secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CARTERS INC (CRI)
CIK:        0001060822
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-06T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001060822-26-000070
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Carter's Q1 net sales up 8.1% to $681M; adjusted EPS down to $0.39 from $0.66; reiterates outlook
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- Net sales $681M (+8.1% YoY); U.S. Retail comps +10.5%.
- GAAP diluted EPS $0.39 vs $0.43; adjusted diluted EPS $0.39 vs $0.66.
- Operating margin 4.2% (GAAP flat), adjusted op margin 4.2% vs 5.6%.
- Profitability hurt by higher tariffs, investment spend, inflation, interest costs.
- Reiterates full-year sales and op profit outlook; returned $9M in dividends.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1060822/000106082226000070/0001060822-26-000070-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1060822/000106082226000070/cri-20260506.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001060822-26-000070

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