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NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, INC. · Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods · CIK 0001060822
$33.93
+4.46% · live
Updated
$1.24B market value
From CARTERS INC's FY2026 10-K, filed Feb 27, 2026 · read the filing
CARTERS makes clothing. It took in $2.90B last year, which makes it a mid-sized company. Of every dollar it sells, about 3 cents is left as profit.
The financial picture is led by debt, with profitability and growth worth watching.
A conclusion from the filings, not a recommendation. Detailed figures and supporting evidence appear in their dedicated sections below.
Financial health
Generally healthy, with a few things to watch.
From CARTERS INC's FY2026 annual filing · share price scored separately
Largest year-over-year changes in FY2026
Operating income
$254.7M → $143.9M
Profit
$185.5M → $91.8M
Free cash flow
$242.6M → $68.6M
Earnings per share
$5.15 → $2.52
Measured against FY2024, from the 10-K filed Feb 27, 2026
Deteriorated: -43.5%
$254.7M to $143.9MCritical
Why it matters: Profit from running the business, before interest and tax. Less exposed than profit to one-off financing and tax items, so a clearer read on the business itself.
Deteriorated: -50.5%
$185.5M to $91.8MCritical
Why it matters: Profit swings far more than sales do, and one-off items — a legal settlement, a tax charge, an asset sale — move it without the underlying business changing.
How the latest move compares (quote live), and what was published around it
CRI rose 4.46% on the latest quote. The average Consumer Discretionary company tracked here moved +2.31%, and the S&P 500 −1.04%. That is 2.2 points above its sector and 5.5 points above the market.
These coincide with the move in time. None is presented as its cause: a price can move on news that names no company, on the wider market, or on trading that no document records.
Expectations
Not from the filings — what other people are betting on, and what the price already assumes.
Opinions from 12 analysts covering this company, as of . Their views, not this site's.
Of 12 analysts publishing on this company, 3 say strong buy, 3 say buy, 5 say hold and 1 say sell. Analysts are paid to publish a view and are wrong often; the split above says how much they agree with each other, which is the part a single headline rating hides.
Published by Finnhub. Analyst coverage skews towards larger companies and towards optimism — sell ratings are rare across the whole market, so a company with none is ordinary rather than endorsed.
The essentials
Each answered from the filings, with the numbers behind it.
Yes. It keeps about 3 cents of every dollar of sales as profit, earning $91.8M last year.
Barely. Sales were roughly flat, up 1.9%.
No. Its borrowings would take under a year of cash flow to clear. For every $1 it owes, it owns $1.56 in assets.
Core operating and valuation reference metrics
Whether the dividend is covered by what the business actually earns
It pays out 61 cents of every dollar of profit and keeps the rest, which leaves the payment comfortably covered. It paid out 46% of the cash its operations generated. It has paid in each of the last 11 years.
GoodFigures from the FY2026 annual filing
Last year it earned $91.8M and generated $122.3M of cash from operations.
Reported annual figures
As reported to the SEC, in USD. Hover or show sources to see where each figure came from.
| Income statement | FY202610-K · Feb 27, 2026Filing for FY2026 | FY202410-K · Feb 25, 2025Filing for FY2024 | FY202310-K · Feb 27, 2024Filing for FY2023 | FY202210-K · Feb 24, 2023Filing for FY2022 | FY202110-K · Feb 25, 2022Filing for FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RevenueWhat is this? | $2.90B | $2.84B | $2.95B | $3.21B | $3.02B |
| Gross profit | $1.31B | $1.37B | $1.40B | $1.47B | $1.31B |
| Gross marginGross profit ÷ revenueWhat is this? | 45.4% | 48.0% | 47.4% | 45.8% | 43.4% |
| Selling, general and administrative | $1.19B | $1.10B | $1.09B | $1.11B | $1.11B |
| Operating income | $143.9M | $254.7M | $323.4M | $379.2M | $189.9M |
| Operating marginOperating income ÷ revenueWhat is this? | 5.0% | 9.0% | 11.0% | 11.8% | 6.3% |
| Interest expense | $34.2M | $31.3M | $34.0M | $42.8M | $56.1M |
| Income before tax | $113.8M | $230.8M | $302.2M | $316.7M | $135.0M |
| Net income | $91.8M | $185.5M | $232.5M | $250.0M | $109.7M |
| Net marginNet income ÷ revenueWhat is this? | 3.2% | 6.5% | 7.9% | 7.8% | 3.6% |
| Earnings per shareNet income ÷ shares outstanding at the period end — close to, but not the same as, the reported EPSWhat is this? | $2.52 | $5.15 | $6.36 | $6.63 | $2.51 |
† calculated from other reported figures, such as total liabilities as assets minus equity. There is no consecutive earlier year to compare with.
