Carter's

US · CRI #3137 by market cap

32.45 -1.38 -4.08%

Live - 5344 symbols - heartbeat 525s ago · 2026-10-07 20:02

After-hours 32.45 0.00%

Market cap: 1.19B
P/E (TTM): 6.05
P/B: 1.16
EPS: 2.53
Div yield: 3.08%
52W pos: 33%

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✦ Quant Financial Health how this is computed

Fair

Altman Z-Score is 2.62, in the 1.8-3.0 "grey zone".
Most reliable for industrial/manufacturing companies; less meaningful for banks, insurers and other financials.

Revenue annual, last 8 years

Latest year +1.91% YoY

Margins

Gross margin: 45.36%
Operating margin: 4.97%
Net margin: 3.09%

Key ratios & quality

Enterprise value: 1.39B
Altman Z-Score: 2.62

Altman Z-Score below ~1.8 suggests financial distress risk, above ~3.0 suggests low risk; the model is most reliable for industrial/manufacturing companies and less meaningful for banks and other financial firms.

Income statement

Line item	2018	2019	2021	2021	2022	2023	2024	2026
Revenue	3.46B	3.52B	3.02B	3.49B	3.21B	2.95B	2.84B	2.90B
Gross profit	1.50B	1.51B	1.31B	1.66B	1.47B	1.40B	1.37B	1.31B
Selling & admin expenses	1.14B	1.14B	1.11B	1.19B	1.11B	1.09B	1.10B	1.19B
Research & development	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Operating profit	391.43M	402.67M	234.11M	497.08M	388.17M	323.41M	284.73M	143.93M
Pretax profit	355.98M	327.95M	134.98M	438.29M	316.74M	302.24M	230.81M	113.83M
Tax	73.91M	64.15M	25.27M	98.54M	66.70M	69.74M	45.30M	22.04M
Net profit	282.07M	263.80M	109.72M	339.75M	250.04M	232.50M	185.51M	91.80M
Basic EPS	6	6	3	8	6	6	5	3
Diluted EPS	6.00	5.85	2.50	7.81	6.34	6.24	5.12	2.53

Line item	2025-03	2025-06	2025-09	2026-01	2026-04	2026-07
Revenue	629.83M	585.31M	757.84M	925.45M	681.11M	615.49M
Gross profit	291.09M	281.76M	341.63M	400.16M	293.87M	412.60M
Selling & admin expenses	270.32M	280.97M	317.96M	319.56M	270.05M	276.14M
Research & development	--	--	--	--	--	--
Operating profit	26.10M	4.04M	29.09M	84.69M	28.44M	139.83M
Pretax profit	21.35M	1.70M	14.83M	75.95M	19.86M	136.65M
Tax	5.81M	1.26M	3.24M	11.73M	5.52M	31.69M
Net profit	15.54M	446.00K	11.59M	64.22M	14.34M	104.96M
Basic EPS	0	0	0	2	0	3
Diluted EPS	0.43	0.01	0.32	1.76	0.39	2.87

Balance sheet

Line item	2018	2019	2021	2021	2022	2023	2024	2026
Total current assets	1.04B	1.11B	1.95B	1.90B	1.19B	1.10B	1.14B	1.27B
Cash & ST investments	170.08M	214.31M	1.10B	984.29M	211.75M	351.21M	412.93M	508.81M
Inventory	574.23M	593.99M	599.26M	647.74M	744.57M	537.13M	502.33M	544.62M
Total assets	2.06B	2.75B	3.39B	3.19B	2.44B	2.38B	2.43B	2.57B
Total current liabilities	327.42M	475.50M	792.53M	717.23M	528.95M	511.86M	508.82M	506.00M
Short-term debt	--	160.23M	185.15M	133.74M	142.43M	135.37M	130.56M	136.49M
Long-term debt	593.26M	594.67M	989.53M	991.37M	616.62M	497.35M	498.13M	567.17M
Total liabilities	1,189,425,000.00	1,872,987,000.00	2,454,547,000.00	2,237,812,000.00	1,643,306,000.00	1,533,363,000.00	1,578,605,000.00	1,640,422,000.00
Total equity	869.43M	880.13M	938.03M	950.19M	796.41M	845.25M	854.56M	925.05M
Retained earnings	909.82M	915.32M	952.60M	978.67M	830.37M	868.80M	894.02M	929.46M

Line item	2025-03	2025-06	2025-09	2026-01	2026-04	2026-07
Total current assets	1.05B	1.16B	1.13B	1.27B	1.21B	1.47B
Cash & ST investments	320.79M	338.18M	184.19M	508.81M	473.44M	653.57M
Inventory	474.12M	619.07M	656.15M	544.62M	465.88M	577.74M
Total assets	2.33B	2.46B	2.47B	2.57B	2.48B	2.73B
Total current liabilities	409.35M	525.67M	501.69M	506.00M	433.43M	596.22M
Short-term debt	125.56M	124.00M	150.55M	136.49M	133.38M	132.72M
Long-term debt	498.33M	498.53M	498.74M	567.17M	567.49M	567.81M
Total liabilities	1,484,555,000.00	1,601,650,000.00	1,604,797,000.00	1,640,422,000.00	1,555,698,000.00	1,705,037,000.00
Total equity	847.25M	853.90M	864.64M	925.05M	928.46M	1.03B
Retained earnings	880.56M	871.89M	874.36M	929.46M	934.58M	1.03B

