow -15.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: -81.25 | EPS CAGR: -19.66% | SUE: 1.08 | # QB: 2
Revenue Correlation: -55.84 | Revenue CAGR: -1.48% | SUE: 1.51 | # QB: 1
EPS current Quarter (2026-06-30): EPS=0.06 | Chg30d=+2.24% | Revisions=+67% | Analysts=7
EPS next Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=0.89 | Chg30d=+4.50% | Revisions=-22% | Analysts=6
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=3.26 | Chg30d=+1.33% | Revisions=+70% | GrowthEPS=-5.9% | GrowthRev=+4.4%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=3.65 | Chg30d=+1.19% | Revisions=+50% | GrowthEPS=+11.9% | GrowthRev=+1.2%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: +55% (up=21, down=5)