NYSE:GILGildan Activewear Stock Price, Forecast & News

Gildan Activewear's stock was trading at $19.29 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, GIL stock has decreased by 23.5% and is now trading at $14.76. 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, August 6th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Gildan Activewear.

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

Gildan Activewear declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 21st. Stockholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.17%. 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 issued to shareholders after the closing bell 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 brokerages have issued 1 year price targets for Gildan Activewear's shares. Their forecasts range from $13.00 to $42.00. On average, they expect Gildan Activewear's stock price to reach $23.82 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 61.4% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Gildan Activewear.

Media stories about GIL stock have been trending very positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Gildan Activewear earned a media sentiment score of 3.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the textile maker a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutGildan Activewear.

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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 Pzena Investment Management LLC (6.92%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (5.07%), Guardian Capital LP (1.78%), EdgePoint Investment Group Inc. (1.43%), Cardinal Capital Management Inc. (1.23%) and Marathon Asset Management LLP (1.18%).

GIL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Primecap Management Co. CA, 1832 Asset Management L.P., 1832 Asset Management L.P., APG Asset Management N.V., APG Asset Management N.V., Toronto Dominion Bank, Mackenzie Financial Corp, and Guardian Capital LP.

GIL stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Pzena Investment Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., Two Sigma Investments LP, Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank AG, EdgePoint Investment Group Inc., and Schroder Investment Management Group.

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 $14.76.

Gildan Activewear has a market capitalization of $2.93 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]