Cash flow

Line item	2018	2019	2021	2021	2022	2023	2024	2026
Operating cash flow	356.20M	387.22M	588.49M	268.26M	88.36M	529.13M	298.79M	122.33M
Depreciation & amortization	89.65M	95.95M	94.00M	94.11M	65.28M	64.14M	57.93M	55.26M
Free cash flow	292.42M	325.80M	555.62M	230.82M	48.00M	469.27M	242.62M	68.63M
Dividends paid	-83.72M	-89.59M	-26.26M	-60.12M	-118.11M	-112.01M	-116.18M	-56.36M
Stock buybacks / issuance	-193.03M	-196.91M	-45.26M	-299.34M	-299.67M	-100.03M	-50.53M	0
Ending cash balance	170.08M	214.31M	1.10B	984.29M	211.75M	351.21M	412.93M	487.08M

Line item	2025-03	2025-06	2025-09	2026-01	2026-04	2026-07
Operating cash flow	-48.64M	40.31M	-127.97M	258.64M	6.42M	195.88M
Depreciation & amortization	13.25M	13.56M	13.77M	14.69M	13.63M	13.02M
Free cash flow	-58.99M	24.11M	-144.09M	247.60M	-543.00K	190.04M
Dividends paid	-29.00M	-9.12M	-9.13M	-9.11M	-9.22M	-9.13M
Stock buybacks / issuance	--	--	--	0	--	--
Ending cash balance	320.79M	338.18M	184.19M	487.08M	473.44M	653.57M

Returns & efficiency

Line item	2018	2019	2021	2021	2022	2023	2024	2026
ROE %	32.43	29.88	11.95	35.55	28.21	27.80	21.39	10.06
ROA %	13.57	10.86	3.53	10.18	8.73	9.47	7.56	3.58
ROIC %	20.90	14.82	6.16	14.68	12.38	12.84	10.13	5.15
5-year avg ROE %	30.77	31.58	28.30	29.26	27.60	26.68	24.98	24.60
EBIT margin %	11.28	10.39	6.32	14.30	11.19	11.41	9.22	5.11
FCF / sales %	8.45	9.26	18.42	6.62	1.49	15.93	8.53	2.37
Current ratio	3.19	2.33	2.46	2.65	2.25	2.15	2.25	2.51
Quick ratio	1.31	0.98	1.63	1.69	0.78	1.05	1.19	1.36
Debt / assets	28.82	51.55	50.97	49.15	48.40	45.47	46.45	47.25
LT debt / equity	68.24	143.05	164.60	150.84	130.38	111.94	116.98	116.28
Interest coverage	11.30	9.72	3.41	8.27	8.40	9.90	8.37	4.33
Revenue CAGR (3Y) %	4.73	3.24	-3.83	0.23	-2.99	-0.88	-6.56	-3.37
Net income CAGR (3Y) %	5.85	0.78	-28.71	6.40	-1.77	28.44	-18.27	-28.40
FCF CAGR (3Y) %	12.66	5.09	28.78	-7.58	-47.19	-5.47	1.68	12.66

Line item	2025-03	2025-06	2025-09	2026-01	2026-04	2026-07
ROE %	18.92	15.91	10.24	10.06	9.93	20.24
ROA %	6.92	5.51	3.58	3.58	3.66	7.34
ROIC %	9.06	7.67	5.08	5.15	5.28	9.98
5-year avg ROE %	--	--	--	--	--	--
EBIT margin %	8.30	7.09	5.11	5.11	5.10	9.70
FCF / sales %	7.87	4.95	3.25	2.37	4.31	9.83
Current ratio	2.56	2.20	2.26	2.51	2.80	2.47
Quick ratio	1.28	0.91	0.84	1.36	1.55	1.38
Debt / assets	48.14	45.79	47.72	47.25	48.16	43.36
LT debt / equity	117.67	117.15	118.88	116.28	114.48	102.41
Interest coverage	7.47	6.43	4.66	4.33	3.94	6.94
Revenue CAGR (3Y) %	--	--	--	--	--	--
Net income CAGR (3Y) %	--	--	--	--	--	--
FCF CAGR (3Y) %	--	--	--	--	--	--

✦ Quant Revenue Concentration how this is computed

Lead segment, long tail

U.S. Retail is the largest reported line at 49.50% of revenue, across 3 reported segments.
U.S. Wholesale follows at 35.02%, so the top line still matters most but isn’t the whole story.

Revenue breakdown most recent period

Business

U.S. Retail49.50%

U.S. Wholesale35.02%

International15.48%

Quote time 2026-10-07 20:02:36 · For reference only, not investment advice and not tailored to your situation.