---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001060822-22-000185"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CRI"
cik: "0001060822"
company_name: "CARTERS INC"
filed_at: "2022-10-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T22:22:33.852085+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Carter's Q3 net sales $819M, diluted EPS $1.67; widens FY outlook range on inflation

## Summary
- Q3 net sales $819M, operating income $92M, diluted EPS $1.67.
- Full-year FY2022 outlook: net sales ~$3.145B to $3.185B; adj. diluted EPS ~$6.05 to $6.65.
- $331M returned to shareholders YTD via share repurchases and dividends.
- CEO cites historic inflation weighing on demand, especially for families with young children.
- Supply chain improving but on-time deliveries not yet at pre-pandemic levels due to East Coast port congestion.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001060822-22-000185
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CRI
- cik: 0001060822
- company_name: CARTERS INC
- filed_at: 2022-10-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1060822/000106082222000185/0001060822-22-000185-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1060822/000106082222000185/cri-20221028.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001060822-22-000185
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001060822-22-000185.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001060822-22-000185.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  CARTERS INC reported the fiscal quarter ended October 1, 2022 results: revenue $819 million, EPS $1.67.
  - Period: the fiscal quarter ended October 1, 2022
  - Revenue: $819 million
  - EPS: $1.67
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Net sales $819 million • Operating income $92 million • Diluted EPS $1.67
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1060822/000106082222000185/0001060822-22-000185-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  CARTERS INC reported full year fiscal 2022 results: revenue $3.145 billion to $3.185 billion, EPS $6.05 to $6.65. Guidance initiated.
  - Period: full year fiscal 2022
  - Revenue: $3.145 billion to $3.185 billion
  - EPS: $6.05 to $6.65
  - Guidance: initiated
  - Result: guidance update
  source text: Full year fiscal 2022 outlook: ◦ Net sales of approximately $3.145 billion to $3.185 billion ◦ Adjusted diluted EPS of approximately $6.05 to $6.65
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1060822/000106082222000185/0001060822-22-000185-index.htm

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