GIL vs. AS, BIRK, LEVI, BRP, KTB, ZGN, UAA, UA, CPRI, 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), Kontoor Brands (KTB), Ermenegildo Zegna (ZGN), Under Armour (UAA), Under Armour (UA), Capri (CPRI), 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 superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and earnings.
In the previous week, Gildan Activewear and Gildan Activewear both had 13 articles in the media. Amer Sports' average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Gildan Activewear's score of 1.34 indicating that Amer Sports is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Gildan Activewear presently has a consensus target price of $60.00, indicating a potential upside of 33.01%. Amer Sports has a consensus target price of $32.64, indicating a potential upside of 13.12%. Given Gildan Activewear's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Gildan Activewear is more favorable than Amer Sports.
Gildan Activewear has a net margin of 12.26% compared to Amer Sports' net margin of -0.74%. Gildan Activewear's return on equity of 28.80% beat Amer Sports' return on equity.
82.8% of Gildan Activewear shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.3% of Amer Sports shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Gildan Activewear shares are owned by 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 higher earnings, but lower revenue than Amer Sports. Gildan Activewear is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amer Sports, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Gildan Activewear received 685 more outperform votes than Amer Sports when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.00% of users gave Amer Sports an outperform vote while only 70.13% of users gave Gildan Activewear an outperform vote.
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 3/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
