It’s still a bull thesis, just subverted: Carters Inc (CRI)

Ulysses Smith

At the time of writing, Carters Inc [CRI] stock is trading at $32.43, up 1.25%. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The CRI shares have gain 2.34% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 3.02%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Carters Inc [NYSE: CRI] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on December 11, 2025, when Goldman initiated its Sell rating and assigned the stock a price target of $26. Previously, Wells Fargo downgraded its rating to Underweight on April 30, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $25. On April 28, 2025, Barclays initiated with an Underweight rating and assigned a price target of $25 on the stock. Citigroup upgraded its rating to a Neutral but stick to its price target of $50 on November 12, 2024. Monness Crespi & Hardt downgraded its rating to a Neutral. Wedbush downgraded its rating to Neutral for this stock on January 26, 2023, but kept the price target unchanged to $78. In a note dated May 23, 2022, Citigroup downgraded an Sell rating on this stock.

For the past year, the stock price of Carters Inc fluctuated between $23.38 and $56.89. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $27.5 within the next 12 months. Carters Inc [NYSE: CRI] shares were valued at $32.43 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -15.2% based on the average CRI price forecast.

Analyzing the CRI fundamentals

According to Carters Inc [NYSE:CRI], the company’s sales were 2.83B for trailing twelve months, which represents an -0.08% plunge. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.47% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.05%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.04%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.03%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.04, Equity is 0.1 and Total Capital is 0.07. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.79.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 32.00 points at the first support level, and at 31.57 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 32.70, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 32.97.

Ratios To Look Out For

It is important to note that Carters Inc [NYSE:CRI] has a current ratio of 2.26. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.95 and the Cash Ratio stands at 0.37. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.42, the price to book ratio is 1.37 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 13.16.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Jenkins Jeff, Former Officer, that happened on Aug 07 ’25 when 10853.0 shares were purchased.

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