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Was granted or awarded shares — 15 shares
Holds 27,035 shares after this filing.
Had shares withheld to cover taxes — 1,124 shares at $39.06 ($43.9K)
Holds 54,451 shares after this filing.
20 recent filings, newest first. Each is labelled from its form and item numbers, not from its wording.
Reported another event
Read the filingMade a Regulation FD disclosure
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Every company's figures are checked for internal consistency: the balance sheet adding up, figures sharing one currency, cash flow and share counts within plausible ranges, and how recent the latest annual report is. Nothing here changes a figure.
Financial figures are from CRI's 10-K for fiscal year 2026 (period ending 2026-01-03, filed Feb 27, 2026), reported under the US GAAP taxonomy. View the source filing.
3 of 4 scored areas had enough reported figures to judge
The score averages profitability, growth, debt and accounting. Accounting had too few reported figures and is left out of the average rather than counted as a weakness, so a company is never marked down for a figure it did not publish. Cash generation is shown for context and already feeds profitability. Valuation is scored separately, because a share price says nothing about whether the business is sound. 9 of the 9 Piotroski checks could be evaluated. How the score works
Each year scored only from its annual report as it was first filed
| Fiscal year | Health | F-Score | Scored from |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 8.0 | 3/3 | 10-K, filed Feb 27, 2026 |
| FY2024 | 6.0 | 7/9 | 10-K, filed Feb 25, 2025 |
| FY2023 | 6.0 | 6/9 | 10-K, filed Feb 27, 2024 |
| FY2022 | 6.0 | 7/9 | 10-K, filed Feb 24, 2023 |
| FY2021 | 8.0 | 3/3 | 10-K, filed Feb 26, 2021 |
| FY2019 | 8.0 | 5/9 | 10-K, filed Feb 24, 2020 |
A later restatement never reaches back into an earlier year, and every year is scored without a share price, so the latest point can differ a little from the headline score, which uses today's price.
Every check behind the three models, and what each one tests
5 of 9 checks passed
Nine yes-or-no tests of whether this year's finances improved on last year's.
2.63
In the grey zone
For this model, above 2.99 is safe and below 1.81 is distress.
Distance from bankruptcy, from a model fitted on companies that did and did not go bust. It describes a balance sheet's shape today; it does not forecast a failure.
not reported — This company has not reported enough of the required figures to calculate this score.
This company has not reported enough of the required figures to calculate this score.
Screens eight accounting ratios for the pattern earnings manipulators tend to leave. A flag is a reason to read the filing closely, never evidence of wrongdoing.
Every figure above comes from the FY2026 filing as filed with the SEC.
Deteriorated: -71.7%
$242.6M to $68.6MCritical
Why it matters: Cash left after paying for the plant that produced it — the money genuinely available for dividends, buybacks or paying down debt. Harder to flatter than profit.
Deteriorated: -51.0%
$5.15 to $2.52Critical
Why it matters: Profit divided by the shares in issue at the period end, so it sits close to but not on the company's own reported figure. It can rise with no growth in profit when the company buys back stock — read it beside the share count.
Changed: -51.5%
$116.2M to $56.4MCritical
Why it matters: Cash handed to shareholders. A rise can be a higher dividend or simply more shares, and a cut is a decision the company explains in its own filing — neither is rated here.
