How to buy Gildan Activewear (GIL) stocks

Gildan Activewear is an apparel manufacturing business based in Canada. Gildan Activewear shares (GIL) are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and all prices are listed in Canadian Dollars.

Its last market close was C$64.72 , which is an increase of 1.62% over the previous week. Gildan Activewear employs 50,000 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around C$3.3 billion.

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• Key figures

Information last updated 2025-05-03.

Latest market close	C$64.72
52-week range	C$43.40 - C$78.73
50-day moving average more info button	C$64.98
200-day moving average more info button	C$65.39
Wall St. target price	C$76.87
PE ratio more info button	18.6467
Dividend yield more info button	C$0.841 (1.91%)
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	C$3.51

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Is Gildan Activewear stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Gildan Activewear stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Gildan Activewear's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Gildan Activewear's P/E ratio

Gildan Activewear's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 19x. In other words, Gildan Activewear shares trade at around 19x recent earnings.

Gildan Activewear's PEG ratio

Gildan Activewear's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 0.7594. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the stocks offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the stocks offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Gildan Activewear's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the stock prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Gildan Activewear's EBITDA

Gildan Activewear's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is C$827.4 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Gildan Activewear's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Gildan Activewear financials

Revenue TTM	C$3.3 billion
Operating margin TTM	19.04%
Gross profit TTM	C$1 billion
Return on assets TTM	12.03%
Return on equity TTM	23.48%
Profit margin	12.38%
Book value	C$9.56
Market Capitalization more info button	C$9.9 billion
EBITDA more info button	C$827.4 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Gildan Activewear stock dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 40.31% of net profits

Recently Gildan Activewear has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Gildan Activewear shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Gildan Activewear's case, that would currently equate to about C$0.841 per share.

While Gildan Activewear's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Gildan Activewear may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.

Gildan Activewear's most recent dividend payout was on 6 April 2025. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their stocks by 19 May 2025 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Gildan Activewear's stocks ever split?

Gildan Activewear's stocks were split on a 2:1 basis on 29 March 2015 . So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Gildan Activewear stocks – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower stock price could have impacted the market appetite for Gildan Activewear stocks, which in turn could have impacted Gildan Activewear's stock price.

Gildan Activewear stock price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Gildan Activewear's stocks have ranged in value from as little as C$43.4015 up to C$78.7327. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta."

Beta is a measure of a stocks volatility in relation to the market. The market (TO average) beta is 1, while Gildan Activewear's is 1.193. This would suggest that Gildan Activewear's stocks are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Gildan Activewear overview

Gildan Activewear Inc. manufactures and sells various apparel products. The company provides various activewear products, including T-shirts, fleece tops and bottoms, sports shirts, polos, and tank tops under Gildan, Gildan Performance, Gildan Hammer, Gildan Softstyle, Gildan Heavy Cotton, Gildan Ultra Cotton, Gildan DryBlend, Gildan HeavyBlend, Comfort Colors, American Apparel, and Champion brands. It also offers hosiery products comprising athletic, dress, casual and workwear socks, liner socks, and socks for therapeutic purposes under Gildan, GoldToe, Signature Gold by GoldToe, GoldToe Edition, Peds, MediPeds, All Pro, and Powersox brands. In addition, the company provides men's and boys' underwear products and ladies panties under Gildan and Gildan Platinum brands. It sells its products to wholesale distributors, screenprinters, and embellishers in North America, Europe, the Asia-Pacific, and Latin America, as well as to retailers in North America, including mass merchants, department stores, national chains, specialty retailers, craft stores, and online retailers; and manufactures products for lifestyle brand companies. The company was formerly known as Textiles Gildan Inc.

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Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Gildan Activewear is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 0.3% of Gildan Activewear stocks are held by insiders and 82.11% by institutions. How many people work for Gildan Activewear?
Latest data suggests 50,000 work at Gildan Activewear. When does the fiscal year end for Gildan Activewear?
Gildan Activewear's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Gildan Activewear based?
Gildan Activewear's address is: 600 de Maisonneuve Boulevard West, Montreal, QC, Canada, H3A 3J2 What is Gildan Activewear's ISIN number?
Gildan Activewear's international securities identification number is: CA3759161035 What is Gildan Activewear's CUSIP number?
Gildan Activewear's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 375916103

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