Carters Inc (NYSE:CRI) Stock Plunged -31.22% So Far In 2025, What Analysts Expect Next?

In last trading session, Carters Inc (NYSE:CRI) saw 1.55 million shares changing hands with its beta currently measuring 1.04. Company’s recent per share price level of $37.27 trading at $0.36 or 0.98% at ring of the bell on the day assigns it a market valuation of $1.35B. That closing price of CRI’s stock is at a discount of -99.62% from its 52-week high price of $74.40 and is indicating a premium of 13.82% from its 52-week low price of $32.12. Taking a look at company’s average trading volume for last 10-days demonstrates a volume of 1.73 million shares which gives us an average trading volume of 1.54 million if we extend that period to 3-months.

For Carters Inc (CRI), analysts’ consensus is at an average recommendation of Strong Buy while assigning it a mean rating of 2.86. Splitting up the data highlights that, out of 2 analysts covering the stock, 0 rated the stock as a Sell while 1 recommended an Overweight rating for the stock. 1 suggested the stock as a Hold whereas 0 see the stock as a Buy. 0 analyst(s) advised it as an Underweight. The company is expected to be making an EPS of 0.52 in the current quarter.

Carters Inc (NYSE:CRI) trade information

Upright in the green during last session for gaining 0.98%, in the last five days CRI remained trading in the green while hitting it’s week-highest on Wednesday, 04/23/25 when the stock touched $37.27 price level, adding 4.9% to its value on the day. Carters Inc’s shares saw a change of -31.22% in year-to-date performance and have moved 3.79% in past 5-day. Carters Inc (NYSE:CRI) showed a performance of -12.53% in past 30-days. Number of shares sold short was 4.27 million shares which calculate 2.44 days to cover the short interests.

Wall Street analysts have assigned a consensus price target of 72 to the stock, which implies a rise of 48.24% to its current value. Analysts have been projecting 60 as a low price target for the stock while placing it at a high target of 84. It follows that stock’s current price would drop -60.99% in reaching the projected high whereas dropping to the targeted low would mean a loss of -60.99% for stock’s current value.

Carters Inc (CRI) estimates and forecasts

This year revenue growth is estimated to fall -2.00% from the last financial year’s standing.

4 industry analysts have given their estimates about the company’s current quarter revenue by setting an average figure of 623.41M for the same. And 4 analysts are in estimates of company making revenue of 555M in the next quarter. Company posted 661.49M and 564.43M of sales in current and next quarters respectively a year earlier.

Weighing up company’s earnings over the past 5-year and in the next 5-year periods, we find the company posting an annual earnings growth rate of -2.63% during past 5 years. In 2025, company’s earnings growth rate is likely to be around -38.98% while estimates for its earnings growth in next 5 years are of -23.79%.

CRI Dividends

Carters Inc is more likely to be releasing its next quarterly report on 2025-Feb-24 and investors are confident in the company announcing better current-quarter dividends despite the fact that it has been facing issues arising out of mounting debt. With an annual yield of 8.59%, the share has a forward dividend of 3.20 which implies that company’s dividend yield remained growing in trailing twelve months while having a 5 year average dividend yield of 1.66%.

Carters Inc (NYSE:CRI)’s Major holders

Insiders are in possession of 3.06% of company’s total shares while institution are holding 122.25 percent of that, with stock having share float percentage of 126.10%. Investors also watch the number of corporate investors in a company very closely, which is 122.25% institutions for Carters Inc that are currently holding shares of the company. JPMORGAN CHASE & CO is the top institutional holder at CRI for having 4.08 million shares of worth $253.12 million. And as of 2024-06-30, it was holding 11.4448 of the company’s outstanding shares.

The second largest institutional holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC, which was holding about 3.56 million shares on 2024-06-30. The number of shares represents firm’s hold over 9.9615 of outstanding shares, having a total worth of $220.31 million.

On the other hand, iShares Trust-iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF and J.P. Morgan Fleming Mutual Fd. Group, Inc.-JPMorgan Mid Cap Value Fd. are the top two Mutual Funds which own company’s shares. As of Mar 31, 2025 , the former fund manager was holding 2.23 shares of worth $83.05 million or 6.19% of the total outstanding shares. The later fund manager was in possession of 1.77 shares on Dec 31, 2024 , making its stake of worth around $65.98 million in the company or a holder of 4.92% of company’s stock.