NYSE:GILGildan Activewear Stock Price, Forecast & News

Gildan Activewear's stock was trading at $19.29 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, GIL shares have decreased by 24.5% and is now trading at $14.56. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Gildan Activewear in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 7 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Gildan Activewear.

Gildan Activewear is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 30th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Gildan Activewear.

Gildan Activewear will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, July 30th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Gildan Activewear Inc (NYSE:GIL) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April, 29th. The textile maker reported $0.06 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.11 by $0.05. The textile maker earned $459.10 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $481.17 million. Gildan Activewear had a net margin of 5.18% and a return on equity of 17.38%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 26.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.16 earnings per share. View Gildan Activewear's earnings history.

Gildan Activewear announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 21st. Shareholders of record on Thursday, March 12th will be paid a dividend of $0.154 per share on Monday, April 6th. This represents a $0.62 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.23%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, March 11th. This is an increase from Gildan Activewear's previous quarterly dividend of $0.13. View Gildan Activewear's dividend history.

Gildan Activewear's stock split on the morning of Monday, March 30th 2015. The 2-1 split was announced on Wednesday, February 4th 2015. The newly minted shares were payable to shareholders after the market closes on Friday, March 27th 2015. An investor that had 100 shares of Gildan Activewear stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Gildan Activewear's shares. Their forecasts range from $13.00 to $42.00. On average, they anticipate Gildan Activewear's share price to reach $23.82 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 63.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Gildan Activewear.

News stories about GIL stock have been trending negative on Friday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Gildan Activewear earned a media sentiment score of -2.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the textile maker a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news about Gildan Activewear.

Gildan Activewear saw a increase in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 5,680,000 shares, an increase of 5.2% from the May 31st total of 5,400,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,460,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.9 days. Approximately 2.9% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Gildan Activewear's Current Options Chain.

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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 a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Cardinal Capital Management Inc. (1.14%) and Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC (0.01%).

GIL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Cardinal Capital Management Inc..

GIL stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC.

Shares of GIL can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of GIL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $14.56.

Gildan Activewear has a market capitalization of $2.89 billion and generates $2.82 billion in revenue each year. The textile maker earns $259.81 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.66 on an earnings per share basis. Gildan Activewear employs 53,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Gildan Activewear is www.gildan.com.

Gildan Activewear's mailing address is 600 BOULEVARD DE MAISONNEUVE OUEST 33RD FLOOR, MONTREAL A8, H3A 3J2. The textile maker can be reached via phone at 514-735-2023 or via email at [email protected]