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Gildan Activewear (GIL) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$42.34 -0.28 (-0.66%)
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About Gildan Activewear Stock (NYSE:GIL)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$42.13
$43.39
50-Day Range
$37.69
$55.09
52-Week Range
$32.23
$55.39
Volume
486,789 shs
Average Volume
649,219 shs
Market Capitalization
$6.42 billion
P/E Ratio
16.94
Dividend Yield
2.13%
Price Target
$60.00
Consensus Rating
Buy

Company Overview

Gildan Activewear Inc. manufactures and sells various apparel products in the United States, North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America. It provides various activewear products, including T-shirts, fleece tops and bottoms, and sports shirts under the Gildan, Gildan Performance, Gildan Hammer, Glidan Softstyle, Gildan Heavy Cotton, Gildan Ultra Cotton, Gildan DryBlend, Gildan HeavyBlend, Comfort Colors, and American Apparel brands. The company also offers hosiery products comprising athletic; dress; and casual, liner, therapeutic, and workwear socks under the Gildan, Under Armour, GoldToe, Signature Gold by Goldtoe, Peds, MediPeds, All Pro, and GoldTeo Edition TM brands. In addition, it provides men's and boys' underwear products, and ladies panties under the Gildan and Gildan Platinum brands. The company sells its products to wholesale distributors, screen printers, and embellishers, as well as to retailers and lifestyle brand companies. The company was formerly known as Textiles Gildan Inc. and changed its name to Gildan Activewear Inc. in March 1995. Gildan Activewear Inc. was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Gildan Activewear Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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GIL MarketRank™: 

Gildan Activewear scored higher than 97% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 16th out of 276 stocks in the consumer discretionary sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Gildan Activewear has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 9 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Gildan Activewear has been the subject of 7 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

  • Read more about Gildan Activewear's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Gildan Activewear are expected to grow by 13.79% in the coming year, from $3.48 to $3.96 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Gildan Activewear is 16.90, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 21.66.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Gildan Activewear is 16.90, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 16.25.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    Gildan Activewear has a PEG Ratio of 1.76. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Gildan Activewear has a P/B Ratio of 4.43. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about Gildan Activewear's valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    1.14% of the float of Gildan Activewear has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Gildan Activewear has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.6, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Gildan Activewear has recently decreased by 1.16%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.
  • Dividend Yield

    Gildan Activewear pays a meaningful dividend of 2.22%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    Gildan Activewear does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of Gildan Activewear is 36.00%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, Gildan Activewear will have a dividend payout ratio of 22.73% next year. This indicates that Gildan Activewear will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about Gildan Activewear's dividend.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    1.14% of the float of Gildan Activewear has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Gildan Activewear has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.6, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Gildan Activewear has recently decreased by 1.16%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.
  • News Sentiment

    Gildan Activewear has a news sentiment score of 0.68. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Consumer Discretionary companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 16 news articles for Gildan Activewear this week, compared to 8 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    3 people have searched for GIL on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 50% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    2 people have added Gildan Activewear to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Gildan Activewear insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 1.99% of the stock of Gildan Activewear is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    82.83% of the stock of Gildan Activewear is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Gildan Activewear's insider trading history.
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GIL Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Gildan Activewear's stock was trading at $47.05 at the start of the year. Since then, GIL shares have decreased by 9.8% and is now trading at $42.4310.
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Gildan Activewear Inc. (NYSE:GIL) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 19th. The textile maker reported $0.83 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.13 by $0.30. The firm's revenue was up 5.0% compared to the same quarter last year.
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Shares of Gildan Activewear split before market open on Monday, March 30th 2015. The 2-1 split was announced on Wednesday, February 4th 2015. The newly issued shares were payable to shareholders after the closing bell on Friday, March 27th 2015. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

Top institutional investors of Gildan Activewear include Cardinal Capital Management Inc. (1.79%), Intact Investment Management Inc. (0.79%), Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. (0.75%) and Addenda Capital Inc. (0.14%).

Shares of GIL stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Gildan Activewear investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Broadcom (AVGO), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Adobe (ADBE), ServiceNow (NOW) and Arista Networks (ANET).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
2/19/2025
Record date for 4/7 Dividend
3/12/2025
Ex-Dividend for 4/7 Dividend
3/12/2025
Dividend Payable
4/07/2025
Today
4/24/2025
Next Earnings (Estimated)
4/29/2025
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NYSE
Industry
Apparel, finished products from fabrics & similar materials
Sub-Industry
Apparel
Current Symbol
NYSE:GIL
Employees
51,000
Year Founded
N/A

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$60.00
High Stock Price Target
$69.00
Low Stock Price Target
$44.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+41.4%
Consensus Rating
Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
3.00
Research Coverage
9 Analysts

Profitability

Trailing P/E Ratio
16.90
Forward P/E Ratio
12.19
P/E Growth
1.76
Net Income
$533.58 million
Pretax Margin
15.72%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$3.27 billion
Cash Flow
$3.17 per share
Price / Cash Flow
13.38
Book Value
$9.58 per share
Price / Book
4.43

Miscellaneous

Free Float
149,042,000
Market Cap
$6.43 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
1.16

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This page (NYSE:GIL) was last updated on 4/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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