Gildan Activewear (GIL) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend GIL or GOOS?

Gildan Activewear presently has a consensus price target of C$64.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.49%. Canada Goose has a consensus price target of C$16.57, indicating a potential upside of 45.24%. Given Canada Goose's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Canada Goose is more favorable than Gildan Activewear.

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

Does the media prefer GIL or GOOS?

In the previous week, Gildan Activewear had 10 more articles in the media than Canada Goose. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Gildan Activewear and 0 mentions for Canada Goose. Gildan Activewear's average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat Canada Goose's score of -1.34 indicating that Gildan Activewear is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Gildan Activewear	Neutral
Canada Goose	Negative

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GIL or GOOS?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Gildan Activewear	Outperform Votes 465 77.24%	Underperform Votes 137 22.76%
Canada Goose	Outperform Votes 333 57.41%	Underperform Votes 247 42.59%

Which has more risk & volatility, GIL or GOOS?

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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of GIL or GOOS?

88.1% of Gildan Activewear shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.4% of Canada Goose shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Gildan Activewear shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Canada Goose shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, GIL or GOOS?

Gildan Activewear has higher revenue and earnings than Canada Goose. Canada Goose is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gildan Activewear, 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
Gildan Activewear	C$2.18B	3.17	C$284.77M	C$3.73	17.08
Canada Goose	C$1.33B	0.83	C$72.96M	C$0.75	15.25

Is GIL or GOOS more profitable?

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
Gildan Activewear	13.05%	23.10%	9.32%
Canada Goose	5.49%	18.01%	7.21%

Summary

Gildan Activewear beats Canada Goose on 17 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.