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Gildan Activewear Inc. (GIL)

Consumer Cyclical | Apparel Manufacturing | Montreal, Canada | NYSE
41.80 USD -0.36 (-0.854%) ⇩ (Oct. 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 41.80

Short-term:★★☆☆☆Long-term:★★★⯪☆Dividends:★★★☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 3:41 a.m. EDT

The investment case for Gildan is currently bifurcated between a compelling long-term turnaround story and a precarious short-term technical setup. Fundamentally, the company is showing signs of life with a massive 72% revenue growth and a forward P/E of just 7.7x, which suggests the market has priced in a severe crisis that may not exist. The balance sheet remains healthy with a current ratio of 1.93, and the recent earnings rebound has been well-received by analysts who are raising targets significantly. However, the short-term chart tells a different story; the stock is trading well below its 50-day and 200-day moving averages, indicating persistent selling pressure and a lack of immediate momentum. The statistical forecast model leans slightly negative for the next month, reflecting this technical weakness. While the long-term thesis appears solid given the valuation compression and growth acceleration, the path to recovery involves navigating a period of continued underperformance relative to moving averages before the catalysts can drive a sustained rally.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.083591
AutoARIMA0.086122
AutoETS0.087110
MSTL0.089019

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 45%
H-stat 0.31
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.099
Excess Kurtosis -0.40
Attribute Value
Sector Consumer Cyclical
Ex Dividend Date 2026-08-19
Last Dividend Date 2026-08-19
Debt to Equity Ratio 147.647
Revenue per Share 27.88
Market Cap 7,741,018,624
Trailing P/E 31.91
Forward P/E 7.68
Beta 1.14
Profit Margins 1.28%
Website https://gildancorp.com

As of Oct. 10, 2026, 3:41 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a significant gap-up event rather than a steady grind higher. Call open interest is heavily concentrated at strikes 60 and 62.5 for the October expiration, representing a massive wall of resistance that implies a binary outcome where the stock must jump nearly 40% to trigger these positions. Conversely, put writers are establishing a dense floor around the 35 strike, suggesting a belief that the downside is capped there despite the current price hovering near 42. The skew in implied volatility shows traders pricing in a volatile, high-amplitude move rather than a linear trend.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.45% 1.33% 1.75% 1.94%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-08-20 0.2490 0.449053
2026-05-20 0.2490 0.435696
2026-03-19 0.2490 0.440708
2025-08-21 0.2260 0.416897
2025-05-20 0.2260 0.450020
2025-03-12 0.2260 0.467425
2024-11-21 0.2050 0.414309
2024-08-22 0.2050 0.488211
2024-05-22 0.2050 0.575196
2024-03-12 0.2050 0.604720
2023-11-21 0.1860 0.521739
2023-08-23 0.1860 0.638956
2023-05-23 0.1860 0.649668
2023-03-13 0.1860 0.614470
2022-11-22 0.1690 0.588440
2022-08-24 0.1690 0.545161
2022-05-25 0.1690 0.572106
2022-03-16 0.1690 0.453326
2021-11-23 0.1540 0.364842
2021-08-25 0.1540 0.390467
2021-05-26 0.1540 0.435644
2020-03-11 0.1540 0.798341
2019-11-13 0.1340 0.491924
2019-08-14 0.1340 0.374302
2019-05-15 0.1340 0.359828
2019-03-06 0.1340 0.379066
2018-11-14 0.1120 0.351428
2018-08-15 0.1120 0.379147
2018-05-16 0.1120 0.389430
2018-03-07 0.1120 0.386874
2017-11-15 0.0940 0.314066
2017-08-15 0.0940 0.309211
2017-05-16 0.0940 0.338617
2017-03-07 0.0940 0.366758
2016-11-16 0.0780 0.295455
2016-08-09 0.0780 0.267306
2016-05-17 0.0780 0.268410
2016-03-08 0.0780 0.286239
2015-11-24 0.0650 0.210424
2015-08-12 0.0650 0.203379
2015-05-22 0.0650 0.203826
2015-02-17 0.0650 0.220264
2014-12-16 0.0650 0.230783
2014-08-12 0.0540 0.188186
2014-05-13 0.0540 0.198311
2014-02-18 0.0540 0.211931
2013-12-10 0.0540 0.209505
2013-08-13 0.0450 0.196121
2013-05-14 0.0450 0.213675
2013-02-19 0.0450 0.243309
2012-12-11 0.0450 0.250696
2012-08-14 0.0375 0.237869
2012-05-15 0.0375 0.305998
2012-02-21 0.0375 0.300120
2011-12-13 0.0375 0.397035
2011-08-16 0.0375 0.277778
2011-05-23 0.0375 0.216014
2011-02-18 0.0375 0.239464
Additional Data
dividendYield 2.38
exDividendDate 2026-08-20
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.95
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.022533206
lastDividendValue 0.249
lastDividendDate 2026-08-20
dividendDate 2026-09-14

