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GIL vs. OXM, ONON, AS, LULU, BIRK, LEVI, KTB, BRP, ZGN, 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), Amer Sports (AS), lululemon athletica (LULU), Birkenstock (BIRK), Levi Strauss & Co. (LEVI), Kontoor Brands (KTB), The Baldwin Insurance Group (BRP), Ermenegildo Zegna (ZGN), 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 business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

Oxford Industries has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gildan Activewear has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

In the previous week, Gildan Activewear had 6 more articles in the media than Oxford Industries. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Gildan Activewear and 1 mentions for Oxford Industries. Gildan Activewear's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Oxford Industries' score of 0.17 indicating that Gildan Activewear is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Oxford Industries
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Gildan Activewear
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Oxford Industries presently has a consensus price target of $54.40, indicating a potential upside of 26.51%. Gildan Activewear has a consensus price target of $64.58, indicating a potential upside of 14.67%. Given Oxford Industries' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Oxford Industries is more favorable than Gildan Activewear.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Oxford Industries
2 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.67
Gildan Activewear
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.92

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Oxford Industries3.80% 10.99% 5.15%
Gildan Activewear 14.55%34.31%13.06%

Oxford Industries pays an annual dividend of $2.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Gildan Activewear pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. 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.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Oxford Industries$1.52B0.42$92.97M$3.7011.62
Gildan Activewear$3.27B2.57$400.86M$3.1517.88

Summary

Gildan Activewear beats Oxford Industries on 12 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

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GIL vs. The Competition

MetricGildan ActivewearTEXTILE IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$8.37B$12.69B$8.43B$21.65B
Dividend Yield1.61%2.73%3.00%3.50%
P/E Ratio17.8817.2218.6430.23
Price / Sales2.573.636.0658.72
Price / Cash13.6410.2514.9518.30
Price / Book5.905.955.054.66
Net Income$400.86M$586.05M$256.42M$1.00B
7 Day Performance3.00%-0.47%12.36%1.11%
1 Month Performance1.15%11.03%12.61%2.95%
1 Year Performance21.09%23.59%58.64%15.18%

Gildan Activewear Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GIL
Gildan Activewear
4.4596 of 5 stars
$56.32
+0.2%
$64.58
+14.7%
+23.2%$8.37B$3.27B17.8850,000
OXM
Oxford Industries
4.5742 of 5 stars
$46.99
-0.3%
$54.40
+15.8%
-50.3%$700.69M$1.52B12.706,000
ONON
ON
3.8956 of 5 stars
$42.65
-0.6%
$64.20
+50.5%
-8.8%$27.01B$2.63B95.313,254Positive News
AS
Amer Sports
3.7441 of 5 stars
$37.29
+2.5%
$41.62
+11.6%
+133.5%$20.14B$5.18B57.7313,400Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
LULU
lululemon athletica
4.6908 of 5 stars
$159.98
+0.1%
$242.24
+51.4%
-34.0%$18.96B$10.59B10.8839,000Analyst Revision
BIRK
Birkenstock
3.3269 of 5 stars
$46.12
-0.3%
$68.58
+48.7%
-2.3%$8.69B$1.96B25.847,400
LEVI
Levi Strauss & Co.
3.3181 of 5 stars
$22.59
+3.1%
$23.45
+3.9%
+13.6%$8.67B$6.36B15.3218,700
KTB
Kontoor Brands
4.4066 of 5 stars
$81.97
+1.3%
$91.33
+11.4%
+0.9%$4.50B$2.61B15.6813,200
BRP
The Baldwin Insurance Group
N/A$31.09
+0.1%
N/A-37.3%$3.65B$1.27B-33.799,200Gap Up
ZGN
Ermenegildo Zegna
1.3877 of 5 stars
$9.39
+7.4%
$9.28
-1.2%
+11.9%$3.56B$2.11B0.007,395Gap Up
High Trading Volume
CPRI
Capri
4.3576 of 5 stars
$21.65
+5.8%
$24.08
+11.3%
-47.5%$2.43B$4.44B0.0014,200

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This page (NYSE:GIL) was last updated on 9/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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