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.
Levi Strauss & Co. (NYSE:LEVI) and Gildan Activewear (NYSE:GIL) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, risk, media sentiment and earnings.
Levi Strauss & Co. has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gildan Activewear has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Gildan Activewear has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Levi Strauss & Co. pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Gildan Activewear pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. 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 pays out 27.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Levi Strauss & Co. has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Gildan Activewear has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Gildan Activewear is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Levi Strauss & Co. had 6 more articles in the media than Gildan Activewear. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Levi Strauss & Co. and 7 mentions for Gildan Activewear. Levi Strauss & Co.'s average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Gildan Activewear's score of 0.61 indicating that Gildan Activewear is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Levi Strauss & Co. currently has a consensus target price of $20.56, indicating a potential downside of 12.64%. Gildan Activewear has a consensus target price of $41.95, indicating a potential upside of 9.40%. Given Levi Strauss & Co.'s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Gildan Activewear is more favorable than Levi Strauss & Co..
Gildan Activewear has a net margin of 16.14% compared to Gildan Activewear's net margin of 2.05%. Levi Strauss & Co.'s return on equity of 24.00% beat Gildan Activewear's return on equity.
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.
69.1% of Levi Strauss & Co. shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.8% of Gildan Activewear shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Levi Strauss & Co. shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Gildan Activewear shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Gildan Activewear beats Levi Strauss & Co. on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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