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Quarterly report 2026-Q2
added 07-31-2026

Carter's Financial Ratios 2026-2007 | CRI

Brief overview of Carter's's financial ratios

Current figures are compared with the company's own five-year history for 2019–2024.

The valuation comparison uses P/E 8.31x (median 12.68x), EV/EBITDA 5.9x (median 9.76x), P/S 0.54x (median 1x). The current ratio basket stands about 39.6% below the five-year comparison base. Earnings and risk trends should explain the discount.

Current earnings relative to valuation equal about 12% on the 1/P/E measure. This is a valuation reference, not an expected payout.

Returns on assets and capital are represented by ROE 9.9%, ROA 3.6%, ROCE 15.6%. Profitability sends a weak positive signal and leaves the business sensitive to cost or demand pressure.

Price, earnings and growth produce a PEG of 0.85x. A value below one indicates moderate pricing relative to expected growth.

The cash cycle changed only slightly and ended at 11.2 days.

Valuation takeaway

Carter's trades below its own history, but weak profitability may explain the discount. Low multiples alone do not prove undervaluation.

Annual Financial Ratios Carter's

2026 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2007

P/E

 - 8.3 12.7 11.5 39.7 - 18.3 13.8 19.1 21.6 22.3 - 24.6 21.5 11.1 34.2 - -

P/S

 - 0.5 1.0 0.9 1.4 - 1.4 1.1 1.7 1.7 1.5 - 1.5 1.5 0.9 - - -

EPS

 2.5 5.1 6.2 6.3 2.5 - 5.9 6.1 6.3 5.1 3.6 - 2.8 2.7 2.0 0.8 1.4 -

EV (Enterprise Value)

 1.15 B 2.71 B 4.13 B 4.3 B 5.7 B - 6.5 B 4.91 B 6.83 B 5.97 B 5.11 B - 4.77 B 3.73 B 1.97 B 2.02 B -162 M -49 M

EBITDA per Share

 5.52 8.7 10.5 11.3 6.48 - 10.3 10.3 10.5 8.82 7.65 - 5.77 5.11 4.69 1.98 - -

EV/EBITDA

 5.9 8.8 10.8 9.8 20.3 - 11.7 9.0 12.4 11.6 11.2 - 12.8 10.9 5.9 18.0 -1.0 -

PEG

 - - - - - - -7.59 -3.56 0.85 0.9 0.71 - 10.83 0.55 0.44 - - -

P/B

 - 1.8 3.5 3.6 4.6 - 5.5 4.5 6.8 5.9 5.5 - 5.6 3.5 2.4 3.1 - -

P/CF

 - 5.2 5.6 32.5 7.4 - 14.9 13.3 22.3 25.2 24.3 - 145.2 17.8 35.3 9.0 - -

ROE %

 9.92 21.71 27.51 31.40 11.70 - 29.97 32.44 35.32 27.18 24.75 - 22.89 16.36 21.55 8.93 18.84 -

ROA %

 3.58 7.62 9.77 10.25 3.23 - 9.58 13.70 14.62 11.87 10.28 - 8.85 9.89 11.65 4.11 - -

ROCE %

 15.56 29.81 38.26 47.61 20.24 - 15.98 22.61 24.12 22.57 20.26 - 17.12 18.90 22.66 14.37 33.85 -

Current Ratio

 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.4 - 2.3 3.2 3.1 4.3 4.2 - 3.6 3.9 3.9 1.9 - -

DSO

 11.2 24.3 23.7 21.9 11.3 - 26.0 27.2 25.8 25.1 23.3 - 26.8 25.7 25.4 - - -

DIO

 - - - - - - 107.8 106.7 104.5 97.7 95.0 - 98.8 88.4 101.3 - - -

DPO

 - - - - - - 33.3 37.0 34.7 32.8 32.1 - 38.8 37.8 39.5 - - -

Operating Cycle

 11.2 24.3 23.7 21.9 11.2 - 133.9 133.9 130.3 122.8 118.3 - 125.6 114.1 126.7 - - -

Cash Conversion Cycle

 11.2 24.3 23.7 21.9 11.2 - 100.5 96.9 95.6 90.1 86.2 - 86.8 76.3 87.1 - - -

All numbers in USD currency

Quarterly Financial Ratios Carter's

2026-Q2 2026-Q1 2025-Q3 2025-Q2 2025-Q1 2024-Q4 2024-Q3 2024-Q2 2024-Q1 2023-Q4 2023-Q3 2023-Q2 2023-Q1 2022-Q4 2022-Q3 2022-Q2 2022-Q1 2021-Q4 2021-Q3 2021-Q2 2021-Q1 2020-Q4 2020-Q3 2020-Q2 2020-Q1 2019-Q4 2019-Q3 2019-Q2 2019-Q1 2018-Q4 2018-Q3 2018-Q2 2018-Q1 2017-Q4 2017-Q3 2017-Q2 2017-Q1 2016-Q4 2016-Q3 2016-Q2 2016-Q1 2015-Q4 2015-Q3 2015-Q2 2015-Q1 2014-Q4 2014-Q3 2014-Q2 2014-Q1 2013-Q4 2013-Q3 2013-Q2 2013-Q1 2012-Q4 2012-Q3 2012-Q2 2012-Q1 2011-Q4 2011-Q3 2011-Q2 2011-Q1 2010-Q3 2010-Q2

