Carters Inc dividend history

Carters Inc's dividend was $1.55 a share in fiscal 2025, down 51.6% on the year before. That was 61.4% of net income.

Dividends, buybacks and capital spending

FY2025 Q4 TTM

Buybacks (TTM): $0
Dividends (TTM): $36.6M
Returned to shareholders: 82%; of free cash flow
Buybacks, last 3 fiscal years: $151M
Diluted share count: +0.5%; year over year
Total shareholder yield: 3.1%; dividends 3.1% + buybacks 0.0% of market value
Dividend payout ratio: 17%; of net income paid out
Sales & admin spending: 39.3%; of revenue

Dividends by fiscal year

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

Carters Inc: dividends by fiscal year, 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
Dividend per share	—	—	—	—	$0.480	$0.760	$0.880	$1.32	$1.48	$1.80	$2.00	$0.600	$1.40	$3.00	$3.00	$3.20	$1.55	—
Dividend per share growth	—	—	—	—	—	+58.3%	+15.8%	+50.0%	+12.1%	+21.6%	+11.1%	−70.0%	+133.3%	+114.3%	0.0%	+6.7%	−51.6%	—
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	—
Dividends ÷ net income	—	—	0.0%	0.0%	17.3%	20.8%	19.4%	25.7%	23.4%	29.7%	34.0%	23.9%	17.7%	47.2%	48.2%	62.6%	61.4%	16.6%
Dividends ÷ free cash flow	—	—	0.0%	0.0%	102.0%	22.6%	22.5%	23.6%	27.3%	28.6%	27.5%	4.7%	26.0%	246.1%	23.9%	47.9%	82.1%	11.4%

Dividend per share is the amount declared for the fiscal year as stated in the company's filings (including any special dividend), restated for stock splits and checked against the cash dividends paid. Dividends paid and buybacks are cash amounts; the last-twelve-months column can include an extra payment when a quarter-end date moves.

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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.