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.

Carter's CRI Ratios & Valuation

Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Ratios Segments

Quarterly Annual TTM

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	Q1 '26	Q4 '25	Q3 '25	Q2 '25	Q1 '25
Profitability
Gross margin	44.7%-3.0pp	45.4%-2.6pp	46.8%-1.5pp	47.3%-1.1pp	47.7%-0.5pp
Operating margin	5%-3.1pp	5%-4.0pp	5%-5.8pp	6.7%-4.5pp	8%-3.0pp
Net margin	3.1%-2.7pp	3.2%-3.4pp	3.1%-5.0pp	4.8%-3.5pp	5.8%-2.3pp
EBITDA margin	6.7%-3.2pp	6.7%-4.1pp	6.8%-5.9pp	8.5%-4.7pp	9.9%-3.2pp
Free cash flow margin	4.3%-3.6pp	2.4%-6.2pp	3.2%-6.5pp	5%-8.0pp	7.9%-6.7pp
Returns
Return on equity	10.2%-9.1pp	10.3%-11.5pp	10.5%-18.0pp	16.3%-13.7pp	19.3%-9.3pp
Return on assets	3.8%-3.3pp	3.7%-4.0pp	3.7%-6.1pp	5.6%-4.6pp	7.1%-3.2pp
Return on invested capital	7.1%-3.9pp	7.2%-5.8pp	6.2%-7.6pp	9.5%-6.1pp	11%-3.5pp
Efficiency
Asset turnover	1.2×0.0×	1.2×0.0×	1.2×0.0×	1.2×-0.1×	1.2×-0.1×
Liquidity
Current ratio	2.8×+0.2×	2.5×+0.3×	2.3×0.0×	2.2×+0.1×	2.6×+0.1×
Quick ratio	1.7×+0.3×	1.4×+0.2×	1×0.0×	1×+0.1×	1.4×+0.1×
Cash ratio	1.1×+0.3×	1×+0.2×	0.4×0.0×	0.6×0.0×	0.8×+0.1×
Leverage
Debt-to-equity	1.3×0.0×	1.3×0.0×	1.4×0.0×	1.3×0.0×	1.3×0.0×
Debt-to-assets	0.5×0.0×	0.5×0.0×	0.5×0.0×	0.5×0.0×	0.5×0.0×
Net debt / EBITDA	3.6×+0.8×	3.7×+1.4×	5.1×+2.6×	3.2×+1.3×	2.9×+0.8×
Interest coverage	3.8×-3.4×	4.2×-3.9×	4.6×-5.4×	6.1×-4.0×	7.2×-2.8×
Valuation
Market capitalization	$1.33B-4.4%	$1.26B-35.1%	$1.14B-41.9%	$883.12M-59.6%	$1.39B-44.2%
Enterprise value	$2.05B-6.4%	$1.99B-25.3%	$2.14B-26.5%	$1.67B-43.1%	$2.19B-33.6%
Price / earnings	14.7×+6.2×	13.7×+3.3×	12.8×+4.3×	6.5×-2.7×	8.5×-2.1×
Price / sales	0.5×0.0×	0.4×-0.2×	0.4×-0.3×	0.3×-0.4×	0.5×-0.4×
Price / book	1.4×-0.2×	1.4×-0.9×	1.3×-1.1×	1×-1.7×	1.6×-1.3×
EV / EBITDA	10.4×+2.5×	10.2×+1.6×	11×+3.0×	6.9×-0.8×	7.9×-0.8×
EV / sales	0.7×-0.1×	0.7×-0.3×	0.8×-0.3×	0.6×-0.4×	0.8×-0.4×
Free cash flow yield	9.5%-6.3pp	5.4%-7.0pp	8%-6.0pp	15.9%-1.2pp	15.9%-1.1pp
Earnings yield	6.8%-4.9pp	7.3%-2.3pp	7.8%-3.9pp	15.4%+4.5pp	11.7%+2.3pp
Dividend yield	2.7%-5.6pp	4.5%-1.5pp	6.6%+0.8pp	10.8%+5.6pp	8.3%+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.