Carters Inc (NYSE: CRI)’s Potential for Significant Price Increase in the Near Future

In the latest trading session,, 0.77 million Carters Inc (NYSE:CRI) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 1.06. With the company’s most recent per share price at $32.40 changed hands at -$4.37 or -11.89% at last look, the market valuation stands at $1.18B. CRI’s current price is a discount, trading about -122.19% off its 52-week high of $71.99. The share price had its 52-week low at $32.04, which suggests the last value was 1.11% up since then.

Analysts gave the Carters Inc (CRI) stock a consensus recommendation rating of Strong Buy, calculated at a mean rating of 3.38. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that 0 out of 2 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 1 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 1 recommended CRI as a Hold, 0 felt it is a Buy and 0 rated the stock as Underweight.

Carters Inc (NYSE:CRI) trade information

Instantly CRI was in red as seen in intraday trades today. With action -9.27%, the performance over the past five days has been red. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date downside of -40.21%, with the 5-day performance at -9.27% in the red. However, in the 30-day time frame, Carters Inc (NYSE:CRI) is -12.22% down.

The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is 25, meaning bulls need a downside of -29.6% from its recent market value. According to analyst projections, CRI’s forecast low is 25 with 25 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a 22.84% surge from its current level, while the stock would need to tank 22.84% for it to hit the projected low.

Looking at the company’s year-on-year earnings, data shows that the past 5-year has an earnings growth rate of -2.63%. The 2025 estimates are for Carters Inc earnings to decrease by -41.88%, but the outlook for the next 5-year period is at -23.42% per year.

CRI Dividends

Carters Inc is expected to release its next quarterly earnings report in June. The 9.88% annual yield figure for the share gives it an annual dividend of 3.20. It is important to note, however, that the 9.88% dividend yield ratio should serve as a guide only, as you should also take into consideration many other aspects of a company’s operations and fundamentals before making any investment decision.

VANGUARD GROUP INC holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 9.9615% or 3.56 million shares worth $220.31 million as of 2024-06-30.

Among Mutual Funds, the top two as of Mar 31, 2025 were iShares Trust-iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF and J.P. Morgan Fleming Mutual Fd. Group, Inc.-JPMorgan Mid Cap Value Fd. . With 2.23 shares estimated at $73.09 million under it, the former controlled 6.11% of total outstanding shares. On the other hand, J.P. Morgan Fleming Mutual Fd. Group, Inc.-JPMorgan Mid Cap Value Fd. held about 4.86% of the shares, roughly 1.77 shares worth around $58.07 million.