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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001060822-25-000098"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CRI"
cik: "0001060822"
company_name: "CARTERS INC"
filed_at: "2025-04-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T05:38:35.899018+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Carter's Q1 net sales $630M (-4.7% YoY); EPS $0.43 vs $1.04; suspends guidance due to CEO transition, tariffs

## Summary
- Diluted EPS $0.43 vs $1.04 in Q1 2024; adjusted EPS $0.66 vs $1.04.
- Net sales $630M, down 4.7% YoY from $661M; U.S. Retail met plans, Wholesale beat.
- New CEO Douglas C. Palladini starts; forward guidance suspended due to tariff uncertainty.
- Returned $29M to shareholders in dividends; international retail strong (Canada, Mexico).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001060822-25-000098
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CRI
- cik: 0001060822
- company_name: CARTERS INC
- filed_at: 2025-04-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- 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/1060822/000106082225000098/0001060822-25-000098-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1060822/000106082225000098/cri-20250425.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001060822-25-000098.txt

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