Carter's (CRI) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Carter’s, Inc. (NYSE:CRI) is a designer, marketer and retailer of apparel and related products for babies and young children. The company’s offerings include bodysuits, sleepwear, playwear, outerwear, footwear, accessories, gifts, bedding and other products for infants, toddlers and young children.

Carter’s markets products primarily under the Carter’s and OshKosh B’gosh brands, as well as Skip Hop, which offers baby and children’s gear, accessories and related products. The company sells through its own retail stores and websites, wholesale partners, department stores, mass merchants and other retailers.

The company traces its history to 1865, when it was established as the William Carter Company. Carter’s acquired OshKosh B’gosh in 2005 and has since expanded its portfolio and distribution across the United States, Canada and other international markets. Its products are also sold through licensing and retail relationships in additional countries.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $30.98 to $31.73
• 50-Day Range: $29.13 to $40.37
• 52-Week Range: $27.86 to $44.44
• Volume: 1.36 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.43 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.16 billion
• P/E Ratio: 5.89
• Dividend Yield: 3.18%
• Price Target: $39.38
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Carter's Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Carter's scored higher than 79% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 176th out of 485 stocks in the consumer discretionary sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Carter's has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.70, and is based on 2 strong buy ratings, 4 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

Carter's has a consensus price target of $39.38, representing about 25.1% upside from its current price of $31.47.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Carter's has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 4.88%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Carter's are expected to grow by 4.88% in the coming year, from $3.28 to $3.44 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Carter's is 5.89, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 41.09.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Carter's is 5.89, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 42.84.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Carter's has a PEG Ratio of 3.59. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Carter's has a P/B Ratio of 1.24. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

21.30% of the float of Carter's has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Carter's has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.08.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Carter's has recently increased by 30.91%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Carter's pays a meaningful dividend of 3.12%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Carter's does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Carter's is 18.73%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Carter's will have a dividend payout ratio of 29.07% next year. This indicates that Carter's will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.41

News Sentiment

Carter's has a news sentiment score of 0.41. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.56 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 9 news articles for Carter's this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

32 people have searched for CRI on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 39% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.1 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Carter's insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

3.20% of the stock of Carter's is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Carter's has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/31/2026
• Record date for 9/25 Dividend: 9/01/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/25 Dividend: 9/01/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/25/2026
• Today: 10/15/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/26/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods
• Sub-Industry: Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods
• Current Symbol: NYSE:CRI
• CIK: 1060822
• Web: www.carters.com
• Phone: (678) 791-1000
• Fax: 404-892-3079
• Employees: 15,400
• Year Founded: 1865

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Carter's: $39.38
• High Price Target: $50.00
• Low Price Target: $26.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +25.1%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.70
• Research Coverage: 10 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $5.34
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 5.89
• Forward P/E Ratio: 9.59
• P/E Growth: 3.59
• Net Income: $91.80 million
• Net Margins: 6.55%
• Pretax Margin: 8.30%
• Return on Equity: 12.78%
• Return on Assets: 4.67%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.55
• Current Ratio: 2.47
• Quick Ratio: 1.50

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $2.98 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.39
• Cash Flow: $4.97 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 6.33
• Book Value: $25.38 per share
• Price / Book: 1.24

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 36,711,000
• Free Float: 35,536,000
• Market Cap: $1.16 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.84