Stifel Canada Has Negative Forecast for TSE:GIL Q3 Earnings

Key Points

• Stifel Canada has revised down its Q3 2025 earnings per share estimate for Gildan Activewear from $1.42 to $1.36, while also providing lower estimates for Q4 2025 and full-year 2025 earnings.
• Several analysts have issued reports with changes to Gildan's target price, with Desjardins lowering their target from C$87.00 to C$80.00, while Scotiabank and Barclays upgraded their ratings to "strong buy."
• The company announced a quarterly dividend of $0.226 per share, expected to be paid on September 15th, representing an annualized yield of 1.3%.

Gildan Activewear Inc. (TSE:GIL - Free Report) NYSE: GIL - Research analysts at Stifel Canada lowered their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Gildan Activewear in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, July 31st. Stifel Canada analyst M. Landry now anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $1.36 for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $1.42. The consensus estimate for Gildan Activewear's current full-year earnings is $4.55 per share. Stifel Canada also issued estimates for Gildan Activewear's Q4 2025 earnings at $1.33 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $4.82 EPS.

GIL has been the subject of several other research reports. Desjardins reduced their target price on shares of Gildan Activewear from C$87.00 to C$80.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, April 30th. Scotiabank raised shares of Gildan Activewear to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, May 28th. Royal Bank Of Canada raised Gildan Activewear to a "moderate buy" rating in a research note on Tuesday. Cfra Research upgraded shares of Gildan Activewear to a "hold" rating in a research report on Monday. Finally, National Bankshares decreased their price objective on Gildan Activewear from C$83.00 to C$72.00 in a report on Monday, April 21st. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, three have issued a buy rating and three have assigned a strong buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Gildan Activewear currently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average price target of C$68.67.

Gildan Activewear Price Performance

Shares of GIL traded down C$0.88 during mid-day trading on Monday, reaching C$71.79. The company had a trading volume of 124,854 shares, compared to its average volume of 417,562. Gildan Activewear has a 1-year low of C$52.77 and a 1-year high of C$79.11. The company's 50 day simple moving average is C$67.99 and its 200 day simple moving average is C$67.64. The company has a market capitalization of C$7.80 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.25, a P/E/G ratio of 4.55 and a beta of 1.64. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 101.26, a quick ratio of 0.87 and a current ratio of 2.31.

Gildan Activewear Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, September 15th. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 15th will be issued a dividend of $0.226 per share. This represents a $0.90 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.3%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 21st. Gildan Activewear's payout ratio is currently 29.76%.

Insider Activity at Gildan Activewear

In other Gildan Activewear news, Senior Officer Benito Masi sold 15,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$68.66, for a total value of C$1,029,840.00. 2.26% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

About Gildan Activewear

Gildan is a vertically integrated designer and manufacturer of basic apparel, including T-shirts, underwear, socks, and hosiery. Its primary market is the sale of blank T-shirts to wholesalers and printers (printwear). Gildan also sells branded clothing through retail and direct-to-consumer channels.