Gildan Activewear (GIL) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals believe in BIRK or GIL?

19.9% of Birkenstock 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 insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend BIRK or GIL?

Birkenstock currently has a consensus price target of $62.11, suggesting a potential upside of 24.18%. Gildan Activewear has a consensus price target of $44.77, suggesting a potential downside of 6.06%. Given Birkenstock's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Birkenstock is more favorable than Gildan Activewear.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Birkenstock	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	16 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Gildan Activewear	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.77

Does the media favor BIRK or GIL?

In the previous week, Birkenstock had 1 more articles in the media than Gildan Activewear. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Birkenstock and 14 mentions for Gildan Activewear. Gildan Activewear's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Birkenstock's score of 0.52 indicating that Gildan Activewear is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Birkenstock	2 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Gildan Activewear	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is BIRK or GIL more profitable?

Gildan Activewear has a net margin of 13.01% compared to Birkenstock's net margin of 6.26%. Gildan Activewear's return on equity of 24.96% beat Birkenstock's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Birkenstock	6.26%	5.79%	2.99%
Gildan Activewear	13.01%	24.96%	13.30%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, BIRK or GIL?

Gildan Activewear has higher revenue and earnings than Birkenstock. Gildan Activewear is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Birkenstock, 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
Birkenstock	$1.72B	5.45	$80.18M	$0.61	82.00
Gildan Activewear	$3.21B	2.46	$533.58M	$2.96	16.10

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BIRK or GIL?

Gildan Activewear received 668 more outperform votes than Birkenstock when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 78.00% of users gave Birkenstock an outperform vote while only 69.66% of users gave Gildan Activewear an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Birkenstock	Outperform Votes 39 78.00%	Underperform Votes 11 22.00%
Gildan Activewear	Outperform Votes 707 69.66%	Underperform Votes 308 30.34%

Summary

Gildan Activewear beats Birkenstock on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.