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Carter's CRI Return on invested capital

Return on invested capital at other companies

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Burlington StoresBURL
10.4%+0.2pp
Urban Outfitters logo
Urban OutfittersURBN
14%+0.8pp
Dillards logo
DillardsDDS
51.8%+9.5pp
Steven Madden logo
Steven MaddenSHOO
7.2%-12.3pp
Amazon logo
AmazonAMZN
14%-3.8pp
Skyline Champion logo
Skyline ChampionSKY
20.1%+1.2pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$681.1M+8.1%
Gross profit$293.9M+1.0%
Operating income$28.4M+9.0%
Net income$14.3M-7.7%
EPS (diluted)$0.39-9.3%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$473.4M+47.6%
Total debt$1.2B+6.6%
Total equity$928.5M+9.6%
Total assets$2.5B+6.5%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$6.4M+113%
CapEx$7.0M-32.7%
Free cash flow-$543.0K+99.1%

Valuation

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Market cap$1.6B-4.4%

Profitability

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Gross margin44.7%-3.0pp
Operating margin5%-3.1pp
Net margin3.1%-2.7pp
FCF margin4.3%-3.6pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity10.2%-9.1pp
Debt / equity1.3×0.0×
Current ratio2.8×+0.2×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Carter's’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Carter's’s 10-Q, filed May 6, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Carter's's return on invested capital?
Carter's (CRI) reported return on invested capital of 7.1% in Q1 2026.
How has Carter's's return on invested capital changed year-over-year?
Carter's's return on invested capital decreased by 35.2% year-over-year, from 11% to 7.1%.
What is the long-term trend for Carter's's return on invested capital?
Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Carter's's return on invested capital has grown at a -3.2% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 8.5% to 7.2%.
What does return on invested capital mean?
Net operating profit after tax (operating income taxed at the effective rate) divided by average invested capital (debt plus equity minus cash). Measures the after-tax return on all capital put to work in the business, independent of capital structure.