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CARTERS INC
CRI
$1.4B
Mkt Cap
$38.75
+3.50%
CARTERS INC (CRI) has a current P/E ratio of 15.3, compared to its historical median P/E of 13.3. The stock is currently considered Fair based on its historical valuation range.
CARTERS INC (CRI) has a 5-year average return on invested capital (ROIC) of 17.4%. This indicates strong capital allocation and a potential competitive advantage.
CARTERS INC (CRI) has a market capitalization of $1.4B. It is classified as a small-cap stock.
Yes, CARTERS INC (CRI) pays a dividend with a trailing twelve-month yield of 4.11%.
Based on historical P/E analysis, CARTERS INC (CRI) appears fair. The current P/E of 15.3 is 15% above its historical median of 13.3. The estimated fair value CAGR (P/E method) is 2.2%.
CARTERS INC (CRI) operates in the Apparel & Other Finishd Prods Of Fabrics & Similar Matl industry, within the Consumer Cyclical sector.
CARTERS INC (CRI) reported annual revenue of $2.9 billion in its most recent fiscal year, based on SEC EDGAR filings.
We are North America’s largest and most-enduring apparel company exclusively for babies and young children. Our core brands are Carter’s and OshKosh B’gosh (or “OshKosh”), iconic and among the sector’s most trusted names. Our exclusive Carter’s brands, which consist of Child of Mine, Just One You, and Simple Joys, are developed for Walmart, Target, and Amazon. Our emerging brands include Little Planet, crafted with organic fabrics and sustainable materials, Otter Avenue, a toddler-focused apparel brand, and Skip Hop, baby essentials from tubs to toys. Established in 1865, our Carter’s brand is recognized and trusted by consumers for high-quality apparel and accessories for children in sizes newborn to 14. Established in 1895, OshKosh is a well-known brand, trusted by consumers for high-quality apparel and accessories for children in sizes newborn to 14, with a focus on playclothes for toddlers and young children. We acquired OshKosh in 2005.
| Metric | TTM | FY2026 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 2.9B | 2.9B | 2.8B | 2.9B | 3.2B | 3.0B |
| Net Income | 89M | 89M | 182M | 228M | 246M | 109M |
| EPS | $2.53 | $2.53 | $5.12 | $6.24 | $6.34 | $2.50 |
| Free Cash Flow | 69M | 69M | 243M | 469M | 48M | 556M |
| ROIC | 11.5% | 11.5% | 16.0% | 17.9% | 23.1% | 18.7% |
| Gross Margin | 45.4% | 45.4% | 48.0% | 47.4% | 45.8% | 43.4% |
| Debt/Equity | 0.61 | 0.61 | 1.32 | 1.28 | 1.48 | 1.05 |
| Dividends/Share | $1.59 | $1.55 | $3.20 | $3.00 | $3.00 | $0.60 |
| Operating Income | 144M | 144M | 255M | 323M | 379M | 190M |
| Operating Margin | 5.0% | 5.0% | 9.0% | 11.0% | 11.8% | 6.3% |
| ROE | 9.7% | 9.7% | 21.4% | 27.8% | 28.4% | 11.6% |
| Shares Outstanding | 35M | 35M | 36M | 37M | 39M | 43M |
| Metric | |||||||||||||
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| Income Statement | |||||||||||||
| Revenue | 2.4B | 2.6B | 2.9B | 3.2B | 3.4B | 3.5B | 3.5B | 3.0B | 3.2B | 2.9B | 2.8B | 2.9B | 2.9B |
| Gross Margin | 39.4% | 41.5% | 40.9% | 43.1% | 43.6% | 43.3% | 42.9% | 43.4% | 45.8% | 47.4% | 48.0% | 45.4% | 45.4% |
| R&D | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| SG&A | 713M | 868M | 890M | 995M | 1.1B | 1.1B | 1.1B | 1.1B | 1.1B | 1.1B | 1.1B | 1.2B | 1.2B |
| EBIT | 262M | 264M | 333M | 426M | 420M | 391M | 372M | 190M | 379M | 323M | 255M | 144M | 144M |
| Op. Margin | 11.0% | 10.0% | 11.5% | 13.3% | 12.3% | 11.3% | 10.6% | 6.3% | 11.8% | 11.0% | 9.0% | 5.0% | 5.0% |
