Headquartered in Atlanta, GA Fiscal year ends December NYSE: CRI carters.com
Carter's, Inc. is an apparel company focused exclusively on babies and young children, and describes itself as North America's largest. Its core brands are Carter's and OshKosh B'gosh. They are sold through more than 1,000 company-operated stores in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, and online at carters.com, oshkosh.com, cartersoshkosh.ca, and carters.com.mx. The company is also a major wholesale supplier of baby and young children's apparel to large North American retailers. Exclusive brands include Child of Mine at Walmart, Just One You at Target, and Simple Joys on Amazon.com. Emerging brands include Little Planet (organic fabrics and sustainable materials), Otter Avenue (toddler apparel), and Skip Hop (baby essentials). Carter's reports three segments: U.S. Retail, U.S. Wholesale, and International. The company is under new CEO Sharon Price John, who joined in June 2026. It is pursuing a consumer-centric, brand-building, data-driven strategy that includes a refresh of the flagship Carter's brand and a reorganized leadership structure. That structure combines North American retail and wholesale under a Chief Commercial Officer and creates a standalone COO role. Updated
Margin work drove the quarter: gross margin expanded to 47.1% from 45.1%. Management still trimmed the full-year sales outlook and guided adjusted EPS to $3.05 to $3.23, below last year's $3.47. The guidance says the consumer has not come back.
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, Inc. is an apparel company focused exclusively on babies and young children, and describes itself as North America's largest. Its core brands are Carter's and OshKosh B'gosh.
The Wall Street consensus 12-month price target for CRI is $38.00.
