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Carter's, Inc.
CRI Consumer Cyclical Apparel Retail
Carter's, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $2.9 billion, up 1.91% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 5.16%, EPS grew 28,600.0%, free cash flow grew 688.4% and total debt rose 13.9%, each against the same quarter a year earlier.
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Free accountTen years at a glance Fiscal years to December
| Group | Line | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend | 2026e | 2027e | 2028e |
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| Price, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Price, $ | Low | 83.44 | 77.94 | 75.66 | 77.00 | 60.17 | 80.50 | 62.66 | 60.66 | 50.27 | 23.38 |
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| High | 112.58 | 118.89 | 129.00 | 111.97 | 112.46 | 116.92 | 105.25 | 86.76 | 88.03 | 56.89 | |||||
| People | |||||||||||||||
| People | Employees | 18,300 | 21,200 | 21,245 | 20,300 | 18,000 | 15,900 | 15,500 | 15,230 | 15,350 | 15,400 | ||||
| Revenue/emp, $m | 0.17 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.22 | 0.21 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0.19 | |||||
| Income, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Income, $m | Revenue | 3,199 | 3,401 | 3,462 | 3,519 | 3,024 | 3,486 | 3,213 | 2,946 | 2,844 | 2,898 | ||||
| Gross margin, % | 43.10 | 43.62 | 43.25 | 42.87 | 43.43 | 47.68 | 45.83 | 47.39 | 48.00 | 45.36 | |||||
| EBT | 395 | 391 | 356 | 328 | 135 | 438 | 317 | 302 | 231 | 114 | |||||
| EBT margin, % | 12.36 | 11.50 | 10.28 | 9.32 | 4.46 | 12.57 | 9.86 | 10.26 | 8.12 | 3.93 | |||||
| Net income | 258 | 303 | 282 | 264 | 110 | 340 | 250 | 233 | 186 | 92 | |||||
| Depreciation | 75 | 86 | 91 | 128 | 114 | 97 | 76 | 66 | 60 | 57 | |||||
| Per share, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Per share, $ | Revenue | 64.08 | 71.45 | 75.00 | 79.26 | 69.94 | 81.36 | 82.75 | 80.50 | 80.06 | 81.86 | ||||
| Earnings | 5.13 | 6.31 | 6.06 | 5.89 | 2.51 | 7.83 | 6.34 | 6.24 | 5.12 | 2.53 | |||||
| Cash flow | 7.40 | 6.93 | 7.72 | 8.72 | 13.61 | 6.26 | 2.28 | 14.46 | 8.41 | 3.46 | |||||
| Capex | (1.77) | (4.79) | (1.37) | (1.37) | (0.76) | (0.87) | (1.04) | (1.64) | (1.58) | (1.52) | |||||
| Free cash flow | 5.63 | 2.14 | 6.35 | 7.35 | 12.85 | 5.39 | 1.24 | 12.83 | 6.83 | 1.94 | |||||
| Book value | 15.79 | 18.02 | 18.83 | 19.82 | 21.69 | 22.17 | 20.51 | 23.10 | 24.06 | 26.13 | |||||
| Shares, m | 50 | 48 | 46 | 44 | 43 | 43 | 39 | 37 | 36 | 35 | |||||
| Valuation, × | |||||||||||||||
| Valuation, × | P/E | 16.85 | 18.56 | 13.38 | 18.47 | 37.78 | 12.89 | 11.74 | 12.03 | 10.60 | 12.87 | ||||
| P/S | 1.36 | 1.65 | 1.09 | 1.38 | 1.35 | 1.24 | 0.90 | 0.94 | 0.68 | 0.40 | |||||
| P/B | 5.51 | 6.54 | 4.33 | 5.52 | 4.34 | 4.57 | 3.65 | 3.26 | 2.25 | 1.24 | |||||
| EV/Sales | 1.44 | 1.78 | 1.21 | 1.53 | 1.37 | 1.29 | 1.18 | 1.15 | 0.88 | 0.59 | |||||
| EV/FCF | 19.31 | 61.61 | 31.17 | 32.08 | 10.42 | 62.01 | (34.47) | 10.94 | 29.74 | (19.21) | |||||
| Cash, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Cash, $m | Operating cash flow | 369 | 330 | 356 | 387 | 588 | 268 | 88 | 529 | 299 | 122 | ||||
| Capex | (88) | (228) | (63) | (61) | (33) | (37) | (40) | (60) | (56) | (54) | |||||
| Free cash flow | 281 | 102 | 293 | 327 | 556 | 231 | 48 | 469 | 243 | 69 | |||||
| Balance, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Balance, $m | Working capital | 779 | 689 | 716 | 632 | 1,153 | 1,182 | 660 | 589 | 634 | 765 | ||||
