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Carters Inc. CRI

18 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported · SEC filings only
$2.9B
▲ 1.9% YoY
$91.8M
▼ 50.5% YoY
$68.6M
▼ 71.7% YoY
In brief

What this company does

As of January 3, 2026, its channels included 1,068 company-operated retail stores in North America, eCommerce websites, approximately 19,500 wholesale locations in North America, as well as its international wholesale accounts and licensees who operate in over 1,100 locations outside of North America in over 90 countries. As of the end of fiscal 2025, it had approximately 15,400 employees globally. It has three operating and reportable segments: U.S. Retail, U.S. Wholesale, and International. Its U.S. Retail segment consists of revenue primarily from sales of products in the United States through its retail stores, eCommerce websites, and mobile app. Its U.S. Wholesale segment consists of revenue primarily from sales in the United States of products to its wholesale customers. Its International segment consists of revenue primarily from sales of products outside the United States, largely through its retail stores and eCommerce websites in Canada and Mexico, and sales to its international wholesale customers and licensees. Its Carter's brand was established in 1865, and its OshKosh brand was established in 1895 and acquired by the company in 2005.

Written from the business description in CARTER'S, INC.'s annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 27 February 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.

Growth
USD 2.9B
Revenue, FY2025 · full 18-year series below
Revenue $B Net income $B
FY2025 · Revenue 2.9 · Net income 0.1
2B2008201120142017202020232025
Compound annual growth
−3.4%
−0.8%
−0.4%
+3.4%
−28.4%
−3.5%
−9.1%
−3.1%
−26.4%
+0.2%
−5.6%
+0.2%
−19.8%
+20.9%
+5.8%
−48.5%
−2.0%
−9.3%
+2.3%
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs

Revenue compounded at −0.8% a year over five years.

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where that exact year isn't on file, the series crosses a loss, or (per-share rows) a split falls inside the window.

Profitability
3 cents
of every revenue dollar became profit
Operating margin Net margin
FY2025 · Operating 5.0% · Net 3.2%
5%10%2008201120142017202020232025
ROE
FY2025 · ROE 10.3%
10%20%30%2008201120142017202020232025

Each USD of equity produced 10 cents of profit this year.

Cash & shareholders
USD 56.4M
returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks
Free cash flow $M
FY2025 · FCF 68.6
200M400M2008201120142017202020232025
Net buybacks $M Dividends $M
FY2025 · Dividends 56.4 · Net buybacks 0.0
200M400MDividendsNet buybacks2008201120142017202020232025

USD 56.4M in dividends — 61% of the year's profit went back to shareholders.

Total assetsUSD 2.6B
EquityUSD 925.0M
CashUSD 487.1M
Gross debtUSD 567.2M
Net debtUSD 80.1M
Current ratio2.51×

Net debt stands at 9% of equity.

The 18-year record
18 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD
row low → row highnegative
Metric 202520242023202220212020201920182017201620152014201320122011201020092008
Revenue $B2.92.82.93.23.53.03.53.53.43.23.02.92.62.42.11.71.61.5
Operating income $B0.10.30.30.40.50.20.40.40.40.40.40.30.30.30.20.20.20.1
EBITDA $B0.20.30.40.40.60.30.50.50.50.50.50.40.30.30.20.30.20.2
Income tax $B0.00.00.10.10.10.00.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.0
Net income $B0.10.20.20.30.30.10.30.30.30.30.20.20.20.20.10.10.10.1
Free cash flow $B0.10.20.50.00.20.60.30.30.30.30.20.20.00.20.00.00.20.1
EPS, diluted $2.535.126.246.347.812.505.856.006.245.084.503.622.752.691.942.461.971.33
Dividend / sh $1.553.203.003.001.400.602.001.801.481.320.880.760.480.000.00···
Payout %6163484718243430232619211700···
ROE %10.321.828.328.636.012.130.232.736.831.028.626.219.018.015.323.723.920.0
Shares out B0.040.040.040.040.040.040.040.050.050.050.050.050.050.060.060.060.06·

Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks a figure not available in our data for that year.

Provenance
Company facts, as filed
How we verify · 0 failures in 82 reconciliationsAUDITED

Reconciled in 19 of 19 fiscal years. 13 checks could not be computed.

EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquiditymoeda_consistente0 failures
ActivityApparel & Other Finishd Prods of Fabrics & Similar Matl
Listed onNYSE
Incorporated inDelaware
Fiscal year endsJanuary 2
Data on record since2007

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