GIL vs. AS, BIRK, LEVI, KTB, BRP, UAA, UA, ZGN, CPRI, and FIGS
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), Kontoor Brands (KTB), The Baldwin Insurance Group (BRP), Under Armour (UAA), Under Armour (UA), Ermenegildo Zegna (ZGN), Capri (CPRI), and FIGS (FIGS). 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 superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Gildan Activewear presently has a consensus target price of $53.35, indicating a potential upside of 7.17%. Amer Sports has a consensus target price of $26.50, indicating a potential downside of 11.08%. Given Gildan Activewear's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Gildan Activewear is more favorable than Amer Sports.
Gildan Activewear received 681 more outperform votes than Amer Sports when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.78% of users gave Amer Sports an outperform vote while only 69.92% of users gave Gildan Activewear an outperform vote.
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.
In the previous week, Amer Sports had 3 more articles in the media than Gildan Activewear. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Amer Sports and 3 mentions for Gildan Activewear. Gildan Activewear's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Amer Sports' score of 0.62 indicating that Gildan Activewear is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Gildan Activewear beats Amer Sports on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:GIL) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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