Is Carters Inc (NYSE: CRI) Worth Much? What Should Investors Do?

During the last session, Carters Inc (NYSE:CRI)’s traded shares were 1.45 million, with the beta value of the company hitting 1.03. At the end of the trading day, the stock’s price was $32.77, reflecting an intraday loss of -0.03% or -$0.01. The 52-week high for the CRI share is $72.11, that puts it down -120.05 from that peak though still a striking 2.23% gain since the share price plummeted to a 52-week low of $32.04. The company’s market capitalization is $1.19B, and the average trade volume was 1.75 million shares over the past three months.

Carters Inc (CRI) received a consensus recommendation of Strong Buy from analysts. That translates to a mean rating of 3.38. CRI has a Sell rating from 0 analyst(s) out of 2 analysts who have looked at this stock. 1 analyst(s) recommend to Hold the stock while 1 suggest Overweight, and 0 recommend a Buy rating for it.

Carters Inc (NYSE:CRI) trade information

Carters Inc (CRI) registered a -0.03% downside in the last session and has traded in the red over the past 5 sessions. The stock plummet -0.03% in intraday trading to $32.77, hitting a weekly high. The stock’s 5-day price performance is -0.85%, and it has moved by -8.46% in 30 days. Based on these gigs, the overall price performance for the year is -53.29%.

The consensus price target of analysts on Wall Street is $25, which implies a decrease of -31.08% to the stock’s current value. The extremes of the forecast give a target low and a target high price of $25 and $25 respectively. As a result, CRI is trading at a premium of 23.71% off the target high and 23.71% off the low.

An analysis of the company’s performance over the past 5 years shows that the company’s earnings shrunk an estimated -2.63%. While earnings are projected to return -43.20% in 2025, the next five years will return -23.80% per annum.

CRI Dividends

Carters Inc is due to release its next quarterly earnings in June. However, it is important to remember that the dividend yield ratio is merely an indicator meant to only serve as guidance. Investors should also take the other fundamental and operational aspects into account before investing in the stock. The forward dividend ratio for Carters Inc is 3.20, with the dividend yield indicating at 9.77 percent, continuing the trend of increasing dividends in recent years.

The next largest institutional holding, with 3.56 million shares, is of VANGUARD GROUP INC’s that is approximately 9.9615% of outstanding shares. At the market price on 2024-06-30, these shares were valued at $220.31 million.

Also, the Mutual Funds coming in first place with the largest holdings of Carters Inc (CRI) shares are iShares Trust-iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF and J.P. Morgan Fleming Mutual Fd. Group, Inc.-JPMorgan Mid Cap Value Fd. . Data provided on Mar 31, 2025 indicates that iShares Trust-iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF owns about 2.23 shares. This amounts to just over 6.11 percent of the company’s overall shares, with a $73.02 million market value. The same data shows that the other fund manager holds slightly less at 1.77, or about 4.86% of the stock, which is worth about $58.02 million.