Carter's Financial Ratios
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At close: Oct 9, 4:00 PM ET · Delayed 15 min
Carter's ratio analysis
Carter's earned a net margin of 3.2% in FY 2025, down from 6.5% a year earlier. Gross margin was 45.4% compared with a median of 43.6% over the prior 9 years. Return on equity reached 9.9%, meaning Carter's generated 0.10 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity.
Debt-to-equity stood at 0.61 versus 0.58 the year before, and the current ratio was 2.51. At the end of FY 2025, CRI traded at 13.1 times earnings; across the 10 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 10.6 to 37.6, with a median of 13.4. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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Carter's financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 13.12 | 10.63 | 12.00 | 11.77 | 12.96 | 37.63 | 18.81 | 13.59 | 18.83 | 17.01 |
| Price / sales | 0.41 | 0.68 | 0.93 | 0.90 | 1.24 | 1.35 | 1.39 | 1.09 | 1.64 | 1.35 |
| Price / book | 1.27 | 2.26 | 3.24 | 3.64 | 4.56 | 4.34 | 5.55 | 4.33 | 6.52 | 5.47 |
| Gross margin | 45.4% | 48.0% | 47.4% | 45.8% | 47.7% | 43.4% | 42.9% | 43.3% | 43.6% | 43.1% |
| Operating margin | 5.0% | 9.0% | 11.0% | 11.8% | 14.3% | 6.3% | 10.6% | 11.3% | 12.3% | 13.3% |
| Net margin | 3.2% | 6.5% | 7.9% | 7.8% | 9.7% | 3.6% | 7.5% | 8.1% | 8.9% | 8.1% |
| Free cash flow margin | 2.4% | 8.5% | 15.9% | 1.5% | 6.6% | 18.4% | 9.3% | 8.4% | 7.7% | 8.8% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 9.9% | 21.7% | 27.5% | 31.4% | 35.8% | 11.7% | 30.0% | 32.4% | 35.3% | 32.7% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 3.6% | 7.6% | 9.8% | 10.2% | 10.7% | 3.2% | 9.6% | 13.7% | 14.6% | 13.2% |
| Debt / equity | 0.61 | 0.58 | 0.59 | 0.77 | 1.04 | 1.05 | 0.68 | 0.68 | 0.72 | 0.74 |
| Current ratio | 2.51 | 2.25 | 2.15 | 2.25 | 2.65 | 2.46 | 2.33 | 3.19 | 3.08 | 3.81 |
| Revenue growth | 1.9% | -3.4% | -8.3% | -7.9% | 15.3% | -14.1% | 1.6% | 1.8% | 6.3% | 6.1% |
| EPS growth | -50.6% | -17.9% | -1.6% | -18.8% | 212.4% | -57.3% | -2.5% | -3.8% | 22.8% | 12.9% |