GIL Stock Analysis: Gildan Activewear | NYSE
Apparel Manufacturing | NYSE, USA | Market Cap: 9.723m USD | 12M Return: 7.8% | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 64.1M
EPS Trend: 98.3%
Qual. Beats: 1
Rev. Trend: 81.6%
Qual. Beats: 0
Warnings
Tailwinds
No distinct edge detected
Seasonality 11.6 years of data
How good or bad each month usually is (without trend). The score below shows how much you can trust it: 0 = pure chance, >40 gets interesting and >55 is strong.
Gildan Activewear Inc. is a Canadian-headquartered apparel manufacturer founded in 1946 and based in Montreal. The company produces and sells activewear, hosiery, mens and boys underwear, ladies panties, and womens lingerie and shapewear across a large portfolio of owned and licensed brands, including Gildan, Hanes, American Apparel, Champion, GoldToe, Bali, Playtex, Maidenform, Bonds, and Polo Ralph Lauren. It distributes its products through wholesale distributors, screenprinters, and embellishers, as well as directly to mass merchants, department stores, national chains, specialty retailers, craft stores, and online retailers across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America.
The company operates within the Consumer Discretionary sector, specifically the Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods sub-industry. Its business model combines a vertically integrated manufacturing platform serving the printwear and promotional products channel (screenprinters and embellishers) with branded retail sales and contract manufacturing for lifestyle brand companies.
- Hanesbrands acquisition drives revenue diversification beyond core basics
- Cotton input costs and tariff exposure pressure manufacturing margins
- Activewear wholesale demand softness impacts screen printer channel volumes
| Net Income: 62.7m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.05 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA -3.09 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 46.28% < 20% (prev 47.48%; Δ -1.20% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.06 > 3% & CFO 591.1m > Net Income 62.7m |
| Net Debt (4.88b) to EBITDA (718.1m): 6.79 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 1.93 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (185.2m) vs 12m ago 22.78% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 28.16% > 18% (prev 31.17%; Δ -3.01% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 67.07% > 50% (prev 83.35%; Δ -16.28% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 2.41 > 6 (EBIT TTM 521.7m / Interest Expense TTM 216.9m) |
| A: 0.22 (Total Current Assets 4.53b - Total Current Liabilities 2.35b) / Total Assets 10.0b |
| B: 0.09 (Retained Earnings 901.3m / Total Assets 10.0b) |
| C: 0.07 (EBIT TTM 521.7m / Avg Total Assets 7.03b) |
| D: 0.50 (Book Value of Equity 3.34b / Total Liabilities 6.71b) |
| Altman-Z'' = 2.74 = A |
| DSRI: 1.07 (Receivables 1.08b/709.6m, Revenue 4.71b/3.34b) |
| GMI: 1.11 (GM 31.17% / 28.16%) |
| AQI: 2.62 (AQ_t 0.39 / AQ_t-1 0.15) |
| SGI: 1.41 (Revenue 4.71b / 3.34b) |
| TATA: -0.05 (NI 62.7m - CFO 591.1m) / TA 10.0b) |
| Beneish M = -1.62 (Cap -4..+1) = CCC |
As of August 04, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 55.20 with a total of 1,246,875 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by +8.92%, over one month by +6.58%, over three months by -4.41% and over the past year by +7.80%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 52.60 (which is 4.7% or 1.2 ATR below the current price).
Gildan Activewear has received a consensus analysts rating of 4.36. Therefore, it is recommended to buy GIL.
- StrongBuy: 7
- Buy: 5
- Hold: 2
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 0
| Analysts Target Price | 83.1 | 50.6% |
P/E Trailing = 30.0
P/E Forward = 12.0048
P/S = 2.3868
P/B = 2.785
P/EG = 0.4972
Revenue TTM = 4.71b USD
EBIT TTM = 521.7m USD
EBITDA TTM = 718.1m USD
Long Term Debt = 3.86b USD (from longTermDebt, last fiscal year)
Short Term Debt = 1.00b USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 5.14b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 296.7m
Net Debt = 4.88b USD (calculated: Debt 5.14b - CCE 268.0m)
Enterprise Value = 14.6b USD (9.72b + Debt 5.14b - CCE 268.0m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 2.41 (Ebit TTM 521.7m / Interest Expense TTM 216.9m)
EV/FCF = 29.77x (Enterprise Value 14.6b / FCF TTM 490.3m)
FCF Yield = 3.36% (FCF TTM 490.3m / Enterprise Value 14.6b)
FCF Margin = 10.40% (FCF TTM 490.3m / Revenue TTM 4.71b)
Net Margin = 1.33% (Net Income TTM 62.7m / Revenue TTM 4.71b)
Gross Margin = 28.16% ((Revenue TTM 4.71b - Cost of Revenue TTM 3.39b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 28.14% (prev 23.87%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 1.45 (Enterprise Value 14.6b / Total Assets 10.0b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 4.22% (Interest Expense 216.9m / Debt 5.14b)
Taxrate = 14.75% (35.5m / 240.7m)
NOPAT = 444.8m (EBIT 521.7m * (1 - 14.75%))
Current Ratio = 1.93 (Total Current Assets 4.53b / Total Current Liabilities 2.35b)
Debt / Equity = 1.54 (Debt 5.14b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 3.34b)
Debt / EBITDA = 6.79 (Net Debt 4.88b / EBITDA 718.1m)
Debt / FCF = 9.95 (Net Debt 4.88b / FCF TTM 490.3m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 2.95b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 0.89% (Net Income 62.7m / Total Assets 10.0b)
RoE = 2.13% (Net Income TTM 62.7m / Total Stockholder Equity 2.95b)
RoCE = 7.66% (EBIT 521.7m / Capital Employed (Equity 2.95b + L.T.Debt 3.86b))
RoIC = 5.25% (NOPAT 444.8m / Invested Capital 8.47b)
WACC = 7.21% (E(9.72b)/V(14.9b) * Re(9.12%) + D(5.14b)/V(14.9b) * Rd(4.22%) * (1-Tc(0.15)))
Discount Rate = 9.12% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: 34.87 | Cagr: 4.15%
[DCF] Terminal Value 77.97% ; FCFF base≈422.0m ; Y1≈483.8m ; Y5≈712.0m
[DCF] Fair Price = 31.52 (EV 10.7b - Net Debt 4.88b = Equity 5.84b / Shares 185.2m; r=8.35% [WACC [floored]]; 5y FCF grow 15.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: 98.27 | EPS CAGR: 14.72% | SUE: 1.05 | # QB: 1
Revenue Correlation: 81.58 | Revenue CAGR: 11.78% | SUE: -0.42 | # QB: 0
EPS current Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=1.36 | Chg30d=-1.50% | Revisions=-25% | Analysts=8
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=4.65 | Chg30d=+8.00% | Revisions=-8% | GrowthEPS=+32.5% | GrowthRev=+69.4%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=5.37 | Chg30d=-0.17% | Revisions=-8% | GrowthEPS=+15.5% | GrowthRev=+5.3%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: -14% (up=8, down=11)