Carter's Earnings Preview: A $0.852 EPS Bar After Three Straight Beats

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CRI Carter's, Inc.
Reports Fri Oct 30 Before open 6:02 AM ET Confirmed

Carter's reports before the open at 6:02 AM ET with three straight EPS beats behind it, including a $0.17 result last quarter against a $0.02 estimate. Consensus this time is $0.852 on $748.13 million in revenue, a far higher bar for a $1.2 billion market cap that has little room for a stumble.

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    Carter's posts its earnings report before the open on October 30 at 6:02 AM ET, leaving investors little time to position ahead of the number.

    Consensus calls for $0.852 in earnings per share, a meaningfully higher bar than recent quarters, with little cushion if the company falls short.

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    Last quarter the company posted $0.17 against a $0.02 estimate, far ahead of what the Street had modeled. This report begins to answer whether that outperformance is repeatable.

    A shortfall against the $0.852 EPS target or the revenue line is likely to be felt immediately in the stock, so keep an eye on the premarket release.

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