GIL vs. LEVI, AS, ZGN, COLM, UAA, CRI, GOOS, GIII, FIGS, and SGC
Should you be buying Gildan Activewear stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gildan Activewear include Levi Strauss & Co. (LEVI), Amer Sports (AS), Ermenegildo Zegna (ZGN), Columbia Sportswear (COLM), Under Armour (UAA), Carter's (CRI), Canada Goose (GOOS), G-III Apparel Group (GIII), FIGS (FIGS), and Superior Group of Companies (SGC). These companies are all part of the "apparel, finished products from fabrics & similar materials" industry.
Gildan Activewear (NYSE:GIL) and Levi Strauss & Co. (NYSE:LEVI) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Gildan Activewear has a net margin of 16.14% compared to Levi Strauss & Co.'s net margin of 2.05%. Gildan Activewear's return on equity of 24.00% beat Levi Strauss & Co.'s return on equity.
Gildan Activewear pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Levi Strauss & Co. pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Gildan Activewear pays out 27.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Levi Strauss & Co. pays out 154.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Gildan Activewear is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Gildan Activewear has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Levi Strauss & Co.. Gildan Activewear is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Levi Strauss & Co., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
82.8% of Gildan Activewear shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.1% of Levi Strauss & Co. shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Gildan Activewear shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Levi Strauss & Co. shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Gildan Activewear had 2 more articles in the media than Levi Strauss & Co.. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Gildan Activewear and 7 mentions for Levi Strauss & Co.. Levi Strauss & Co.'s average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Gildan Activewear's score of -0.09 indicating that Levi Strauss & Co. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Gildan Activewear received 565 more outperform votes than Levi Strauss & Co. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.60% of users gave Gildan Activewear an outperform vote while only 61.06% of users gave Levi Strauss & Co. an outperform vote.
Gildan Activewear currently has a consensus target price of $41.95, suggesting a potential upside of 9.63%. Levi Strauss & Co. has a consensus target price of $20.56, suggesting a potential downside of 14.41%. Given Gildan Activewear's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Gildan Activewear is more favorable than Levi Strauss & Co..
Gildan Activewear has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Levi Strauss & Co. has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Gildan Activewear beats Levi Strauss & Co. on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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