Gildan Activewear - GIL Stock Forecast, Price & News

7 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Gildan Activewear in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" GIL shares.
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7 equities research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Gildan Activewear's stock. Their GIL share price forecasts range from $29.00 to $55.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $44.11 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 54.2% from the stock's current price.
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Gildan Activewear's stock was trading at $42.39 at the beginning of the year. Since then, GIL stock has decreased by 32.5% and is now trading at $28.61.
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Gildan Activewear saw a increase in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 4,150,000 shares, an increase of 11.6% from the August 15th total of 3,720,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 688,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 6.0 days. Currently, 2.3% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 3rd 2022.
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Gildan Activewear Inc. (NYSE:GIL) announced its earnings results on Thursday, August, 4th. The textile maker reported $0.86 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.80 by $0.06. The textile maker had revenue of $895.60 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $820.62 million. Gildan Activewear had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 32.51% and a net margin of 20.48%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 19.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.68 earnings per share.

Gildan Activewear declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 4th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 25th will be given a dividend of $0.169 per share on Monday, September 19th. This represents a $0.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.36%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, August 24th.
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Gildan Activewear (NYSE:GIL) pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.30%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 19.65%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, GIL will have a dividend payout ratio of 21.45% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Gildan Activewear's stock split on Monday, March 30th 2015. The 2-1 split was announced on Wednesday, February 4th 2015. The newly minted shares were issued to shareholders after the market closes on Friday, March 27th 2015. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

61 employees have rated Gildan Activewear Chief Executive Officer Glenn J. Chamandy on Glassdoor.com. Glenn J. Chamandy has an approval rating of 83% among the company's employees.

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Gildan Activewear trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "GIL."

Gildan Activewear's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Jarislowsky Fraser Ltd (7.72%), Pzena Investment Management LLC (6.85%), Cooke & Bieler LP (5.30%), FMR LLC (3.68%), Turtle Creek Asset Management Inc. (2.19%) and Principal Financial Group Inc. (1.81%).

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One share of GIL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $28.61.

Gildan Activewear (NYSE:GIL) has a market capitalization of $5.20 billion and generates $2.92 billion in revenue each year. The textile maker earns $607.18 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.46 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 44,000 workers across the globe.

Gildan Activewear's mailing address is 600 BOULEVARD DE MAISONNEUVE OUEST 33RD FLOOR, MONTREAL A8, H3A 3J2. The official website for the company is www.gildan.com. The textile maker can be reached via phone at (514) 735-2023, via email at investors@gildan.com, or via fax at 514-735-6810.