Gildan Activewear (GIL) Competitors

Canada Goose (TSE:GOOS) and Gildan Activewear (TSE:GIL) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking, dividends and earnings.

Do analysts prefer GOOS or GIL?

Canada Goose currently has a consensus target price of C$16.57, suggesting a potential upside of 49.83%. Gildan Activewear has a consensus target price of C$68.50, suggesting a potential upside of 20.30%. Given Canada Goose's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Canada Goose is more favorable than Gildan Activewear.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Canada Goose	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Gildan Activewear	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33

Which has higher valuation & earnings, GOOS or GIL?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Canada Goose	C$1.33B	0.81	C$72.96M	C$0.75	14.78
Gildan Activewear	C$2.18B	2.83	C$284.77M	C$3.73	15.27

Is GOOS or GIL more profitable?

Gildan Activewear has a net margin of 13.05% compared to Canada Goose's net margin of 5.49%. Gildan Activewear's return on equity of 23.10% beat Canada Goose's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Canada Goose	5.49%	18.01%	7.21%
Gildan Activewear	13.05%	23.10%	9.32%

Which has more risk & volatility, GOOS or GIL?

Canada Goose has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gildan Activewear has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor GOOS or GIL?

In the previous week, Canada Goose had 1 more articles in the media than Gildan Activewear. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Canada Goose and 0 mentions for Gildan Activewear. Gildan Activewear's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Canada Goose's score of -0.28 indicating that Gildan Activewear is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Canada Goose	Neutral
Gildan Activewear	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of GOOS or GIL?

89.4% of Canada Goose shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.1% of Gildan Activewear shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Canada Goose shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% 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 will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GOOS or GIL?

Gildan Activewear received 130 more outperform votes than Canada Goose when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.30% of users gave Gildan Activewear an outperform vote while only 57.41% of users gave Canada Goose an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Canada Goose	Outperform Votes 333 57.41%	Underperform Votes 247 42.59%
Gildan Activewear	Outperform Votes 463 77.30%	Underperform Votes 136 22.70%

Summary

Gildan Activewear beats Canada Goose on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.