How to buy Carter’s stock (CRI)

Carter’s is an apparel retail business based in the US. Carter’s shares (CRI) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $55.20 – a decrease of 2.89% over the previous week. Carter’s employs 15,230 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $2.8 billion.

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Carter’s stock price (NYSE: CRI)

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Carter’s shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-19.

Latest market close	$55.20
52-week range	$49.52 - $84.67
50-day moving average more info button	$57.04
200-day moving average more info button	$65.86
Wall St. target price	$56.25
PE ratio more info button	8.7456
Dividend yield more info button	$3.15 (5.82%)
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$6.29

Is it a good time to buy Carter’s stock?

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Carter’s price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $55.64 from 2024-12-20

1 week (2024-12-17)	-2.11%
1 month (2024-11-25)	0.65%
3 months (2024-09-24)	-17.45%
6 months (2024-06-24)	-15.12%

1 year (2023-12-22)	-25.24%
2 years (2022-12-23)	-16.81%
3 years (2021-12-23)	86.6509
5 years (2019-12-24)	95.6386

Is Carter’s stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Carter’s stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Carter’s's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Carter’s's P/E ratio

Carter’s's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 9x. In other words, Carter’s shares trade at around 9x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

Carter’s's PEG ratio

Carter’s's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.81. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Carter’s's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Carter’s's EBITDA

Carter’s's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $366.7 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Carter’s's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Carter’s financials

Revenue TTM	$2.8 billion
Operating margin TTM	10.16%
Gross profit TTM	$1.5 billion
Return on assets TTM	8.18%
Return on equity TTM	28.55%
Profit margin	8.11%
Book value	$23.01
Market Capitalization more info button	$2 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Carter’s share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 51.78% of net profits

Recently Carter’s has paid out, on average, around 100% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Carter’s shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Carter’s's case, that would currently equate to about $3.15 per share.

Carter’s's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.

Carter’s's most recent dividend payout was on 5 December 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 24 November 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Carter’s's shares ever split?

Carter’s's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 6 June 2006 . So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Carter’s shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Carter’s shares which in turn could have impacted Carter’s's share price.

Carter’s share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Carter’s's shares have ranged in value from as little as $49.5249 up to $84.6724. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Carter’s's is 1.246. This would suggest that Carter’s's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Carter’s overview

Carter's, Inc. , together with its subsidiaries, designs, sources, and markets branded childrenswear under the Carter's, OshKosh, Skip Hop, Child of Mine, Just One You, Simple Joys, Little Planet, and other brands in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: U. S. Retail, U. S. Wholesale, and International.

Frequently asked questions

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What percentage of Carter’s is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 2.707% of Carter’s shares are held by insiders and 113.476% by institutions. How many people work for Carter’s?
Latest data suggests 15,230 work at Carter’s. When does the fiscal year end for Carter’s?
Carter’s's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Carter’s based?
Carter’s's address is: Phipps Tower, Atlanta, GA, United States, 30326 What is Carter’s's ISIN number?
Carter’s's international securities identification number is: US1462291097 What is Carter’s's CUSIP number?
Carter’s's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 146229109