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Carter's Inc.
1W: -6.7% 1M: +1.3% 3M: -18.8% YTD: -5.4% 1Y: -2.1% 3Y: -48.0% 5Y: -62.5%
$31.41
-0.40 (-1.26%)
 
Weekly Expected Move ±6.2%
$29 $31 $33 $35 $37
NYSE · Consumer Cyclical · Apparel - Retail · Tech Score Neutral · Power 50 · $1.2B mcap · 35M float · 3.53% daily turnover · Short 50% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: higher than 63% of companies Debt: 50.7% of company value Bonds: $94.8M held by 93 funds, 227 bp over Treasuries → details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the middle of the pack, about 1 in 580 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $1.36 (down 96%), Carter's Inc. would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $1.18B against a stock market value of $1.15B.
Distance to default 3.98 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-27, balance sheet 2026-07-04, debt counted $283.9M (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 49.0%; Altman Z'' 4.65. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
Bond figures are fund-reported marks (SEC N-PORT) as of Jul 2026. How these are computed.

Cash Flow Trends

Operating Cash Flow
$122M -59.1% ▼
5Y CAGR: -27.0%
Capital Expenditures
$54M +4.4% ▲
5Y CAGR: +10.3%
Free Cash Flow
$69M -71.7% ▼
5Y CAGR: -34.2%
Dividends Paid
$56M +51.5% ▲
Buybacks
$0 +100.0% ▲
Net Change in Cash
$74M +20.2% ▲

Cash Flow Composition

Year-over-Year Growth

View Full Cash Flow Statement
Line ItemFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
— Operating Activities —
Net Income$340M$250M$232M$186M$92M
Depreciation & Amort.$94M$65M$64M$58M$55M
Stock-Based Comp.$21M$22M$19M$18M$20M
Change in Working Capital-$180M-$288M$226M$12M-$57M
Other Non-Cash Items$7M$40M-$12M$32M$12M
Operating Cash Flow$268M$88M$529M$299M$122M
— Investing Activities —
Capital Expenditures-$37M-$40M-$60M-$56M-$54M
Acquisitions (Net)$0$0$0$0$0
Investment Purchases$0$0$0$0$0
Investment Sales$5M$0$0$0$0
Other Investing$0$0$0$0$0
Investing Cash Flow-$32M-$40M-$60M-$56M-$54M
— Financing Activities —
Net Debt Issuance$0-$380M-$120M$0$63M
Stock Repurchased-$299M-$300M-$100M-$51M$0
Dividends Paid-$60M-$118M-$112M-$116M-$56M
Other Financing$7M-$21M-$606K-$8M-$5M
Financing Cash Flow-$353M-$819M-$333M-$175M$2M
Net Change in Cash-$118M-$773M$139M$62M$74M
Cash End of Period$984M$212M$351M$413M$487M
Free Cash Flow$231M$48M$469M$243M$69M

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