Carters Inc cash flow statement

In fiscal 2025, Carters Inc's operations generated $122m of cash; it spent $53.7m on capital projects, leaving free cash flow of $68.6m. It returned $56.4m in dividends.

Cash flow statement

US$ millions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Carters Inc: cash flow statement, annual
Fiscal year	2009Jan 2010	2010Jan 2011	2011Dec 2011	2012Dec 2012	2013Dec 2013	2014Jan 2015	2015Jan 2016	2016Dec 2016	2017Dec 2017	2018Dec 2018	2019Dec 2019	2020Jan 2021	2021Jan 2022	2022Dec 2022	2023Dec 2023	2024Dec 2024	2025Jan 2026	LTMOct 2026
Cash from operations	189	86	81	279	210	282	308	369	330	356	387	588	268	88	529	299	122	360
Depreciation and amortisation	32	32	33	40	55	58	62	72	82	86	92	90	90	62	60	54	52	52
Stock-based pay	7	7	10	13	16	18	17	17	18	15	17	13	21	22	19	18	20	13
Capital spending	−34	40	45	83	183	103	103	89	69	64	61	33	37	40	60	56	54	41
Free cash flow	222	46	36	195	27	179	204	281	260	292	326	556	231	48	469	243	69	320
Free cash flow after stock pay	216	39	26	182	11	161	187	264	243	278	309	543	210	26	450	225	48	307
Dividends paid	—	—	0	0	28	40	46	66	71	84	90	26	60	118	112	116	56	37
Share buybacks	0	50	0	0	454	82	110	300	189	193	197	45	299	300	100	51	0	—

US$ millions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal quarters.

Carters Inc: cash flow statement, quarterly
Quarter	2024 Q4Dec 2024	2025 Q1Mar 2025	2025 Q2Jun 2025	2025 Q3Sept 2025	2025 Q4Jan 2026	2026 Q1Apr 2026	2026 Q2Jul 2026	2026 Q3Oct 2026
Cash from operations	287	−49	40	−128	259	6	196	−100
Depreciation and amortisation	13	12	14	14	14	13	13	13
Stock-based pay	4	10	5	4	2	4	4	4
Capital spending	17	10	16	16	11	7	6	17
Free cash flow	271	−59	24	−144	248	−1	190	−117
Free cash flow after stock pay	267	−69	19	−148	246	−4	186	−121

Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending. Free cash flow after stock pay also subtracts stock-based compensation, a real cost to shareholders that the cash flow statement adds back. Dividends, buybacks and shares issued are cash amounts for the period.

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Figures from Carters Inc's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved November 3, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Carters Inc.