Deteriorated: −4.0 pts
9.0% to 5.0%Significant
Why it matters: What survives each sale after running the business. A falling operating margin beside a steady gross margin points at overheads — wages, marketing, research — rather than pricing.
Deteriorated: −3.4 pts
6.5% to 3.2%Significant
Why it matters: What survives to the very end of each sale. Worth reading beside revenue: growing sales on a shrinking margin means the company is buying its growth.
Improved: +18.0%
$412.9M to $487.1MSignificant
Why it matters: A falling cash pile is only a warning if the company is consuming it. Paying down debt, buying back stock and paying a dividend all reduce cash by choice.
Deteriorated: −2.6 pts
48.0% to 45.4%Notable
Why it matters: What survives each sale before overheads. Falling gross margin usually means the company is discounting or its input costs rose — it is the earliest place pricing pressure shows.
Deteriorated: +13.9%
$498.1M to $567.2MNotable
Why it matters: Rising debt is not automatically bad — borrowing to build something that earns more than the interest is ordinary. It matters when it grows faster than the profit meant to service it.
Deteriorated: +1.1%
36.0M to 36.4MNotable
Why it matters: New shares divide the same company into more pieces, so each existing holding owns slightly less of it. Often pay for staff or an acquisition rather than anything wrong.
Q2 FY2026 against Q2 FY2025, from the 10-Q filed Jul 31, 2026 — read it.
Improved: +46.4%
$281.8M to $412.6MCritical
Why it matters: What is left of sales after the direct cost of producing them. It normally moves with revenue, so a move out of step with revenue is the part worth noticing.
Improved: +3357.6%
$4.0M to $139.8MCritical
Why it matters: Profit from running the business, before interest and tax. Less exposed than profit to one-off financing and tax items, so a clearer read on the business itself.
Improved: +23433.2%
$446.0K to $105.0MCritical
Why it matters: Profit swings far more than sales do, and one-off items — a legal settlement, a tax charge, an asset sale — move it without the underlying business changing.
Improved: +18.9 pts
48.1% to 67.0%Critical
Why it matters: What survives each sale before overheads. Falling gross margin usually means the company is discounting or its input costs rose — it is the earliest place pricing pressure shows.
Improved: +22.0 pts
0.7% to 22.7%Critical
Why it matters: What survives each sale after running the business. A falling operating margin beside a steady gross margin points at overheads — wages, marketing, research — rather than pricing.
Improved: +17.0 pts
0.1% to 17.1%Critical
Why it matters: What survives to the very end of each sale. Worth reading beside revenue: growing sales on a shrinking margin means the company is buying its growth.
Improved: +23276.2%
$0.01 to $2.86Critical
Why it matters: Profit divided by the shares in issue at the period end, so it sits close to but not on the company's own reported figure. It can rise with no growth in profit when the company buys back stock — read it beside the share count.
Improved: +93.3%
$338.2M to $653.6MCritical
Why it matters: A falling cash pile is only a warning if the company is consuming it. Paying down debt, buying back stock and paying a dividend all reduce cash by choice.
Improved: +5.2%
$585.3M to $615.5MNotable
Why it matters: Sales are what everything else is built on. A fall can be lost customers, lower prices, or a business the company sold — the filing itself says which.
Deteriorated: +13.9%
$498.5M to $567.8MNotable
Why it matters: Rising debt is not automatically bad — borrowing to build something that earns more than the interest is ordinary. It matters when it grows faster than the profit meant to service it.
Q2 FY2026 against Q1 FY2026, from the 10-Q filed Jul 31, 2026 — read it. Quarter-to-quarter moves include seasonal swings — a retailer's holiday quarter — which the year-earlier comparison removes.
Improved: +40.4%
$293.9M to $412.6MCritical
Why it matters: What is left of sales after the direct cost of producing them. It normally moves with revenue, so a move out of step with revenue is the part worth noticing.
