Carter's, Inc. (CRI)

Carter's Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 5 analysts that cover Carter's stock have a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $34, which forecasts a -2.16% decrease in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $25 and the highest is $50.

Price Target: $34 (-2.16%)

Analyst Consensus: Hold

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$25	$34	$29	$50
Change	-28.06%	-2.16%	-16.55%	+43.88%

* Price targets were last updated on Feb 19, 2026.

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Carter's stock is "Hold". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to perform similarly to the overall market.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Oct '25	Nov '25	Dec '25	Jan '26	Feb '26	Mar '26
Strong Buy	0	0	0	1	1	1
Buy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hold	2	2	2	1	1	1
Sell	2	2	2	2	2	2
Strong Sell	0	0	1	1	1	1
Total	4	4	5	5	5	5

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Jay Sole UBS	UBS	Hold Maintains $33 → $40	Hold	Maintains	$33 → $40	+15.11%	Feb 19, 2026
Paul Lejuez Citigroup	Citigroup	Hold → Strong Buy Upgrades $34 → $50	Hold → Strong Buy	Upgrades	$34 → $50	+43.88%	Jan 21, 2026
Jon Keypour Goldman Sachs	Goldman Sachs	Strong Sell Maintains $26 → $29	Strong Sell	Maintains	$26 → $29	-16.55%	Jan 13, 2026
Jon Keypour Goldman Sachs	Goldman Sachs	Strong Sell Initiates $26	Strong Sell	Initiates	$26	-25.18%	Dec 11, 2025
Jay Sole UBS	UBS	Hold Maintains $26 → $33	Hold	Maintains	$26 → $33	-5.04%	Oct 28, 2025

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

3.03B

Increased by 4.50%

from 2.90B

Revenue Next Year

3.06B

Increased by 0.92%

from 3.03B

EPS This Year

3.10

Increased by 22.80%

from 2.53

EPS Next Year

3.54

Increased by 14.06%

from 3.10

Fiscal Year	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Jan 1, 2022	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 30, 2023	Dec 28, 2024	Jan 3, 2026	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	3.49B	3.21B	2.95B	2.84B	2.90B	3.03B	3.06B
Revenue Growth	15.28%	-7.85%	-8.32%	-3.45%	1.91%	4.50%	0.92%
EPS	7.81	6.34	6.24	5.12	2.53	3.10	3.54
EPS Growth	211.97%	-18.77%	-1.63%	-17.94%	-50.62%	22.80%	14.06%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	11.20	9.82
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	7	6

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2026	2027	2028
High	3.2B	3.2B
Avg	3.0B	3.1B
Low	2.9B	2.9B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2026	2027	2028
High	9.2%	5.6%
Avg	4.5%	0.9%
Low	0.8%	-4.1%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2026	2027
High	3.68	3.96
Avg	3.10	3.54
Low	2.26	3.14

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2026	2027
High	45.4%	27.4%
Avg	22.8%	14.1%
Low	-10.4%	1.0%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.