Gildan Activewear (GIL) Competitors

Amer Sports (NYSE:AS) and Gildan Activewear (NYSE:GIL) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, community ranking and media sentiment.

Which has more risk & volatility, AS or GIL?

Amer Sports has a beta of 2.76, indicating that its stock price is 176% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gildan Activewear has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer AS or GIL?

In the previous week, Amer Sports had 21 more articles in the media than Gildan Activewear. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Amer Sports and 17 mentions for Gildan Activewear. Gildan Activewear's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Amer Sports' score of 1.07 indicating that Gildan Activewear is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Amer Sports	19 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Gildan Activewear	14 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AS or GIL?

Gildan Activewear received 687 more outperform votes than Amer Sports when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.07% of users gave Amer Sports an outperform vote while only 70.24% of users gave Gildan Activewear an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Amer Sports	Outperform Votes 40 74.07%	Underperform Votes 14 25.93%
Gildan Activewear	Outperform Votes 727 70.24%	Underperform Votes 308 29.76%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in AS or GIL?

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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer AS or GIL?

Amer Sports presently has a consensus target price of $31.55, suggesting a potential downside of 15.27%. Gildan Activewear has a consensus target price of $58.20, suggesting a potential upside of 15.96%. Given Gildan Activewear's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Gildan Activewear is more favorable than Amer Sports.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Amer Sports	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.77
Gildan Activewear	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.10

Is AS or GIL more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Amer Sports	-0.74%	3.15%	1.12%
Gildan Activewear	12.26%	28.80%	13.17%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, AS or GIL?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Amer Sports	$5.18B	3.98	-$208.60M	$0.14	265.93
Gildan Activewear	$3.29B	2.31	$533.58M	$2.59	19.38

Summary

Gildan Activewear beats Amer Sports on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.