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Carters shares outstanding CRI

Diluted shares outstanding, averaged over each quarter, from 2009.

Latest quarter, to Jul 4, 2026
35.6M
On a year earlier
+0.5%
more shares

Carters had 35.6M diluted shares outstanding on average in Q2 FY26, the quarter to Jul 4, 2026.

That is 0.5% more than a year earlier, so each share owns a little less of the company.

Shares outstanding over time

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Fiscal year by fiscal year

Fiscal yearShares, fourth quarterChange
FY202535.4M+1%
FY202435.2M−2%
FY202336M−4%
FY202237.5M−10%
FY202141.5M−4%
FY202043.4M−1%
FY201944M−4%
FY201845.8M−4%
FY201747.4M−4%
FY201649.2M−5%
FY201551.9M−1%
FY201452.6M−3%
FY201354.3M−8%
FY201259.2M+1%
FY201158.6M+1%

Each fiscal year is the twelve months to its fourth quarter, shown as the fourth quarter's average share count.

Quarter by quarter

QuarterEndedShares outstandingOn a year earlier
Q2 FY2635.6M+1%
Q1 FY2635.5M+1%
Q4 FY2535.4M+1%
Q3 FY2535.4M+0%
Q2 FY2535.4M−1%
Q1 FY2535.3M−2%
Q4 FY2435.2M−2%
Q3 FY2435.3M−3%
Q2 FY2435.7M−3%
Q1 FY2435.9M−3%
Q4 FY2336M−4%
Q3 FY2336.4M−5%

What the shares outstanding tells you

Diluted shares outstanding, averaged over the period. Fewer shares means each one owns more of the company.

A falling count usually means buybacks. A rising one means stock pay, acquisitions paid in shares or new shares sold.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.