---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001060822-25-000157"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CRI"
cik: "0001060822"
company_name: "CARTERS INC"
filed_at: "2025-10-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T02:08:23.343769+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Carter's Q3 EPS $0.32 vs $1.62 last year; announces restructuring plan with $10-11M charges

## Summary
- Net sales $758M, comparable to prior year; diluted EPS $0.32 vs $1.62 in Q3 2024; adjusted diluted EPS $0.74 vs $1.64.
- Restructuring plan approved Sept 16, 2025: expects $10.1-$11.1M in charges ($6.1M in Q3 2025, $4-5M in Q4 2025), mostly severance.
- Actions include closing low-margin retail stores, right-sizing organization, honing product choices to improve cost structure.
- CEO and Board plan to reduce 2026 compensation; returned $47M to shareholders via dividends in first nine months of 2025.
- Full-year guidance not explicitly revised; management cites higher tariffs and product costs weighing on profitability.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001060822-25-000157
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CRI
- cik: 0001060822
- company_name: CARTERS INC
- filed_at: 2025-10-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 2.05, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1060822/000106082225000157/0001060822-25-000157-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1060822/000106082225000157/cri-20251027.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001060822-25-000157
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001060822-25-000157.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001060822-25-000157.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 58ee3592c92ad6053f6deba6c17d2ff332a624f1
  claim: CARTERS INC announced a restructuring with charges of approximately $10.1 million to $11.1 million in charges, of which $6.1 million in charges were recorded in the third quarter of fiscal 2025, and approximately $.
  evidence_excerpt: On September 16, 2025, the Board of Directors of Carter’s, Inc. (the “ Company ”) approved an organizational restructuring plan (the “ Plan ”) to right-size the Company's cost structure and improve future profitability.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1060822/000106082225000157/0001060822-25-000157-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.