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.30129266
Address1 600 de Maisonneuve Boulevard West
Address2 Suite 3300 33rd floor
All Time High 73.7
All Time Low 0.375
Ask 0.0
Ask Size 400
Audit Risk 2
Average Analyst Rating 1.7 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 1,806,370
Average Daily Volume3 Month 1,544,109
Average Volume 1,544,109
Average Volume10Days 1,806,370
Beta 1.141
Bid 0.0
Bid Size 100
Board Risk 5
Book Value 18.039
City Montreal
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 5
Country Canada
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 41.8
Current Ratio 1.93
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 43.005
Day Low 41.62
Debt To Equity 147.647
Display Name Gildan Activewear
Dividend Date 1,789,344,000
Dividend Yield 2.38
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,785,414,600
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,785,414,600
Earnings Timestamp 1,785,414,600
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,304,000
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,304,000
Ebitda 1,109,271,040
Ebitda Margins 0.23415
Enterprise To Ebitda 11.076
Enterprise To Revenue 2.594
Enterprise Value 12,286,689,280
Eps Current Year 4.63454
Eps Forward 5.44028
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 1.31
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,787,184,000
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 20
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 49.9446
Fifty Day Average Change -8.1446
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.16307269
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -30.129265
Fifty Two Week High 73.7
Fifty Two Week High Change -31.899998
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.43283582
Fifty Two Week Low 39.93
Fifty Two Week Low Change 1.8699989
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.04683193
Fifty Two Week Range 39.93 - 73.7
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 898,263,000,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 1.77
Float Shares 183,132,515
Forward Eps 5.44028
Forward P E 7.683428
Free Cashflow -807,118,016
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 75,000
Fullday Change -0.34207535
Fullday Change Percent -0.8113742
Fullday Price 41.8
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,790,812,800
Gross Margins 0.33435002
Gross Profits 1,583,970,944
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.0057599996
Held Percent Institutions 1.04827
Implied Shares Outstanding 185,191,848
Industry Apparel Manufacturing
Industry Disp Apparel Manufacturing
Industry Key apparel-manufacturing
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,787,184,000
Last Dividend Value 0.249
Last Fiscal Year End 1,766,880,000
Last Split Date 1,427,673,600
Last Split Factor 2:1
Long Business Summary 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, Hanes, Gildan Performance, Gildan Hammer, Gildan Softstyle, Gildan Heavy Cotton, Gildan Ultra Cotton, Gildan DryBlend, Gildan HeavyBlend, Comfort Colors, American Apparel, ALLPRO, ComfortWash, BEEFY, Bonds 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, Hanes, and Powersox brands. In addition, the company provides men's and boys' underwear products and ladies' panties under Gildan, Gildan Platinum, Gildan Softstyle, Gildan Performance, BareSoft, Gildan Performance, EZBreeze, Bonds, Berlei, Bras N Things, Polo Ralph Lauren brands. Further, it provides women's lingerie, bras and shapewear under Bali, Playtex, WonderBra, Maidenform, Bonds, Bras N Things, Berle 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. and changed its name to Gildan Activewear Inc. in March 1995. Gildan Activewear Inc. was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.
Long Name Gildan Activewear Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 7,741,018,624
Market State PREPRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_387513
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,604,800
Net Income To Common 206,672,992
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,416,000
Non Diluted Market Cap 8,718,614,696
Number Of Analyst Opinions 8
Open 42.65
Operating Cashflow 628,315,008
Operating Margins 0.22264
Overall Risk 5
Payout Ratio 0.72519994
Peg Ratio 0.38
Phone 514 735 2023
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 41.8
Post Market Time 1,791,934,204
Previous Close 42.16
Price Eps Current Year 9.019234
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 2.3172016
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 1.6339957
Profit Margins 0.0127799995
Quick Ratio 0.639
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 1.69231
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.360001
Regular Market Change Percent -0.853891
Regular Market Day High 43.005
Regular Market Day Low 41.62
Regular Market Day Range 41.62 - 43.005
Regular Market Open 42.65
Regular Market Previous Close 42.16
Regular Market Price 41.8
Regular Market Time 1,791,921,602
Regular Market Volume 1,869,370
Return On Assets 0.08479
Return On Equity 0.08677
Revenue Growth 0.723
Revenue Per Share 27.88
Sand P52 Week Change 0.17502642
Sector Consumer Cyclical
Sector Disp Consumer Cyclical
Sector Key consumer-cyclical
Share Holder Rights Risk 8
Shares Outstanding 185,191,848
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0688
Shares Short 12,732,508
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 11,747,474
Short Name Gildan Activewear, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0776
Short Ratio 7.35
Source Interval 15
State QC
Symbol GIL
Target High Price 111.0
Target Low Price 54.0
Target Mean Price 82.0
Target Median Price 82.0
Total Cash 386,697,984
Total Cash Per Share 2.088
Total Debt 4,932,367,872
Total Revenue 4,737,478,144
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.95
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.022533206
Trailing Eps 1.31
Trailing P E 31.908398
Trailing Peg Ratio 0.3846
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 57.31065
Two Hundred Day Average Change -15.510651
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.27064168
Type Disp Equity
Volume 1,869,370
Website https://gildancorp.com
Zip H3A 3J2