EPS

 2.87 0.39 0.32 0.01 0.43 - 1.62 0.76 1.04 - 1.78 0.64 0.95 - 1.67 0.93 1.66 - 1.94 1.63 1.96 - 1.86 0.19 -1.82 2.84 1.35 0.97 0.76 2.85 1.55 0.8 0.9 2.88 1.73 0.78 0.96 1.77 1.62 0.72 1.05 1.3 1.52 0.69 0.94 - 1.24 0.48 0.64 0.78 0.98 0.33 0.7 0.82 1.01 0.35 0.55 0.59 0.59 0.22 0.56 0.84 0.32

EBITDA per Share

 4.62 1.16 1.21 0.5 1.09 - 2.59 1.51 1.92 - - - 1.92 - 3.6 1.92 2.88 - 4.38 2.5 3.47 - 4.18 1.5 -1.29 3.7 3.44 2.45 1.85 3.74 3.63 2.13 1.74 3.1 4.04 2.17 2.03 2.85 3.7 1.96 2.15 2.09 3.37 1.77 1.91 - 2.93 1.46 1.45 1.35 2.23 0.98 1.36 1.33 2.09 0.9 1.07 0.94 1.39 0.67 1.08 1.78 0.83

ROE %

 13.15 4.77 10.26 12.32 16.79 14.96 23.38 19.43 20.53 16.01 24.25 20.34 24.68 20.17 28.22 26.51 30.37 22.95 32.84 25.89 8.38 0.01 14.23 11.19 15.07 29.97 30.77 32.18 31.47 32.44 33.30 34.65 34.77 35.32 30.49 31.15 31.33 32.75 30.41 29.57 29.48 28.81 28.85 23.04 23.24 17.06 23.17 22.47 21.68 22.89 21.73 19.68 18.99 16.35 15.73 13.98 13.44 14.15 17.50 16.21 3.99 7.67 2.99

ROA %

 4.91 1.73 3.61 4.31 5.96 5.29 8.14 6.73 7.13 5.47 7.97 6.56 7.82 6.25 8.83 8.49 9.65 7.34 9.82 7.48 2.82 0.22 4.76 4.48 5.83 9.58 11.38 12.68 12.89 13.70 13.93 14.42 14.44 14.62 12.52 12.70 12.74 13.26 12.41 12.26 12.31 12.24 12.26 9.69 9.73 7.04 9.39 8.87 8.52 8.85 9.48 10.00 10.19 9.89 9.38 8.19 7.82 8.13 9.81 8.98 2.29 4.17 1.62

ROCE %

 20.51 9.98 16.21 17.70 23.77 20.69 32.59 28.15 30.35 23.81 35.43 32.72 39.08 32.02 43.78 41.96 45.16 33.94 47.76 38.86 18.09 5.71 24.20 19.92 24.39 42.25 43.38 45.76 44.99 45.02 42.47 45.78 46.72 48.94 49.55 50.94 51.47 54.12 50.93 49.77 49.46 48.14 48.35 39.47 40.20 29.71 40.18 38.48 36.58 37.70 35.17 31.86 30.68 26.58 25.46 22.83 22.07 23.27 28.77 26.96 6.66 12.34 5.23

Current Ratio

 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.4 - 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.8 - 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.2 2.2

DSO

 27.0 29.1 22.8 26.8 28.9 - 22.8 28.8 28.1 - 21.5 27.1 27.7 - 25.1 29.3 26.4 - 21.8 24.7 13.9 - 22.6 34.3 33.0 20.8 24.3 31.2 31.4 21.7 25.5 33.9 30.1 21.4 23.1 31.7 27.6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

DIO

 234.7 - 139.8 164.3 - - 136.8 173.9 - - 143.1 191.7 - - 179.0 189.9 - - - - - - 124.5 198.9 131.2 - 100.2 132.1 125.4 - 97.7 135.7 121.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

DPO

 115.2 - 59.9 76.0 - - 66.6 81.9 - - 55.3 68.3 - - 73.9 85.5 - - - - - - 87.9 103.6 42.0 - 31.0 40.8 41.1 - 33.9 47.0 41.1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Operating Cycle

 - - 162.6 191.1 28.9 - 159.6 202.7 28.1 - 164.6 218.8 27.7 - 204.0 219.2 26.4 - 21.8 24.7 13.9 - 147.1 233.2 164.2 20.8 124.5 163.3 156.7 21.7 123.2 169.5 151.1 21.4 23.1 31.7 27.6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Cash Conversion Cycle

 - - 102.6 115.2 28.9 - 93.0 120.8 28.1 - 109.3 150.5 27.7 - 130.1 133.8 26.4 - 21.8 24.7 13.9 - 59.2 129.6 122.2 20.8 93.5 122.4 115.7 21.7 89.3 122.5 110.0 21.4 23.1 31.7 27.6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

All numbers in USD currency

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