Equities Analysts Offer Predictions for Carter’s Q1 Earnings

Carter’s, Inc. (NYSE:CRI) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research cut their Q1 2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Carter’s in a research note issued on Monday, November 17th. Zacks Research analyst Team now expects that the textile maker will post earnings of $0.51 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.56. Zacks Research has a “Strong Sell” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Carter’s’ current full-year earnings is $5.15 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Carter’s’ Q4 2026 earnings at $1.13 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $2.25 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $0.65 EPS and Q3 2027 earnings at $0.69 EPS.

Carter’s (NYSE:CRI) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, October 27th. The textile maker reported $0.74 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.78 by ($0.04). The company had revenue of $757.84 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $760.11 million. Carter’s had a net margin of 3.15% and a return on equity of 16.71%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was down .1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.64 earnings per share.

Several other equities analysts have also issued reports on CRI. Barclays raised their price objective on Carter’s from $23.00 to $26.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (d+)” rating on shares of Carter’s in a research report on Tuesday, October 14th. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price target on Carter’s from $22.00 to $25.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. UBS Group boosted their price objective on Carter’s from $26.00 to $33.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, Citigroup raised their target price on shares of Carter’s from $28.00 to $34.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Hold rating and four have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Carter’s has an average rating of “Strong Sell” and an average price target of $29.50.

Carter’s Trading Down 6.6%

NYSE CRI opened at $28.51 on Tuesday. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $30.57 and its 200 day moving average price is $30.32. Carter’s has a 12 month low of $23.38 and a 12 month high of $58.13. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.58, a current ratio of 2.26 and a quick ratio of 1.03. The company has a market capitalization of $1.04 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.54 and a beta of 1.08.

Institutional Trading of Carter’s

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. FORA Capital LLC purchased a new stake in Carter’s in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $718,000. Aigen Investment Management LP purchased a new position in Carter’s during the first quarter worth $1,526,000. Capital Fund Management S.A. increased its position in Carter’s by 473.8% during the first quarter. Capital Fund Management S.A. now owns 132,134 shares of the textile maker’s stock worth $5,404,000 after buying an additional 109,106 shares in the last quarter. Blueshift Asset Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Carter’s in the first quarter worth $780,000. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Carter’s in the first quarter valued at $1,199,000.

Carter’s Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 5th. Stockholders of record on Monday, November 24th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, November 24th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.5%. Carter’s’s dividend payout ratio is 40.49%.

About Carter’s

Carter’s, Inc engages in the business of brand marketing of young children’s apparel. It operates through the following segments: the United States (US) Retail, US Wholesale, and International. The US Retail segment includes selling products through retail stores and ecommerce websites. The US Wholesale segment focuses on wholesale partners.