Gildan Activewear (GIL) Competitors

ITT (NYSE:ITT) and Gildan Activewear (NYSE:GIL) are related companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, ITT or GIL?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ITT	$3.63B	3.45	$518.30M	$6.29	25.27
Gildan Activewear	$3.27B	2.44	$400.86M	$2.59	20.54

Is ITT or GIL a better dividend stock?

ITT pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Gildan Activewear pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. ITT pays out 22.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gildan Activewear pays out 34.7% 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. ITT has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years and Gildan Activewear has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Is ITT or GIL more profitable?

ITT has a net margin of 14.19% compared to Gildan Activewear's net margin of 12.38%. Gildan Activewear's return on equity of 30.61% beat ITT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ITT	14.19%	17.75%	10.24%
Gildan Activewear	12.38%	30.61%	12.73%

Which has more volatility & risk, ITT or GIL?

ITT has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gildan Activewear has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of ITT or GIL?

91.6% of ITT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.8% of Gildan Activewear shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of ITT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Gildan Activewear shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor ITT or GIL?

In the previous week, ITT had 4 more articles in the media than Gildan Activewear. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for ITT and 6 mentions for Gildan Activewear. Gildan Activewear's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat ITT's score of 1.17 indicating that Gildan Activewear is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ITT	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Gildan Activewear	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend ITT or GIL?

ITT presently has a consensus target price of $173.25, suggesting a potential upside of 8.99%. Gildan Activewear has a consensus target price of $57.91, suggesting a potential upside of 8.88%. Given ITT's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe ITT is more favorable than Gildan Activewear.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ITT	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89
Gildan Activewear	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.18

Summary

ITT beats Gildan Activewear on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.