Carter's, Inc. (CRI)

Carter's Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 4 analysts that cover Carter's stock have a consensus rating of "Sell" and an average price target of $30.5, which forecasts a 2.73% increase in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $23 and the highest is $45.

Price Target: $30.5 (+2.73%)

Analyst Consensus: Sell

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$23	$30.5	$28	$45
Change	-22.53%	+2.73%	-5.69%	+51.57%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Carter's stock is "Sell". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to lead to lower returns than market as a whole.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	May '25	Jun '25	Jul '25	Aug '25	Sep '25	Oct '25
Strong Buy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Buy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hold	2	2	2	2	2	2
Sell	3	3	3	3	3	2
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	5	5	5	5	5	4

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Paul Kearney Barclays	Barclays	Sell Maintains $22 → $23	Sell	Maintains	$22 → $23	-22.53%	Oct 14, 2025
Paul Kearney Barclays	Barclays	Sell Maintains $25 → $22	Sell	Maintains	$25 → $22	-25.90%	Jul 29, 2025
Jay Sole UBS	UBS	Hold Maintains $32 → $26	Hold	Maintains	$32 → $26	-12.43%	Jul 28, 2025
Ike Boruchow Wells Fargo	Wells Fargo	Sell Maintains $25 → $28	Sell	Maintains	$25 → $28	-5.69%	May 14, 2025
Ike Boruchow Wells Fargo	Wells Fargo	Hold → Sell Downgrades $40 → $25	Hold → Sell	Downgrades	$40 → $25	-15.80%	Apr 30, 2025

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

2.87B

Increased by 0.84%

from 2.84B

Revenue Next Year

2.85B

Decreased by -0.77%

from 2.87B

EPS This Year

3.14

Decreased by -38.61%

from 5.12

EPS Next Year

2.32

Decreased by -26.28%

from 3.14

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026
Period Ending	Jan 2, 2021	Jan 1, 2022	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 30, 2023	Dec 28, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026
Revenue	3.02B	3.49B	3.21B	2.95B	2.84B	2.87B	2.85B
Revenue Growth	-14.06%	15.28%	-7.85%	-8.32%	-3.45%	0.84%	-0.77%
EPS	2.50	7.81	6.34	6.24	5.12	3.14	2.32
EPS Growth	-57.21%	211.97%	-18.77%	-1.63%	-17.94%	-38.61%	-26.28%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	9.45	12.82
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	7	7

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

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026	2027
High	3.0B	3.1B
Avg	2.9B	2.8B
Low	2.7B	2.7B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	7.0%	6.6%
Avg	0.8%	-0.8%
Low	-5.7%	-7.5%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027
High	3.64	3.16
Avg	3.14	2.32
Low	2.80	1.76

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	-28.8%	0.6%
Avg	-38.6%	-26.3%
Low	-45.3%	-43.9%

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.