| Net Income | 161M | 160M | 195M | 256M | 300M | 280M | 261M | 109M | 246M | 228M | 182M | 89M | 89M |
| Net Margin | 6.8% | 6.1% | 6.7% | 8.0% | 8.8% | 8.1% | 7.4% | 3.6% | 7.7% | 7.7% | 6.4% | 3.1% | 3.1% |
| Non-Recurring | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.2M | -1.6M | -995K | 1.1M | 34M | 0 | 12M | 1.8M | 10M | 10M |
| Returns on Capital | |||||||||||||
| ROIC | 40.6% | 23.8% | 31.0% | 16.6% | 17.3% | 14.9% | 13.1% | 18.7% | 23.1% | 17.9% | 16.0% | 11.5% | 11.5% |
| ROE | 16.4% | 22.9% | 24.7% | 32.5% | 36.5% | 32.4% | 29.9% | 11.6% | 28.4% | 27.8% | 21.4% | 9.7% | 9.7% |
| ROA | 9.9% | 8.9% | 10.3% | 13.3% | 15.0% | 13.6% | 10.9% | 3.2% | 8.4% | 9.5% | 7.6% | 3.5% | 3.5% |
| Cash Flow | |||||||||||||
| Op. Cash Flow | 279M | 210M | 282M | 369M | 330M | 356M | 387M | 588M | 88M | 529M | 299M | 122M | 122M |
| Free Cash Flow | 195M | 27M | 179M | 281M | 260M | 292M | 326M | 556M | 48M | 469M | 243M | 69M | 69M |
| Owner Earnings | 226M | 139M | 206M | 281M | 230M | 256M | 278M | 485M | 4.9M | 449M | 227M | 51M | 51M |
| CapEx | 83M | 183M | 103M | 89M | 69M | 64M | 61M | 33M | 40M | 60M | 56M | 54M | 54M |
| Maint. CapEx | 40M | 55M | 58M | 72M | 82M | 86M | 92M | 90M | 62M | 60M | 54M | 52M | 52M |
| Growth CapEx | 44M | 128M | 45M | 17M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.9M | 2.2M | 2.2M |
| D&A | 40M | 55M | 58M | 72M | 82M | 86M | 92M | 90M | 62M | 60M | 54M | 52M | 52M |
| CapEx/OCF | 29.9% | 87.0% | 36.6% | 33.6% | 21.1% | 17.9% | 15.9% | 5.6% | 14.0% | 11.3% | 18.8% | 43.9% | 43.9% |
| Capital Allocation | |||||||||||||
| Dividends Paid | 0 | 28M | 40M | 66M | 71M | 84M | 90M | 26M | 118M | 112M | 116M | 56M | 56M |
| Dividend Yield | N/A | 1.2% | 1.3% | 1.8% | 2.0% | 2.4% | 2.5% | 0.9% | 3.7% | 4.5% | 5.2% | 4.8% | 4.1% |
| Share Buybacks | 0 | 454M | 82M | 300M | 189M | 193M | 197M | 45M | 300M | 100M | 51M | 0 | 0 |
| Buyback Yield | N/A | 17.7% | 2.4% | 2.9% | 6.1% | 4.3% | 6.5% | 1.4% | 8.9% | 3.8% | 2.0% | N/A | 0.0% |
| Stock-Based Comp | 13M | 16M | 18M | 17M | 18M | 15M | 17M | 13M | 22M | 19M | 18M | 20M | 20M |
| Debt Repayment | 1.9M | 7.0M | 177K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.3M | 0 | 16M | 0 | 0 | 12M | 12M |
| Balance Sheet | |||||||||||||
| Net Debt | -578M | 13M | -95M | 849M | 1.0B | 1.0B | 1.8B | -113M | 969M | 730M | 717M | 80M | 80M |
| Cash & Equiv. | 382M | 287M | 341M | 299M | 178M | 170M | 214M | 1.1B | 212M | 351M | 413M | 487M | 487M |
| Long-Term Debt | 186M | 586M | 586M | 580M | 617M | 593M | 595M | 990M | 617M | 497M | 498M | 567M | 567M |
| Debt/Equity | 0.19 | 0.84 | 0.74 | 1.47 | 1.44 | 1.36 | 2.29 | 1.05 | 1.48 | 1.28 | 1.32 | 0.61 | 0.61 |
| Interest Coverage | 38.7 | 19.7 | 12.1 | 15.7 | 14.0 | 11.3 | 9.9 | 3.4 | 8.9 | 9.5 | 8.1 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| Equity | 985M | 701M | 787M | 788M | 857M | 869M | 880M | 938M | 796M | 845M | 855M | 925M | 925M |
| Total Assets | 1.6B | 1.8B | 1.9B | 1.9B | 2.1B | 2.1B | 2.8B | 3.4B | 2.4B | 2.4B | 2.4B | 2.6B | 2.6B |
| Total Liabilities | 645M | 1.1B | 1.1B | 1.2B | 1.2B | 1.2B | 1.9B | 2.5B | 1.6B | 1.5B | 1.6B | 1.6B | 1.6B |
| Intangibles | 306M | 330M | 317M | 309M | 366M | 366M | 335M | 308M | 298M | 298M | 268M | 269M | 269M |
| Retained Earnings | 746M | 706M | 809M | 822M | 886M | 910M | 915M | 953M | 830M | 869M | 894M | 929M | 929M |
| Working Capital | 713M | 701M | 793M | 779M | 689M | 716M | 632M | 1.2B | 660M | 589M | 634M | 765M | 765M |
