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Carter Bankshares, Inc.

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Carter Bankshares, Inc.

CARE·NASDAQ·Finance·CIK 0001829576

General Carter Bankshares, Inc. is a bank holding company headquartered in Martinsville, Virginia, with assets totaling $4.9 billion as of December 31, 2025. In October 2025, the Company became a financial holding company. It is regulated by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Bureau of Financial Institutions of the Virginia State Corporation Commission. The Company's wholly owned subsidiary is Carter Bank & Trust, an FDIC-insured, Virginia state-chartered bank. Carter Bank & Trust operates 64 branches across Virginia and North Carolina. The Bank became a member of the Federal Reserve System on November 13, 2025, and is regulated by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond and the Virginia BFI. The Company, through the Bank, offers a full range of commercial banking, consumer banking, and mortgage services. The Company's common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol "CARE". Carter Bank & Trust began operations on December 29, 2006, following the merger of ten banking institutions: Blue Ridge Bank, N.A. (Floyd, Virginia); Central National Bank (Lynchburg, Virginia); Community National Bank (South Boston, Virginia); First National Bank (Rock Mount, Virginia); First National Exchange Bank (Roanoke, Virginia); Mountain National Bank (Galax, Virginia); Patrick Henry National Bank (Martinsville, Virginia); Patriot Bank, N.A. (Fredericksburg, Virginia); People's National Bank (Danville, Virginia); and Shenandoah National Bank (Staunton, Virginia). The Company was incorporated on October 7, 2020, to serve as the Bank's parent holding company.

Carter Bankshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:CARE) is a publicly traded company in the Finance sector. Wiseek has independently scored 14 items for CARE at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-08-06, rated 8/10. Across its 14 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 9/10, with 14 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for CARE spans 10-Q, 8-K, 10-K.

Recent high-impact activity:

  • Carter Bankshares Q2 2026: $1.31 EPS, NPLs Plunge After Loan Sale, $500M Lawsuit Disclosed
  • Carter Bankshares Q2 Earnings: $1.31 EPS Crushes Consensus, Insurance Sale and Portfolio Repositioning Reshape Balance Sheet
  • Carter Bankshares Q2 EPS Smashes Estimates at $1.31 on Insurance Sale Gain
  • Carter Bankshares Repositions $139M Securities Portfolio, Expects $12.5M Q2 Loss for $4.2M Annual Income Gain
  • Carter Bankshares Reports Record Q1 Earnings Driven by Major Loan Sale, Faces $500M Lawsuit

Financial Snapshot

Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
$20.32M
Net Income
$31.36M
Diluted EPS
$1.38
Op. Cash Flow
$39.86M
Free Cash Flow
$31.81M
Cash & Equivalents
$105.16M
Debt / Equity
0.00×
Net Margin
154.4%
Shares Outstanding
22.08M sh
Source: 10-K · filed 2026-03-05 · accession 0001829576-26-000018

Short Interest & Short Volume

10.39 days to cover

FINRA reported short interest of 2,246,037 shares in CARE as of the September 15, 2026 settlement, a 6.8% increase from the prior period — about 10.4 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 2, 2026, 48.4% of CARE volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.

Short interest (bi-monthly positions)2,246,037 shares as of September 15, 2026
Change vs prior period▲ 6.8%
Days to cover10.39 at avg daily volume of 216,103
Daily short volume (FINRA facilities)48.4% of 43,762 shares on October 2, 2026
5-day average short volume44.5%

Daily short sale volume covers trades reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities and is not the same as short interest (bi-monthly reported positions). Source: FINRA — FINRA is the owner and source of this short interest and short sale volume data; it may not be redistributed.

Dilution Risk

Low risk

Filing-implied dilution signals for CARE, detected from its recent SEC filings · based on capital-structure filings through 2026-08-11.

DRIP/SPP Registration · Potential Discount on Reinvested Dividends

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$30.75
52-week range · as of 2026-08-06 $16.78 – $36.06
Market cap
$681.54M
Volume
125.8K (0.5× avg)
3-mo avg 267.3K
Live data · 2026-10-05 01:22 UTC · Market closed

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CARE
Aug 06, 2026, 1:26 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $34.39
Real-time Price: $30.75 info
Change: -$3.64 (-11%) info
Market Cap: $681.541M info
CARE
Jul 23, 2026, 8:22 AM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $32.66
Real-time Price: $30.75 info
Change: -$1.91 (-6%) info
Market Cap: $681.541M info
CARE
Jul 23, 2026, 8:14 AM EDT
Source: Reuters
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $32.66
Real-time Price: $30.75 info
Change: -$1.91 (-6%) info
Market Cap: $681.541M info
CARE
May 29, 2026, 5:19 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $27.30
Real-time Price: $30.75 info
Change: +$3.45 (+13%) info
Market Cap: $681.541M info
CARE
May 07, 2026, 1:33 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $26.22
Real-time Price: $30.75 info
Change: +$4.54 (+17%) info
Market Cap: $681.541M info
CARE
May 01, 2026, 4:15 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $25.88
Real-time Price: $30.75 info
Change: +$4.87 (+19%) info
Market Cap: $681.541M info
CARE
May 01, 2026, 9:33 AM EDT
Source: Wiseek News
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $25.60
Real-time Price: $30.75 info
Change: +$5.15 (+20%) info
Market Cap: $681.541M info
CARE
May 01, 2026, 8:53 AM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $25.60
Real-time Price: $30.75 info
Change: +$5.15 (+20%) info
Market Cap: $681.541M info
CARE
Apr 23, 2026, 8:16 AM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $24.50
Real-time Price: $30.75 info
Change: +$6.25 (+26%) info
Market Cap: $681.541M info
CARE
Apr 23, 2026, 8:15 AM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $24.50
Real-time Price: $30.75 info
Change: +$6.25 (+26%) info
Market Cap: $681.541M info
CARE
Mar 26, 2026, 2:15 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $20.35
Real-time Price: $30.75 info
Change: +$10.41 (+51%) info
Market Cap: $681.541M info
CARE
Mar 05, 2026, 12:53 PM EST
Filing Type: 10-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $20.70
Real-time Price: $30.75 info
Change: +$10.06 (+49%) info
Market Cap: $681.541M info
CARE
Feb 02, 2026, 8:16 AM EST
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $21.41
Real-time Price: $30.75 info
Change: +$9.34 (+44%) info
Market Cap: $681.541M info
CARE
Jan 29, 2026, 8:16 AM EST
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $19.92
Real-time Price: $30.75 info
Change: +$10.83 (+54%) info
Market Cap: $681.541M info
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