Growth Metrics

Carters (CRI) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Carters (CRI) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 15 consecutive years, with 0.07% as the latest value for Q3 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 9.0% to 0.07% in Q3 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Sep 2025 was 0.07%, a 9.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2024 number at 0.13%, down 4.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.07% for Q3 2025 at Carters, down from 0.1% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.38% in Q2 2022 to a low of 0.07% in Q2 2021.
  • A 5-year average of 0.19% and a median of 0.17% in 2024 define the central range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: skyrocketed 31bps in 2022, then decreased -21bps in 2023.
  • Carters' Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.18% in 2021, then increased by 6bps to 0.19% in 2022, then dropped by -8bps to 0.18% in 2023, then dropped by -24bps to 0.13% in 2024, then crashed by -46bps to 0.07% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CRI's Return on Capital Employed are 0.07% (Q3 2025), 0.1% (Q2 2025), and 0.11% (Q1 2025).