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Gildan Activewear (GIL) Competitors

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C$66.74 -1.09 (-1.61%)
As of 09:50 AM Eastern

GIL vs. GOOS, IFA, UNI, RYU, QSR, CCL.B, MG, CTC, CTC.A, and ATZ

Should you be buying Gildan Activewear stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gildan Activewear include Canada Goose (GOOS), iFabric (IFA), Unisync (UNI), RYU Apparel (RYU), Restaurant Brands International (QSR), CCL Industries (CCL.B), Magna International (MG), Canadian Tire (CTC), Canadian Tire (CTC.A), and Aritzia (ATZ). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.

Gildan Activewear vs.

Canada Goose (TSE:GOOS) and Gildan Activewear (TSE:GIL) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, risk, media sentiment and earnings.

Canada Goose has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gildan Activewear has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Gildan Activewear has a net margin of 13.05% compared to Canada Goose's net margin of 5.49%. Gildan Activewear's return on equity of 23.10% beat Canada Goose's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Canada Goose5.49% 18.01% 7.21%
Gildan Activewear 13.05%23.10%9.32%

Gildan Activewear has higher revenue and earnings than Canada Goose. Gildan Activewear is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canada Goose, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Canada GooseC$1.33B1.16C$72.96MC$0.7521.17
Gildan ActivewearC$2.18B3.38C$284.77MC$3.7318.19

Gildan Activewear received 132 more outperform votes than Canada Goose when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.24% of users gave Gildan Activewear an outperform vote while only 57.41% of users gave Canada Goose an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Canada GooseOutperform Votes
333
57.41%
Underperform Votes
247
42.59%
Gildan ActivewearOutperform Votes
465
77.24%
Underperform Votes
137
22.76%

Canada Goose currently has a consensus target price of C$15.00, indicating a potential downside of 5.30%. Gildan Activewear has a consensus target price of C$64.00, indicating a potential downside of 5.65%. Given Canada Goose's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Canada Goose is more favorable than Gildan Activewear.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Canada Goose
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Gildan Activewear
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.43

89.4% of Canada Goose shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.1% of Gildan Activewear shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Canada Goose shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Gildan Activewear shares are held by company 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, Canada Goose had 4 more articles in the media than Gildan Activewear. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Canada Goose and 2 mentions for Gildan Activewear. Gildan Activewear's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Canada Goose's score of -0.20 indicating that Gildan Activewear is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Canada Goose
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Gildan Activewear
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Gildan Activewear beats Canada Goose on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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GIL vs. The Competition

MetricGildan ActivewearApparel Manufacturing IndustryCyclical SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$7.37BC$1.68BC$3.34BC$5.94B
Dividend Yield1.55%4.21%3.49%6.32%
P/E Ratio18.1963.1389.2929.92
Price / Sales3.381.4466.56823.31
Price / Cash54.35337.8931.0783.71
Price / Book6.972.533.733.99
Net IncomeC$284.77MC$114.06MC$262.99MC$301.32M
7 Day Performance-3.24%3.19%-0.06%0.43%
1 Month Performance14.71%11.54%28.32%6.45%
1 Year Performance38.97%-3.02%2,605.87%17.05%

Gildan Activewear Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GIL
Gildan Activewear
1.4839 of 5 stars
C$66.74
-1.6%
C$64.00
-4.1%
+39.0%C$7.25BC$2.18B17.9047,000Dividend Announcement
Ex-Dividend
GOOS
Canada Goose
0.9566 of 5 stars
C$12.65
+3.3%
C$16.57
+31.0%
-16.0%C$1.23BC$1.33B16.904,462
IFA
iFabric
N/AC$1.06
+6.0%
N/AN/AC$32.12MC$21.64M88.84N/A
UNI
Unisync
N/AC$1.19
-0.8%
N/A-16.5%C$22.16MC$87.98M-4.75303
RYU
RYU Apparel
N/AC$0.02
+33.3%
N/A+0.0%C$4.25MC$1.31M-1.25N/AGap Up
QSR
Restaurant Brands International
N/AC$96.21
+2.8%
N/A+2.9%C$21.84BC$4.96B19.306,400
CCL.B
CCL Industries
3.1843 of 5 stars
C$78.40
+0.4%
C$89.25
+13.8%
+10.1%C$13.10BC$6.94B20.8521,000
MG
Magna International
N/AC$50.88
+4.9%
N/A-21.6%C$10.29BC$30.04B9.55165,000Dividend Announcement
CTC
Canadian Tire
1.8781 of 5 stars
C$229.00
+0.4%
C$140.00
-38.9%
-5.9%C$8.76BC$11.21B13.1414,322Gap Up
CTC.A
Canadian Tire
1.5082 of 5 stars
C$159.96
0.0%
C$171.25
+7.1%
+19.3%C$8.35BC$16.35B23.3513,735
ATZ
Aritzia
1.041 of 5 stars
C$64.61
+9.5%
C$64.50
-0.2%
+95.8%C$7.71BC$2.67B56.778,300

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This page (TSE:GIL) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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