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Gildan Activewear (GIL) Competitors

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$46.78 +0.01 (+0.02%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

GIL vs. AS, BIRK, LEVI, BRP, UAA, ZGN, UA, CPRI, FIGS, and GOOS

Should you be buying Gildan Activewear stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gildan Activewear include Amer Sports (AS), Birkenstock (BIRK), Levi Strauss & Co. (LEVI), The Baldwin Insurance Group (BRP), Under Armour (UAA), Ermenegildo Zegna (ZGN), Under Armour (UA), Capri (CPRI), FIGS (FIGS), and Canada Goose (GOOS). These companies are all part of the "apparel" industry.

Gildan Activewear vs.

Gildan Activewear (NYSE:GIL) and Amer Sports (NYSE:AS) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and community ranking.

Gildan Activewear has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Amer Sports. Amer Sports is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gildan Activewear, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Gildan Activewear$3.23B2.21$533.58M$2.5318.49
Amer Sports$4.84B3.18-$208.60M-$0.14-201.29

Gildan Activewear currently has a consensus price target of $51.05, indicating a potential upside of 9.13%. Amer Sports has a consensus price target of $25.14, indicating a potential downside of 10.78%. Given Gildan Activewear's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Gildan Activewear is more favorable than Amer Sports.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Gildan Activewear
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.90
Amer Sports
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

In the previous week, Amer Sports had 24 more articles in the media than Gildan Activewear. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Amer Sports and 8 mentions for Gildan Activewear. Gildan Activewear's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Amer Sports' score of 0.12 indicating that Gildan Activewear is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Gildan Activewear
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Amer Sports
3 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
17 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

82.8% of Gildan Activewear shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.3% of Amer Sports shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Gildan Activewear shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Gildan Activewear has a net margin of 13.06% compared to Amer Sports' net margin of -0.74%. Gildan Activewear's return on equity of 26.88% beat Amer Sports' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Gildan Activewear13.06% 26.88% 13.38%
Amer Sports -0.74%3.15%1.12%

Gildan Activewear received 683 more outperform votes than Amer Sports when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.19% of users gave Amer Sports an outperform vote while only 69.89% of users gave Gildan Activewear an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Gildan ActivewearOutperform Votes
715
69.89%
Underperform Votes
308
30.11%
Amer SportsOutperform Votes
32
76.19%
Underperform Votes
10
23.81%

Summary

Gildan Activewear beats Amer Sports on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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GIL vs. The Competition

MetricGildan ActivewearApparel IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$7.15B$4.99B$8.40B$19.19B
Dividend Yield1.69%3.39%2.79%3.57%
P/E Ratio18.4917.4718.2741.24
Price / Sales2.211.248.6717.58
Price / Cash14.4813.3533.4521.28
Price / Book4.072.725.565.32
Net Income$533.58M$177.00M$267.23M$989.67M
7 Day Performance-4.18%-4.79%-2.11%-3.59%
1 Month Performance-4.55%10.10%0.82%-2.48%
1 Year Performance41.12%-13.62%11.66%13.87%

Gildan Activewear Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GIL
Gildan Activewear
4.4584 of 5 stars
$46.78
+0.0%
$51.05
+9.1%
+41.1%$7.15B$3.23B18.4943,000Positive News
AS
Amer Sports
1.9404 of 5 stars
$27.81
+0.6%
$24.07
-13.4%
N/A$15.19B$4.84B-193.1411,400Analyst Forecast
BIRK
Birkenstock
3.3547 of 5 stars
$55.86
+1.5%
$66.13
+18.4%
+26.5%$10.49B$1.72B90.266,300Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
LEVI
Levi Strauss & Co.
4.1179 of 5 stars
$17.20
-0.6%
$22.75
+32.3%
+12.8%$6.82B$6.16B45.5319,100
BRP
The Baldwin Insurance Group
2.6244 of 5 stars
$40.96
-2.0%
$34.80
-15.0%
+70.5%$4.81B$1.27B-35.509,200Positive News
UAA
Under Armour
3.4408 of 5 stars
$8.39
-4.8%
$9.28
+10.6%
-6.4%$3.63B$5.70B-288.9015,000
ZGN
Ermenegildo Zegna
3.3218 of 5 stars
$8.81
+0.3%
$11.90
+35.1%
-23.6%$3.57B$1.96B0.007,201Negative News
UA
Under Armour
1.3497 of 5 stars
$7.68
-4.0%
$9.00
+17.2%
-10.3%$3.32B$5.40B-195.2517,500
CPRI
Capri
3.8808 of 5 stars
$22.41
+4.9%
$27.90
+24.5%
-57.5%$2.64B$4.80B-7.5015,100Gap Up
FIGS
FIGS
2.0567 of 5 stars
$6.03
-0.3%
$5.35
-11.3%
-21.7%$1.02B$548.64M100.83310News Coverage
GOOS
Canada Goose
2.3757 of 5 stars
$10.01
+0.9%
$11.60
+15.9%
-17.4%$968.92M$1.32B27.164,462

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This page (NYSE:GIL) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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