GIL vs. OXM, ONON, LULU, AS, LEVI, BIRK, KTB, ZGN, BRP, and CPRI
Should you be buying Gildan Activewear stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gildan Activewear include Oxford Industries (OXM), ON (ONON), lululemon athletica (LULU), Amer Sports (AS), Levi Strauss & Co. (LEVI), Birkenstock (BIRK), Kontoor Brands (KTB), Ermenegildo Zegna (ZGN), The Baldwin Insurance Group (BRP), and Capri (CPRI).
Gildan Activewear vs. Its Competitors
Oxford Industries (NYSE:OXM) 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 profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Oxford Industries pays an annual dividend of $2.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. Gildan Activewear pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Oxford Industries pays out 74.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gildan Activewear pays out 28.6% 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. Oxford Industries has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Gildan Activewear has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Oxford Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Oxford Industries currently has a consensus price target of $54.40, indicating a potential upside of 46.51%. Gildan Activewear has a consensus price target of $66.23, indicating a potential upside of 9.71%. Given Oxford Industries' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Oxford Industries is more favorable than Gildan Activewear.
Oxford Industries has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gildan Activewear has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Gildan Activewear has a net margin of 14.55% compared to Oxford Industries' net margin of 3.80%. Gildan Activewear's return on equity of 34.31% beat Oxford Industries' return on equity.
Gildan Activewear has higher revenue and earnings than Oxford Industries. Oxford Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gildan Activewear, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
91.2% of Oxford Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.8% of Gildan Activewear shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.0% of Oxford Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Gildan Activewear shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Gildan Activewear had 2 more articles in the media than Oxford Industries. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Gildan Activewear and 5 mentions for Oxford Industries. Gildan Activewear's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Oxford Industries' score of -0.09 indicating that Gildan Activewear is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Gildan Activewear beats Oxford Industries on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:GIL) was last updated on 10/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
