The stock price of Carters Inc (NYSE: CRI) has dropped by -16.59 compared to previous close of 52.06. Despite this, the company has seen a fall of -16.25% in its stock price over the last five trading days. zacks.com reported 2025-02-25 that Carter’s (CRI) came out with quarterly earnings of $2.39 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.72 per share. This compares to earnings of $2.76 per share a year ago.
Is It Worth Investing in Carters Inc (NYSE: CRI) Right Now?
Carters Inc (NYSE: CRI) has a price-to-earnings ratio of 6.87x that is above its average ratio. Additionally, the 36-month beta value for CRI is 1.20. There are mixed opinions on the stock, with 0 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 0 rating it as “overweight,” 4 rating it as “hold,” and 0 rating it as “sell.”
The public float for CRI is 34.95M and currently, short sellers hold a 14.66% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of CRI on February 25, 2025 was 1.08M shares.
CRI’s Market Performance
CRI’s stock has seen a -16.25% decrease for the week, with a -19.78% drop in the past month and a -14.80% fall in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 3.61%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 3.40% for Carters Inc. The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -16.13% for CRI’s stock, with a -28.02% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of CRI
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for CRI stocks, with Citigroup repeating the rating for CRI by listing it as a “Neutral.” The predicted price for CRI in the upcoming period, according to Citigroup is $50 based on the research report published on November 12, 2024 of the previous year 2024.
Wedbush gave a rating of “Neutral” to CRI, setting the target price at $78 in the report published on January 26th of the previous year.
CRI Trading at -18.55% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought CRI to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -50.67% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 3.40%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 3.61%, as shares sank -17.75% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -18.23% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, CRI fell by -13.38%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -34.64% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $51.85. In addition, Carters Inc saw -19.87% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at CRI starting from Hipp Mark, who sale 1,875 shares at the price of $81.74 back on Mar 06 ’24. After this action, Hipp Mark now owns 10,216 shares of Carters Inc, valued at $153,261 using the latest closing price.
Jenkins Jeff, the EVP Global Marketing of Carters Inc, sale 1,060 shares at $86.00 during a trade that took place back on Mar 13 ’24, which means that Jenkins Jeff is holding 35,173 shares at $91,160 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for CRI
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.1 for the present operating margin
- 0.48 for the gross margin
The net margin for Carters Inc stands at 0.08. The total capital return value is set at 0.15. Equity return is now at value 27.99, with 9.62 for asset returns.
Based on Carters Inc (CRI), the company’s capital structure generated 0.57 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.3. The debt to equity ratio resting at 1.34. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 9.53.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 400.35 million with net debt to EBITDA at 2.52. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 0.88. The receivables turnover for the company is 11.51for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 1.2. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 2.21.
Conclusion
In conclusion, Carters Inc (CRI) has seen bad performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others rating it as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
