Gildan is growing revenue at 64% year-over-year—an industry-leading pace—and has reversed two consecutive prior-period earnings misses with back-to-back beats, while the stock sits roughly 17% below the analyst consensus target with a favorable risk/reward. The central risk is that reported earnings are not translating into cash: free cash flow is negative, the dividend appears uncovered by cash generation, and the asymmetry ratio just misses the minimum entry bar, tempering urgency to add.
Thesis pillars
- Industry Leading Revenue Growth→Stable
- Earnings Recovery After Prior Misses→Stable
- Negative Free Cash Flow Quality→Stable
- +1 more pillar — see the Why tab for full reasoning
Gildan Activewear, Inc. (GIL) Stock Analysis
Recovery setup
Consumer Cyclical · Apparel Manufacturing
Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $56.72, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Leverage penalty (D/E 1.5): -0.5; Negative momentum.
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,... Read more
Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $56.72, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Leverage penalty (D/E 1.5): -0.5; Negative momentum. Chart setup: Death cross but MACD improving, RSI 75. Mixed signals. Hold existing position. Score 6.0/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 7/9 gates (favorable risk/reward ratio, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 75d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and death cross (50MA < 200MA). Suitability: moderate.
Recent developments
updated 2026-08-16Recent Developments — Gildan Activewear, Inc.
Latest news
- NEWS Stock Traders Purchase High Volume of Put Options on Gildan Activewear (NYSE:GIL) - MarketBeat — MarketBeat negative
- NEWS GIL INVESTIGATION: Gildan Securities Fraud Investigation - GlobeNewswire — GlobeNewswire negative
- NEWS Royal Bank of Canada Acquires 1,193,718 Shares of Gildan Activewear, Inc. $GIL - MarketBeat — MarketBeat neutral
- NEWS Gildan Activewear Inc. stock falls Wednesday, underperforms market - MarketWatch — MarketWatch negative
- NEWS Gildan Activewear, Inc. (NYSE:GIL) Receives Average Rating of "Moderate Buy" from Analysts - MarketBeat — MarketBeat positive
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Rating Breakdown
2 floor-breakers·1 ceiling hit
Technicals below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
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Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $56.72, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Leverage penalty (D/E 1.5): -0.5; Negative momentum. Chart setup: Death cross but MACD improving, RSI 75. Mixed signals. Hold existing position. Target $74.17 (+30.8%), stop $52.86 (−7.3%), A.R:R 2.3:1. Score 6.0/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $74.17 (+30.8% upside). Target $74.17 (+30.8%), stop $52.86 (−7.3%), A.R:R 2.3:1. Stop-loss: $52.86.
Leverage penalty (D/E 1.5): -0.5; Negative momentum; Below 200-MA, MA slope -1.1%/30d (confirmed downtrend).
Gildan Activewear, Inc. trades at a P/E of 44.0 (forward 10.3). TrendMatrix value score: 7.7/10. Verdict: Hold.
13 analysts cover GIL with a consensus score of 3.8/5. Average price target: $85.
What does Gildan Activewear, Inc. do?Gildan Activewear Inc. manufactures and sells various apparel products. The company provides various activewear...
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.