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Carter's

NYQ:CRI · US1462291097
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury GoodsLarge

360

36
EV / EBIT44
Price / Owner Earnings25
Owner Earnings Yield43
Dividend Yield87
Price/Sales69
EV / Gross Profit68
Price/Book52
Return on Capital31
Cash Return on Capital43
Return on Equity42
EBIT Margin29
Gross Profitability64
Cash Conversion68
Accruals43
Owner Earnings Margin37
Sales growth57
Profit Growth57
Long-Term EPS Growth55
Owner Earnings Growth27
Reinvestment40
Price momentum59
Debt load27
Refinancing70
Debt Payback23
Liquidity44
Analyst ratings18
Opinion Changes50
Price Target Upside8
Market mood31
Value Creation8/20creating some value
  • Creates more value than its capital costs
  • Owner earnings growing
  • Owner earnings per share growing
  • Reinvests at strong returns
  • Solid earnings base

What this means

Carter's clears its cost of capital, but the record is mixed across the five tests. Real value creation, just not yet consistent.

Profile

CountryUSA
IndustryTextiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods
SizeLarge
TypePublic Company
ExchangeNYSE
Founded2003
Employees5,371
Websitecarters.com
ISINUS1462291097
Last UpdateApr 2, 2026
Index & Theme
Fast-Moving Consumer GoodsLifestyleApparelRetail

Description

Carter's, Inc. (Carter's) operates as an apparel company exclusively for babies and young children in North America. The company's core brands are Carter’s and OshKosh B’gosh (or ‘OshKosh’), iconic and among the sector’s most trusted names. The comp…

Analysis

Middle-of-the-road

Carter's, Inc. is a middle-of-the-road business: neither the economics nor the price stand out from the peer group.

The price is fair. You pay 15.9× its owner earnings: the cash an owner could take out each year, which is in the historically fair zone. At today's price, the market is assuming roughly 3% yearly growth; analysts expect 95%. The price, in other words, assumes less than the experts do.

The trajectory is moderate and the balance sheet is adequate. The company scores 8/20 on our value-creation score: creating some value.

What to watch: Some accounting patterns deserve a closer look. As always: this describes the company's numbers; it is not a recommendation.

360° rank · history

1007550250
63
2023202420252026

All-time high

63

Jun 2026

All-time low

21

Jan 2023

Average rank

45

across all years

Detailed & Historical Ranks

Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.

Current202520242023
Price/Sales
69
52
44
54
Price/Earnings
65
77
49
46
Price/Book
52
47
30
28
Dividend Yield
87
99
89
83
Value (overall)
91
77
53
55

Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.

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Make Sense of the Ranks

Every rank runs 1–100 against true peers. Higher is always better.

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1 · Watch OutGood· 100
Value
1 · ExpensiveGood Value· 100
Quality
1 · Weak FundamentalsHigh Quality· 100
Growth
1 · Tough TimesHigh Growth· 100
Safety
1 · High LeverageWell-Financed· 100
Sentiment
1 · SkepticismPositive· 100
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