TSE:GIL Q4 EPS Estimate Reduced by National Bank Financial

Key Points

• National Bank Financial has reduced its Q4 2025 EPS estimate for Gildan Activewear from $1.29 to $1.28, while the full-year earnings consensus remains at $4.55 per share.
• Gildan Activewear's stock is currently rated "Buy" with a consensus target price of C$77.33, following various upgrades from multiple analysts.
• The company recently declared a quarterly dividend of $0.226 per share, contributing to an annual yield of 1.1%.

Gildan Activewear Inc. (TSE:GIL - Free Report) NYSE: GIL - Research analysts at National Bank Financial cut their Q4 2025 EPS estimates for Gildan Activewear in a note issued to investors on Tuesday, September 23rd. National Bank Financial analyst V. Shreedhar now forecasts that the company will post earnings of $1.28 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $1.29. The consensus estimate for Gildan Activewear's current full-year earnings is $4.55 per share.

GIL has been the topic of several other research reports. National Bankshares raised their price objective on Gildan Activewear from C$80.00 to C$85.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Thursday, August 14th. Cfra Research raised shares of Gildan Activewear to a "hold" rating in a research note on Monday, August 4th. Royal Bank Of Canada raised shares of Gildan Activewear to a "moderate buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 5th. Finally, TD Securities upped their price target on shares of Gildan Activewear from C$60.00 to C$67.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Monday, September 8th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have assigned a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus target price of C$77.33.

Gildan Activewear Stock Up 0.1%

GIL stock opened at C$79.07 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of C$11.79 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.34, a PEG ratio of 4.55 and a beta of 1.27. 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 has a one year low of C$52.77 and a one year high of C$80.01. The company has a 50 day moving average price of C$74.42 and a two-hundred day moving average price of C$67.96.

Gildan Activewear Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 15th. Investors of record on Monday, September 15th were issued a $0.226 dividend. This represents a $0.90 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.1%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, August 21st. Gildan Activewear's dividend payout ratio is currently 27.63%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Gildan Activewear news, insider Benito Masi sold 15,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$75.07, for a total transaction of C$1,126,017.00. Following the transaction, the insider owned 359,421 shares in the company, valued at C$26,980,943.74. The trade was a 4.01% decrease in their ownership of the stock. 2.26% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Gildan Activewear Company Profile

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.

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