Carter's CRI Ratios & Valuation
| FY'25 | FY'24 | FY'23 | FY'22 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | |||||
| Gross margin | 45.4%-2.6pp | 48%+0.6pp | 47.4%+1.6pp | 45.8%-1.8pp | |
| Operating margin | 5%-4.0pp | 9%-2.0pp | 11%-0.8pp | 11.8%-2.5pp | |
| Net margin | 3.2%-3.4pp | 6.5%-1.4pp | 7.9%+0.1pp | 7.8%-2.0pp | |
| EBITDA margin | 6.7%-4.1pp | 10.9%-2.2pp | 13%-0.7pp | 13.7%-3.1pp | |
| Free cash flow margin | 2.4%-6.2pp | 8.5%-8.1pp | 16.6%+15.1pp | 1.5%-5.1pp | |
| Returns | |||||
| Return on equity | 10.3%-11.5pp | 21.8%-6.5pp | 28.3%-0.3pp | 28.6%-7.4pp | |
| Return on assets | 3.7%-4.0pp | 7.7%-1.9pp | 9.7%+0.8pp | 8.9%-1.4pp | |
| Return on invested capital | 7.2%-5.8pp | 13%-1.9pp | 14.9%-3.2pp | 18.1%-6.7pp | |
| Efficiency | |||||
| Asset turnover | 1.2×0.0× | 1.2×0.0× | 1.2×+0.1× | 1.1×+0.1× | |
| Liquidity | |||||
| Current ratio | 2.5×+0.3× | 2.2×+0.1× | 2.2×-0.1× | 2.2×-0.4× | |
| Quick ratio | 1.4×+0.2× | 1.3×+0.2× | 1.1×+0.3× | 0.8×-0.9× | |
| Cash ratio | 1×+0.2× | 0.8×+0.1× | 0.7×+0.3× | 0.4×-1.0× | |
| Leverage | |||||
| Debt-to-equity | 1.3×0.0× | 1.3×0.0× | 1.3×-0.2× | 1.5×-0.2× | |
| Debt-to-assets | 0.5×0.0× | 0.5×0.0× | 0.5×0.0× | 0.5×0.0× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.7×+1.4× | 2.3×+0.4× | 1.9×-0.3× | 2.2×+1.2× | |
| Interest coverage | 4.2×-3.9× | 8.1×-1.4× | 9.5×+0.7× | 8.9×+0.6× | |
| Valuation | |||||
| Market capitalization | $1.26B-35.1% | $1.94B-30.2% | $2.79B-12.5% | $3.18B-19.2% | |
| Enterprise value | $1.99B-25.3% | $2.66B-24.3% | $3.52B-15.3% | $4.15B-8.4% | |
| Price / earnings | 13.7×+3.3× | 10.5×-1.5× | 12×-0.7× | 12.7×+1.1× | |
| Price / sales | 0.4×-0.2× | 0.7×-0.3× | 0.9×0.0× | 1×-0.1× | |
| Price / book | 1.4×-0.9× | 2.3×-1.0× | 3.3×-0.7× | 4×-0.1× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 10.2×+1.6× | 8.6×-0.5× | 9.2×-0.3× | 9.4×+1.7× | |
| EV / sales | 0.7×-0.3× | 0.9×-0.3× | 1.2×-0.1× | 1.3×0.0× | |
| Free cash flow yield | 5.4%-7.0pp | 12.5%-5.1pp | 17.5%+16.0pp | 1.5%-4.4pp | |
| Earnings yield | 7.3%-2.3pp | 9.5%+1.2pp | 8.3%+0.5pp | 7.9%-0.8pp | |
| Dividend yield | 4.5%-1.5pp | 6%+2.0pp | 4%+0.3pp | 3.7%+2.2pp |
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- 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.