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Carter's CRI Ratios & Valuation

Q1 '26Q4 '25Q3 '25Q2 '25Q1 '25
Profitability
Gross margin44.7%-3.0pp45.4%-2.6pp46.8%-1.5pp47.3%-1.1pp47.7%-0.5pp
Operating margin5%-3.1pp5%-4.0pp5%-5.8pp6.7%-4.5pp8%-3.0pp
Net margin3.1%-2.7pp3.2%-3.4pp3.1%-5.0pp4.8%-3.5pp5.8%-2.3pp
Returns
Return on equity10.2%-9.1pp10.3%-11.5pp10.5%-18.0pp16.3%-13.7pp19.3%-9.3pp
Return on invested capital7.1%-3.9pp7.2%-5.8pp6.2%-7.6pp9.5%-6.1pp11%-3.5pp
Efficiency
Asset turnover1.2×0.0×1.2×0.0×1.2×0.0×1.2×-0.1×1.2×-0.1×
Liquidity
Current ratio2.8×+0.2×2.5×+0.3×2.3×0.0×2.2×+0.1×2.6×+0.1×
Leverage
Debt-to-equity1.3×0.0×1.3×0.0×1.4×0.0×1.3×0.0×1.3×0.0×
Net debt / EBITDA3.6×+0.8×3.7×+1.4×5.1×+2.6×3.2×+1.3×2.9×+0.8×
Valuation
Market capitalization$1.33B-4.4%$1.26B-35.1%$1.14B-41.9%$883.12M-59.6%$1.39B-44.2%
Price / earnings14.7×+6.2×13.7×+3.3×12.8×+4.3×6.5×-2.7×8.5×-2.1×
Price / sales0.5×0.0×0.4×-0.2×0.4×-0.3×0.3×-0.4×0.5×-0.4×
Price / book1.4×-0.2×1.4×-0.9×1.3×-1.1×-1.7×1.6×-1.3×
EV / EBITDA10.4×+2.5×10.2×+1.6×11×+3.0×6.9×-0.8×7.9×-0.8×
Dividend yield2.7%-5.6pp4.5%-1.5pp6.6%+0.8pp10.8%+5.6pp8.3%+3.8pp

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Questions, answered.

What are Carter's's profit margins?
Carter's (CRI) runs a 44.7% gross margin and a 5.0% operating margin, with a 3.1% net margin.
Where do Carter's's ratios come from?
Every ratio is computed from Carter's's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.