Gildan Activewear (GIL) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Gildan is a leading manufacturer of everyday basic apparel. The Company's product offering includes activewear, underwear, socks, and intimates sold to a broad range of customers, including wholesale distributors, screenprinters, embellishers, retailers or e-commerce platforms, as well as global lifestyle brand companies. Gildan markets its products in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Latin America, under a diversified portfolio of Company-owned brands including Gildan®, Hanes®, Comfort Colors®, American Apparel®, ALLPRO¿, GOLDTOE®, Peds®, Bali®, Playtex®, Maidenform®, Bonds®, as well as Champion® which is under an exclusive licensing agreement for the printwear channel in the U.S. and Canada. Gildan owns and operates vertically integrated, large-scale manufacturing facilities which are primarily located in Central America, the Caribbean, North America, and Asia.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: C$55.56 to C$56.91
• 50-Day Range: C$56.58 to C$78.77
• 52-Week Range: C$55.56 to C$100.44
• Volume: 597,558 shs
• Average Volume: 654,816 shs
• Market Capitalization: C$10.50 billion
• P/E Ratio: 111.14
• Dividend Yield: 1.68%
• Price Target: C$95.33
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Gildan Activewear Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Gildan Activewear scored higher than 48% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.9 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Gildan Activewear has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 3 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Gildan Activewear has a consensus price target of C$95.33, representing about 68.2% upside from its current price of C$56.68.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Gildan Activewear has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Gildan Activewear is 111.14, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.78.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Gildan Activewear is 111.14, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 40.46.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Gildan Activewear has a PEG Ratio of 4.55. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Gildan Activewear has a P/B Ratio of 3.15. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for GIL.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Gildan Activewear pays a meaningful dividend of 2.44%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Gildan Activewear does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Gildan Activewear is 186.27%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.14

News Sentiment

Gildan Activewear has a news sentiment score of -0.14. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.42 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 11 news articles for Gildan Activewear this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

4 people have searched for GIL on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 33% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Gildan Activewear insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought C$0.00 in company stock and sold C$607,440.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

2.26% of the stock of Gildan Activewear is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

60.66% of the stock of Gildan Activewear is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/30/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/14 Dividend: 8/20/2026
• Record date for 9/14 Dividend: 9/14/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/14/2026
• Today: 10/24/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: TSE
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods
• Sub-Industry: Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods
• Current Symbol: TSE:GIL
• CIK: N/A
• Web: gildancorp.com
• Phone: +1-514-7352023
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 75,000
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Gildan Activewear: C$95.33
• High Price Target: C$108.00
• Low Price Target: C$80.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +68.2%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 3 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): C$0.51
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 111.14
• Forward P/E Ratio: 12.47
• P/E Growth: 4.55
• Net Income: C$284.77 million
• Net Margins: 1.33%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 2.12%
• Return on Assets: 9.32%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 145.29
• Current Ratio: 1.93
• Quick Ratio: 0.87

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: C$4.74 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.22
• Cash Flow: C$1.04 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 54.35
• Book Value: C$18.01 per share
• Price / Book: 3.15

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 185,192,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: C$10.50 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.63