| Total debt | 580 | 617 | 593 | 595 | 990 | 991 | 617 | 497 | 498 | 567 | |||||
| Net debt | 281 | 439 | 423 | 380 | (113) | 7 | 405 | 146 | 85 | 80 | |||||
| Shareholders’ equity | 788 | 857 | 869 | 880 | 938 | 950 | 796 | 845 | 855 | 925 | |||||
| Returns, % | |||||||||||||||
| Returns, % | ROA | 12.94 | 15.08 | 13.56 | 10.96 | 3.57 | 10.20 | 8.75 | 9.47 | 7.56 | 3.58 | ||||
| ROIC | 24.90 | 20.23 | 18.93 | 18.44 | 14.38 | 32.45 | 19.73 | 20.39 | 16.94 | 8.95 | |||||
| ROE | 30.74 | 36.81 | 32.42 | 30.16 | 12.07 | 35.55 | 28.21 | 27.80 | 21.39 | 10.06 | |||||
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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026
Charts ten years each
Carter's, Inc. vs peers in Apparel Retail (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier
| Company | Market cap | P/E | Fwd P/E | Revenue growth (Q) | EPS growth (Q) | FCF growth (Q) | Gross margin (Q) | EBIT margin (Q) | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOOT Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. | $3.7B | 15.3× | 19.6× | +17.75% (above 0%: growing) | +32.00% (above 0%: growing) | −22.73% (below 0%: shrinking) | 40.42% | 15.25% | Compare |
| AEO American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. | $3.0B | 9.0× | 9.6× | +7.53% (above 0%: growing) | +77.78% (above 0%: growing) | +367.29% (above 0%: growing) | 48.69% | 15.32% | Compare |
| BKE Buckle, Inc. (The) | $2.4B | 10.6× | 10.5× | +4.60% (above 0%: growing) | −2.22% (below 0%: shrinking) | −63.66% (below 0%: shrinking) | 47.85% | 17.45% | Compare |
| CRI Carter's, Inc. | $1.2B | 5.9× | 11.6× | +5.16% (above 0%: growing) | +28,600.00% (above 0%: growing) | +688.36% (above 0%: growing) | 67.04% | 22.72% | |
| CAL Caleres, Inc. | $453.4M | 8.6× | 6.4× | +5.61% (above 0%: growing) | +760.00% (above 0%: growing) | +118.94% (above 0%: growing) | 54.78% | 11.16% | Compare |
| CTRN Citi Trends, Inc. | $416.5M | 54.7× | 30.2× | +10.95% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | −353.58% (below 0%: shrinking) | 40.58% | (0.81%) | Compare |
| GCO Genesco Inc. | $404.9M | 9.2× | 6.5× | −2.95% (below 0%: shrinking) | n/m | −16.21% (below 0%: shrinking) | 51.36% | 0.68% | Compare |
| SHOE Shoe Station Group Inc. | $376.2M | 15.5× | 11.0× | −7.21% (below 0%: shrinking) | −67.14% (below 0%: shrinking) | +197.41% (above 0%: growing) | 31.87% | 2.68% | Compare |
| JILL J.Jill, Inc. | $366.8M | 13.5× | 6.4× | +0.55% (above 0%: growing) | +62.32% (above 0%: growing) | +165.10% (above 0%: growing) | 76.85% | 15.68% | Compare |
| Median of peers | $434.9M | 12.0× | 10.1× | +5.11% | +47.16% | +51.37% | 48.27% | 13.21% |
Carter's, Inc. (CRI) key facts
- Concern: Net income was $91.8 million, or $2.53 per share (basic), a net margin of 3.09%.
- Strength: Carter's, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $2.9 billion, up 1.91% from fiscal 2024.
- Carter's, Inc. (CRI) is an Apparel Retail company in the Consumer Cyclical sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
- As of October 16, 2026, CRI traded at $31.45, a market capitalization of $1.2 billion.
- At that price the stock trades at 5.9× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 0.4× sales; its P/E is higher than 1% of its own readings over the past ten years.
- Carter's, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share, a yield of 3.18%, with a payout ratio of 18.7%.
- Return on equity was 10.1% and debt-to-equity 0.55.
- Its Piotroski F-score is 5 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 2.60 (grey zone) for fiscal 2025.