GIL
Gildan Activewear Inc.
GIL's fundamentals are mixed, but it looks expensive: trading at 65x earnings, about four times its usual 17x. Analysts expect earnings growth.
GIL Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Strong | |
| Healthy | |
| Healthy | |
| Weak |
GIL's revenue, profitability and cash flow are currently healthy, but its balance sheet is weak.
GIL PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 8.3x | $34.83 | — |
| Cheap | 11x | $5.67 | -84% |
| Fair | 17x | $9.22 | -74% |
| Expensive | 24x | $12.73 | -63% |
| Current | 65x | $34.83 | — |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
GIL's PE is in its expensive range at 65x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 8.3x next year's earnings, in its cheap range.
GIL Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Growth | |
| Stable | |
| Improving | |
| Limited | |
| Moderate |
Analysts expect GIL's earnings to grow and its profitability to improve, with its revenue holding steady.
GIL Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $4.21 | +680% |
| Q3 2025 | $3.13 | +24% |
| Q3 2024 | $2.52 | -3.8% |
| Q2 2024 | $2.43 | -11% |
| Q1 2024 | $2.96 | +10% |
| Q4 2023 | $3.04 | +4.1% |
| Q3 2023 | $2.62 | -22% |
| Q2 2023 | $2.73 | -21% |
| Q1 2023 | $2.69 | -20% |
GIL's earnings per share have fallen from their peak: $0.54 over the past year, against $3.45 in mid-2022.
GIL Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | $1.5B | +68% |
| Q1 2026 | $1.2B | +64% |
| Q4 2025 | $1.1B | +33% |
| Q3 2025 | $910.6M | +2.2% |
| Q2 2025 | $918.5M | +6.5% |
| Q1 2025 | $711.7M | +2.3% |
| Q4 2024 | $821.5M | +5% |
| Q3 2024 | $891.1M | +2.4% |
GIL's revenue has grown year over year for nine quarters in a row: $1.5B last quarter, up 68% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 17% | -4.9 points |
| Q1 2026 | 5.1% | -13 points |
| Q4 2025 | 17% | -4.6 points |
| Q3 2025 | 21% | N/A |
| Q2 2025 | 22% | +0.1 points |
| Q1 2025 | 18% | +2.2 points |
| Q4 2024 | 22% | +6.7 points |
| Q3 2024 | 22% | +3.8 points |
GIL's operating margin was 17% last quarter, down 4.9 points from the same quarter a year ago.
GIL Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | $316.5M | +93% |
| Q1 2026 | -$309.9M | -$145.4M |
| Q4 2025 | $280.6M | +65% |
| Q3 2025 | $203.1M | +35% |
| Q2 2025 | $163.7M | +58% |
| Q1 2025 | -$164.5M | -$93.1M |
| Q4 2024 | $169.9M | -16% |
| Q3 2024 | $150.5M | -43% |
GIL generated $490M in free cash flow over the past year, up 53% from the year before.
GIL Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | 0% | +18K shares |
| 1 year | +23% | +34.4M shares |
| 3 years | +4.1% | +7.3M shares |
| 5 years | -7% | -13.9M shares |
| Available history | -8.9% | -18M shares |
GIL has 185M diluted shares, up 23% from a year ago, despite $109M in buybacks over the past year.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | $4.8M |
| Q1 2026 | $71.5M |
| Q4 2025 | $3.4M |
| Q3 2025 | $29.4M |
| Q2 2025 | $77.1M |
| Q1 2025 | $87.4M |
| Q4 2024 | $220.6M |
| Q3 2024 | $381.2M |
GIL spent $109M buying back its own shares over the past year, down 86% from the year before.
GIL Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 6.4x | High |
| Q1 2026 | 7.5x | High |
| Q4 2025 | 6.1x | High |
| Q3 2025 | 2.2x | Moderate |
| Q3 2024 | 2.1x | Moderate |
| Q2 2024 | 1.8x | Healthy |
| Q1 2024 | 1.6x | Healthy |
| Q4 2023 | 1.4x | Healthy |
GIL's net debt is about 6.4 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), up from 2.1 years a year ago.
GIL Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 26.2 | Oversold |
| Stochastic | 9.3 | Oversold |
GIL's weekly RSI is 26 (oversold) and its Stochastic is 9 (oversold).
GIL PE vs Consumer Cyclical Sector
| Metric | GIL | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 65x | 18x | 258% above |
| PE % | 96 | 47 | 49 pts above |
GIL is trading at 65x earnings, a 258% premium to the Consumer Cyclical sector's median of 18x.
GIL Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $39.3 | 11% below |
| 20 week MA | $47.5 | 27% below |
| 50 week MA | $55.7 | 37% below |
| 100 week MA | $53.4 | 35% below |
| 200 week MA | $44.5 | 22% below |
GIL is in a downtrend: it's below all five of its weekly moving averages, and 22% below its 200-week average.
GIL Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $29.6 | $28.2 | -4.5% |
| 2021 | $28.2 | $40.8 | +44% |
| 2022 | $40.8 | $27.1 | -34% |
| 2023 | $27.1 | $33.1 | +22% |
| 2024 | $33.1 | $46.9 | +42% |
| 2025 | $46.9 | $63.6 | +36% |
| 2026 YTD | $63.6 | $34.8 | -45% |
GIL is down 45% so far in 2026, after finishing higher in four of the previous six years.