Improved: +391.6%
$28.4M to $139.8MCritical
Why it matters: Profit from running the business, before interest and tax. Less exposed than profit to one-off financing and tax items, so a clearer read on the business itself.
Improved: +632.1%
$14.3M to $105.0MCritical
Why it matters: Profit swings far more than sales do, and one-off items — a legal settlement, a tax charge, an asset sale — move it without the underlying business changing.
Improved: +23.9 pts
43.1% to 67.0%Critical
Why it matters: What survives each sale before overheads. Falling gross margin usually means the company is discounting or its input costs rose — it is the earliest place pricing pressure shows.
Improved: +18.5 pts
4.2% to 22.7%Critical
Why it matters: What survives each sale after running the business. A falling operating margin beside a steady gross margin points at overheads — wages, marketing, research — rather than pricing.
Improved: +14.9 pts
2.1% to 17.1%Critical
Why it matters: What survives to the very end of each sale. Worth reading beside revenue: growing sales on a shrinking margin means the company is buying its growth.
Improved: +634.9%
$0.39 to $2.86Critical
Why it matters: Profit divided by the shares in issue at the period end, so it sits close to but not on the company's own reported figure. It can rise with no growth in profit when the company buys back stock — read it beside the share count.
Improved: +38.0%
$473.4M to $653.6MSignificant
Why it matters: A falling cash pile is only a warning if the company is consuming it. Paying down debt, buying back stock and paying a dividend all reduce cash by choice.
Deteriorated: -9.6%
$681.1M to $615.5MNotable
Why it matters: Sales are what everything else is built on. A fall can be lost customers, lower prices, or a business the company sold — the filing itself says which.
3 other measures barely moved. Figures compare the two most recent annual filings — read the latest one. Moves are graded on fixed lines — 5%, 15% and 40% for amounts, and 1, 3 and 8 points for margins — as notable, significant or critical. Nothing here reads the management commentary, which is where a company explains its own numbers.
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About 20.8% of this company's shares have been borrowed and sold by people expecting to buy them back cheaper. That is a bet the price falls. Those people can be wrong, and when a heavily shorted share rises they have to buy it back, which pushes it up further.
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The trailing P/E is 9.4x — investors pay $9.4 for each $1 of trailing profit.
This company has not reported enough of the required figures to calculate this score.
Had shares withheld to cover taxes — 2,842 shares at $39.96 ($113.6K)
Holds 41,390 shares after this filing.
Had shares withheld to cover taxes — 8,743 shares at $39.96 ($349.4K)
Holds 88,725 shares after this filing.
Had shares withheld to cover taxes — 4,426 shares at $39.96 ($176.9K)
Holds 63,297 shares after this filing.
Not investment advice, and not a signal to act on by itself — a filing says what happened, not why, and insiders trade for ordinary reasons having nothing to do with where they think the company is headed.
Quarterly report for Q2 FY2026
Revenue +5.2% · Operating margin +22.0 pts · Gross profit +46.4% — against Q2 FY2025
Published results
Read the filingHeld a shareholder vote · Made a Regulation FD disclosure
Read the filingQuarterly report for Q1 FY2026
Revenue +8.1% · Free cash flow $58.4M narrower · Cash +47.6% — against Q1 FY2025
Read the filingPublished results
Read the filingHad a director or senior officer leave or join · Published results · Made a Regulation FD disclosure
Read the filingProxy statement for a shareholder meeting
Read the filingAnnual report for FY2026
Read the filingPublished results
Read the filingPublished results
Read the filingHad a director or senior officer leave or join
Read the filingSigned a material agreement · Took on a direct financial obligation
Read the filingSigned a material agreement · Took on a direct financial obligation · Reported another event
Read the filingAmended its charter or changed its financial year · Made a Regulation FD disclosure
Read the filingReported another event
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Read the filingQuarterly report for Q3 FY2025
Operating margin −6.3 pts · Operating income -62.2% · Profit -80.1% — against Q3 FY2024
Read the filingAnnounced restructuring or exit costs · Published results
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