secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CARTERS INC (CRI)
CIK:        0001060822
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-02-27T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001060822-24-000061
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Carter's Q4 2023 EPS $2.90, revenue $858M; dividend raised 7% to $0.80
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- Q4 net sales $858M vs $912M in Q4 2022; diluted EPS $2.90 (adj. $2.76) vs $2.11 in prior year.
- Operating margin improved to 15.9% (Q4 2022: 12.0%); adjusted operating margin 15.9% vs 13.0%.
- Full-year 2023 net sales $2.9B vs $3.2B in 2022; operating cash flow $529M; returned $212M to shareholders.
- Board declares 7% increase in quarterly dividend to $0.80 per share.
- FY2024 outlook: low single-digit net sales growth; mid single-digit growth in adjusted operating income and EPS.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1060822/000106082224000061/0001060822-24-000061-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1060822/000106082224000061/cri-20240227.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001060822-24-000061

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