Carters (CRI) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)

Carters (CRI) has 18 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 4.18% in Q2 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, Operating Margin rose 3.0% year-over-year to 4.18% in Q2 2026; TTM through Apr 2026 was 4.96%, a 307.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2026 full-year figure at 4.97%, down 399.0% from the prior year.
• Operating Margin for Q2 2026 stood at 4.18%, down from 9.15% in the prior quarter.
• Over the last five years, Operating Margin for CRI reached as high as 30.38% in Q1 2022 and fell as low as 0.69% in Q2 2025.
• Historically, Operating Margin has averaged 9.81% across 5 years, with a median of 9.41% in 2024.
• Across the five-year window, Operating Margin plunged 1837 bps in 2022 and jumped 385 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
• Year by year, Operating Margin stood at 12.01% in 2022, then jumped by 32 bps to 15.86% in 2023, then plunged by 39 bps to 9.68% in 2024, then sank by 60 bps to 3.84% in 2025, then increased by 9 bps to 4.18% in 2026.
• Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Operating Margin figures were 4.18% in Q2 2026, 9.15% in Q1 2026, and 3.84% in Q3 2025.