GIL vs. ITT, OXM, ONON, LULU, AS, BIRK, LEVI, BRP, KTB, and ZGN
Should you be buying Gildan Activewear stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gildan Activewear include ITT (ITT), Oxford Industries (OXM), ON (ONON), lululemon athletica (LULU), Amer Sports (AS), Birkenstock (BIRK), Levi Strauss & Co. (LEVI), The Baldwin Insurance Group (BRP), Kontoor Brands (KTB), and Ermenegildo Zegna (ZGN).
Gildan Activewear vs. Its Competitors
Gildan Activewear (NYSE:GIL) and ITT (NYSE:ITT) are related companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations and profitability.
In the previous week, ITT had 1 more articles in the media than Gildan Activewear. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for ITT and 21 mentions for Gildan Activewear. ITT's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Gildan Activewear's score of 0.62 indicating that ITT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Gildan Activewear has a net margin of 14.55% compared to ITT's net margin of 13.99%. Gildan Activewear's return on equity of 34.31% beat ITT's return on equity.
Gildan Activewear pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. ITT pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Gildan Activewear pays out 28.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ITT pays out 22.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Gildan Activewear has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and ITT has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years.
82.8% of Gildan Activewear shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of ITT shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Gildan Activewear shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of ITT shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Gildan Activewear has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ITT has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Gildan Activewear presently has a consensus target price of $62.33, indicating a potential upside of 26.93%. ITT has a consensus target price of $179.22, indicating a potential upside of 5.41%. Given Gildan Activewear's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Gildan Activewear is more favorable than ITT.
ITT has higher revenue and earnings than Gildan Activewear. Gildan Activewear is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ITT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
ITT beats Gildan Activewear on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:GIL) was last updated on 8/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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