Carter's Inc Stock Forecast
Carter's Inc stock upgraded to Hold/Accumulate.
(Updated on Apr 18, 2024)
The Carter's Inc stock price gained 0.126% on the last trading day (Thursday, 18th Apr 2024), rising from $71.32 to $71.41. During the last trading day the stock fluctuated 1.47% from a day low at $70.97 to a day high of $72.01. The price has fallen in 6 of the last 10 days and is down by -7.33% for this period. Volume fell on the last day by -32 thousand shares and in total, 626 thousand shares were bought and sold for approximately $44.67 million. You should take into consideration that falling volume on higher prices causes divergence and may be an early warning about possible changes over the next couple of days.
The stock is at the lower part of a wide and horizontal trend in the short term, and normally this may pose a good buying opportunity, though a breakdown through the bottom trend line at $71.33 will give a strong sell signal and a trend shift may be expected. Given the current horizontal trend, you can expect Carter's Inc stock with a 90% probability to be traded between $71.94 and $88.97 at the end of this 3-month period. A break of a horizontal trend is often followed by a large increase in the volume, and stocks seldom manage to go directly from the bottom of a trend up to the top. Stocks turning up in the middle of a horizontal trend are therefore considered to be potential runners.
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CRI Signals & Forecast
A buy signal was issued from a pivot bottom point on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, and so far it has risen 0.126%. Further rise is indicated until a new top pivot has been found. Volume fell during the last trading day despite gaining prices. This causes a divergence between volume and price and it may be an early warning. The stock should be watched closely. Some negative signals were issued as well, and these may have some influence on the near short-term development. The Carter's Inc stock holds sell signals from both short and long-term Moving Averages giving a more negative forecast for the stock. Also, there is a general sell signal from the relation between the two signals where the long-term average is above the short-term average. On corrections up, there will be some resistance from the lines at $72.53 and $80.47. A break-up above any of these levels will issue buy signals. Furthermore, there is currently a sell signal from the 3 month Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD).
Support, Risk & Stop-loss for Carter's Inc stock
Carter's Inc finds support from accumulated volume at $71.32 and this level may hold a buying opportunity as an upwards reaction can be expected when the support is being tested.
This stock may move much during the day (volatility) and with a large prediction interval from the Bollinger Band this stock is considered to be "high risk". During the last day, the stock moved $1.04 between high and low, or 1.47%. For the last week, the stock has had daily average volatility of 2.45%.
Carter's Inc is oversold on RSI14 (17). Some stocks may drop long and hard while being oversold on RSI before turning, which increases the general risk.
Our recommended stop-loss: $67.05 (-6.11%) (This stock has high daily movements and this gives high risk. Low RSI14 is 17 which reduces the risk some. There is a buy signal from a pivot bottom found 1 day ago.)
Trading Expectations (CRI) For The Upcoming Trading Day Of Friday 19th
For the upcoming trading day on Friday, 19th we expect Carter's Inc to open at $71.46, and during the day (based on 14 day Average True Range), to move between $69.40 and $73.42, which gives a possible trading interval of +/-$2.01 (+/-2.82%) up or down from last closing price. If Carter's Inc takes out the full calculated possible swing range there will be an estimated 5.64% move between the lowest and the highest trading price during the day.
Since the stock is closer to the support from accumulated volume at $71.32 (0.13%) than the resistance at $80.55 (12.80%), our systems sees the trading risk/reward intra-day as attractive and believe profit can be made before the stock reaches first resistance..
Earnings coming up
Carter's Inc will release earnings BMO on Friday, April 26, 2024.The consensus among the analysts for the expected earnings (EPS) is $0.730. We will update the financials statements for Carter's Inc, that can be found here as soon as the records are public. Our systems has calculated a possible swing of +/- 7.00% in the first trading day after earnings release.
Is Carter's Inc stock A Buy?
Carter's Inc holds several negative signals and this should be a sell candidate, but due to the general chance for a turnaround situation it should be considered as a hold candidate (hold or accumulate) in this position whilst awaiting further development. We have upgraded our analysis conclusion for this stock since the last evaluation from a Sell to a Hold/Accumulate candidate.
Current score: 0.181 Hold/Accumulate Upgraded
Predicted Opening Price for Carter's Inc of Friday, April 19, 2024
Fair opening price April 19, 2024 | Current price |
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$71.46 ( 0.0747%) | $71.41 |
The predicted opening price is based on yesterday's movements between high, low, and closing price.
Trading levels for CRI
Fibonacci Support & Resistance Levels
Level | Price | |||
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Resistance | R3 | 72.50 | 1.53 % | |
R2 | 72.11 | 0.97 % | ||
R1 | 71.86 | 0.631 % | ||
Current price: | 71.41 | |||
Support | S1 | 71.07 | -0.482 % | |
S2 | 70.82 | -0.83 % | ||
S3 | 70.42 | -1.38 % |
Accumulated Volume Support & Resistance Levels
Level | Price | |||
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Resistance | R3 | 86.03 | 20.47 % | |
R2 | 81.47 | 14.09 % | ||
R1 | 80.55 | 12.80 % | ||
Current price | 71.41 | |||
Support | S1 | 71.32 | -0.126% | |
S2 | 0 | . | ||
S3 | 0 | . |
CRI Dividend Payout History
# | Ex-Date | Pay Date | Amount | Yield | |
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1 | Feb 26, 2024 | Mar 08, 2024 | Mar 29, 2024 | $0.80 | 0.94% |
2 | Nov 27, 2023 | Nov 27, 2023 | Dec 08, 2023 | $0.750 | 1.03% |
3 | Aug 29, 2023 | Aug 29, 2023 | Sep 15, 2023 | $0.750 | 1.08% |
4 | May 18, 2023 | May 26, 2023 | Jun 09, 2023 | $0.750 | 1.12% |
5 | Feb 23, 2023 | Mar 06, 2023 | Mar 17, 2023 | $0.750 | 1.07% |
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