| Current Assets | 958M | 970M | 1.0B | 1.1B | 1.0B | 1.0B | 1.1B | 1.9B | 1.2B | 1.1B | 1.1B | 1.3B | 1.3B |
| Current Liabilities | 244M | 269M | 248M | 278M | 331M | 327M | 476M | 793M | 529M | 512M | 509M | 506M | 506M |
| Per Share Data | |||||||||||||
| EPS | 2.69 | 2.75 | 3.62 | 5.08 | 6.24 | 6.00 | 5.85 | 2.50 | 6.34 | 6.24 | 5.12 | 2.53 | 2.53 |
| Owner EPS | 3.77 | 2.38 | 3.84 | 5.58 | 4.78 | 5.48 | 6.23 | 11.17 | 0.13 | 12.28 | 6.38 | 1.43 | 1.43 |
| Book Value | 16.45 | 12.01 | 14.63 | 15.66 | 17.81 | 18.64 | 19.70 | 21.59 | 20.50 | 23.11 | 24.06 | 26.15 | 26.15 |
| Cash Flow/Share | 4.65 | 3.60 | 5.25 | 7.34 | 6.85 | 7.63 | 8.67 | 13.55 | 2.27 | 14.47 | 8.41 | 3.46 | 3.99 |
| Dividends/Share | 0.00 | 0.48 | 0.76 | 1.32 | 1.48 | 1.80 | 2.00 | 0.60 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.20 | 1.55 | 1.59 |
| Shares Out. | 59.9M | 58.3M | 53.8M | 50.3M | 48.1M | 46.7M | 44.7M | 43.4M | 38.9M | 36.6M | 35.5M | 35.4M | 35.4M |
| Valuation | |||||||||||||
| P/E Ratio | 11.5 | 16.0 | 17.5 | 16.3 | 10.3 | 15.9 | 11.5 | 29.5 | 9.9 | 11.4 | 13.6 | 13.1 | 15.3 |
| P/FCF | 9.5 | 94.4 | 19.0 | 13.1 | 11.8 | 15.2 | 9.2 | 5.8 | 62.6 | 5.5 | 10.2 | 17.0 | 20.0 |
| EV/EBIT | 4.9 | 9.8 | 9.9 | 9.8 | 8.0 | 12.1 | 8.6 | 10.6 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 8.6 | 5.5 | 10.1 |
| Price/Book | 1.9 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 5.2 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 1.5 |
| Price/Sales | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| FCF Yield | 10.5% | 1.1% | 5.3% | 7.3% | 8.4% | 6.5% | 10.7% | 17.2% | 1.4% | 17.8% | 9.6% | 5.7% | 5.0% |
| Market Cap | 1.9B | 2.6B | 3.4B | 3.9B | 3.1B | 4.5B | 3.0B | 3.2B | 3.4B | 2.6B | 2.5B | 1.2B | 1.4B |
| Avg. Price | 24.40 | 38.91 | 58.06 | 72.31 | 74.84 | 73.97 | 81.69 | 71.08 | 82.54 | 67.98 | 63.10 | 33.49 | 38.75 |
| Year-End Price | 31.04 | 43.97 | 63.28 | 73.19 | 63.96 | 95.56 | 67.25 | 73.66 | 77.32 | 70.86 | 69.48 | 33.03 | 38.75 |
CARTERS INC passes 4 of 9 quality checks, suggesting mixed fundamentals.
CARTERS INC trades at 15.3x trailing earnings, compared to its 15-year median P/E of 13.3x, suggesting it is currently Fair relative to its historical range. On a free-cash-flow basis, the stock trades at 20.5x vs a median of 12.5x. The company's 5-year average ROIC is 17.4% with a gross margin of 46.0%. Total shareholder yield (dividends) is 4.1%. At current prices, the estimated annualized return to fair value is -7.3%.
CARTERS INC (CRI) has a net profit margin of 3.1%. This is a modest margin.
CARTERS INC (CRI) generated $69 million in free cash flow in its most recent fiscal year. Positive free cash flow supports dividends, buybacks, and debt reduction.
CARTERS INC (CRI) has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.61. This indicates moderate leverage.
CARTERS INC (CRI) reported earnings per share (EPS) of $2.53 in its most recent fiscal year.
CARTERS INC (CRI) has a return on equity (ROE) of 9.7%. This indicates moderate shareholder returns.
CARTERS INC (CRI) has a 5-year average gross margin of 46.0%. This indicates decent pricing power.
The Ledger Terminal provides 15 years of financial data for CARTERS INC (CRI), sourced directly from SEC EDGAR filings. This includes income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and key financial ratios.
CARTERS INC (CRI) has a book value per share of $26.15, based on its most recent annual SEC filing.
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