GIL vs. AS, BIRK, LEVI, BRP, KTB, ZGN, UAA, UA, CPRI, and GOOS
Should you be buying Gildan Activewear stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gildan Activewear include Amer Sports (AS), Birkenstock (BIRK), Levi Strauss & Co. (LEVI), The Baldwin Insurance Group (BRP), Kontoor Brands (KTB), Ermenegildo Zegna (ZGN), Under Armour (UAA), Under Armour (UA), Capri (CPRI), and Canada Goose (GOOS). These companies are all part of the "apparel" industry.
Gildan Activewear vs.
Amer Sports (NYSE:AS) and Gildan Activewear (NYSE:GIL) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability and dividends.
In the previous week, Amer Sports had 2 more articles in the media than Gildan Activewear. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Amer Sports and 3 mentions for Gildan Activewear. Gildan Activewear's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Amer Sports' score of 1.34 indicating that Gildan Activewear is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Amer Sports has a beta of 3.64, indicating that its stock price is 264% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gildan Activewear has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Gildan Activewear has a net margin of 12.26% compared to Amer Sports' net margin of -0.74%. Gildan Activewear's return on equity of 28.80% beat Amer Sports' return on equity.
Amer Sports currently has a consensus target price of $36.67, indicating a potential downside of 3.06%. Gildan Activewear has a consensus target price of $57.91, indicating a potential upside of 18.55%. Given Gildan Activewear's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Gildan Activewear is more favorable than Amer Sports.
40.3% of Amer Sports shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.8% of Gildan Activewear shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Gildan Activewear shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Gildan Activewear has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Amer Sports. Gildan Activewear is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amer Sports, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Gildan Activewear received 683 more outperform votes than Amer Sports when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.77% of users gave Amer Sports an outperform vote while only 70.27% of users gave Gildan Activewear an outperform vote.
Summary
Gildan Activewear beats Amer Sports on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:GIL) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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