---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001060822-23-000101"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CRI"
cik: "0001060822"
company_name: "CARTERS INC"
filed_at: "2023-04-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T06:06:27.539066+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Carter's Q1 net sales $696M, adj. EPS $0.98; reaffirms FY guidance $3.0B, $6.15 adj. EPS

## Summary
- Net sales of $696M, diluted EPS $0.95, adjusted diluted EPS $0.98; exceeded sales and earnings objectives.
- First-quarter sales and earnings lower YoY due to historic inflation weighing on families with young children.
- Returned $38M to shareholders through share repurchases and dividends.
- Reaffirms full-year FY2023 outlook: net sales ~$3.0B, adjusted operating income ~$350M, adjusted diluted EPS ~$6.15.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001060822-23-000101
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CRI
- cik: 0001060822
- company_name: CARTERS INC
- filed_at: 2023-04-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1060822/000106082223000101/0001060822-23-000101-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1060822/000106082223000101/cri-20230428.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001060822-23-000101.txt

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