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CRI Stock  USD 32.43  0.40  1.25%   

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Carters is trading at 32.43 as of the 31st of December 2025. This is a 1.25 percent increase since the beginning of the trading day. The stock's open price was 32.03. Carters has less than a 9 % chance of experiencing financial distress in the next few years but had a somewhat soft performance during the last 90 days. The performance scores are derived for the period starting the 2nd of October 2025 and ending today, the 31st of December 2025. Click here to learn more.
Business Domain
Consumer Durables & Apparel
IPO Date
24th of October 2003
Category
Consumer Cyclical
Classification
Consumer Discretionary
Carters, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, sources, and markets branded childrenswear under the Carters, OshKosh, Skip Hop, Child of Mine, Just One You, Simple Joys, Carters My First Love, little planet, and other brands in the United States and internationally. The company has 36.45 M outstanding shares of which 3.97 M shares are currently shorted by investors with about 3.78 days to cover. More on Carters

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Carters Stock Highlights

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Business ConcentrationApparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods, Consumer Durables & Apparel, Consumer Discretionary, NYSE Composite, SP Small-Cap 600, CAC All Shares, WSE WIG INDEX, CAC All Tradable, CAC All-Tradable Net, CAC Industrials, CAC All-Tradable, CAC Mid Small, CAC Small90, Warsaw WIG80 Index, Nasdaq Benchmark Consumer, Consumer Discretionary, Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods, Apparel Retail, Consumer Cyclical (View all Sectors)
Average Analyst Recommendation
Debt Levels
Carters can leverage the use of borrowed funds to amplify returns from an investment. In general, analyzing the relationship between debt to total assets helps investors to understand Carters' financial leverage. It provides some insight into what part of Carters' total assets is financed by creditors.
Liquidity
Carters has 1.13 B in debt with debt to equity (D/E) ratio of 1.41, which is OK given its current industry classification. Carters has a current ratio of 2.05, demonstrating that it is liquid and is capable to disburse its financial commitments when the payables are due. Note however, debt could still be an excellent tool for Carters to invest in growth at high rates of return.

Free Cash Flow

160.58 Million
Carters (CRI) is traded on New York Stock Exchange in USA and employs 15,350 people. Carters is listed under Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods category by Fama And French industry classification. The company currently falls under 'Mid-Cap' category with a total capitalization of 1.17 B. Carters runs under Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods sector within Consumer Discretionary industry. The entity has 36.45 M outstanding shares of which 3.97 M shares are currently shorted by investors with about 3.78 days to cover. Carters has about 412.93 M in cash with 298.79 M of positive cash flow from operations. This results in cash-per-share (CPS) ratio of 5.93.
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Ownership Allocation
The majority of Carters outstanding shares are owned by other corporate entities. These outside corporations are usually referred to as non-private investors looking to acquire positions in Carters to benefit from reduced commissions. Consequently, institutional investors are subject to a different set of regulations than regular investors in Carters. Please pay attention to any change in the institutional holdings of Carters as this could imply that something significant has changed or is about to change at the company.
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Carters Stock Institutional Holders

InstituionRecorded OnShares
Lsv Asset Management2025-06-30
1.1 M
Marshall Wace Asset Management Ltd2025-06-30
942.7 K
Geode Capital Management, Llc2025-06-30
856.2 K
Allianz Asset Management Ag2025-06-30
836.5 K
Balyasny Asset Management Llc2025-06-30
654.3 K
Bank Of New York Mellon Corp2025-06-30
611.4 K
Verition Fund Managegment, Llc2025-06-30
476.5 K
Northern Trust Corp2025-06-30
443.4 K
Wellington Management Company Llp2025-06-30
412.3 K
Blackrock Inc2025-06-30
5.5 M
Vanguard Group Inc2025-06-30
4.2 M
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Carters Risk Profiles

Investors will always prefer to have the highest possible return on investment while minimizing volatility. Carters market risk premium is the additional return an investor will receive from holding Carters long position in a well-diversified portfolio.

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Carters Corporate Directors

Richard NollIndependent DirectorProfile
David PulverLead Independent DirectorProfile
Gretchen PriceIndependent DirectorProfile
Jevin EagleIndependent DirectorProfile
When determining whether Carters offers a strong return on investment in its stock, a comprehensive analysis is essential. The process typically begins with a thorough review of Carters' financial statements, including income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements, to assess its financial health. Key financial ratios are used to gauge profitability, efficiency, and growth potential of Carters Stock. Outlined below are crucial reports that will aid in making a well-informed decision on Carters Stock:
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Is Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods space expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of Carters. If investors know Carters will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about Carters listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
Quarterly Earnings Growth
(0.80)
Dividend Share
2.1
Earnings Share
2.46
Revenue Per Share
80.125
Quarterly Revenue Growth
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The market value of Carters is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Carters that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Carters' value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Carters' true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Carters' market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Carters' underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between Carters' value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Carters is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Carters' price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.