Gildan Activewear, Inc. (GIL) Stock Analysis
Consumer Cyclical · Apparel Manufacturing
Sell if holding. Momentum 2.5/10 is below the 5.0 floor at $54.70 — engine's falling-knife protection flags exit rather than catching a breakdown. Specifics: V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=4.5); Sector modifier (Consumer Cyclical): -1.5.
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
Sell if holding. Momentum 2.5/10 is below the 5.0 floor at $54.70 — engine's falling-knife protection flags exit rather than catching a breakdown. Specifics: V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=4.5); Sector modifier (Consumer Cyclical): -1.5. Chart setup: No recognized chart pattern (not a breakout, bounce, continuation, recovery, falling knife, or range) — technicals mixed. Score 6.3/10, high confidence.
Passes 7/8 gates (favorable risk/reward ratio, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 72d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum. Suitability: moderate.
Recent Developments — Gildan Activewear, Inc.
Latest news
- Gildan Activewear Inc. stock falls Wednesday, underperforms market - MarketWatch — MarketWatch negative
- Gildan Activewear, Inc. (NYSE:GIL) Receives Average Rating of "Moderate Buy" from Analysts - MarketBeat — MarketBeat positive
- Gildan Activewear Inc. stock rises Wednesday, still underperforms market - MarketWatch — MarketWatch neutral
- Gildan Activewear's Q1 Earnings on the Horizon: Factors to Note - Yahoo Finance — Yahoo Finance neutral
- Gildan Activewear's Q1 Earnings on the Horizon: Factors to Note - TradingView — TradingView positive
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1 floor-breaker·1 ceiling hit
Price action weak — below key moving averages, no momentum carry. Needs a base before trend-continuation setups apply.static
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Sell if holding. Momentum 2.5/10 is below the 5.0 floor at $54.70 — engine's falling-knife protection flags exit rather than catching a breakdown. Specifics: V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=4.5); Sector modifier (Consumer Cyclical): -1.5. Chart setup: No recognized chart pattern (not a breakout, bounce, continuation, recovery, falling knife, or range) — technicals mixed. Prior stop was $52.74. Score 6.3/10, high confidence.
Take-profit target: $72.40 (+32.8% upside). Prior stop was $52.74. Stop-loss: $52.74.
V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=4.5); Sector modifier (Consumer Cyclical): -1.5; Leverage penalty (D/E 1.5): -0.5.
Gildan Activewear, Inc. trades at a P/E of 33.0 (forward 10.5). TrendMatrix value score: 7.6/10. Verdict: Sell.
14 analysts cover GIL with a consensus score of 3.9/5. Average price target: $83.
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.