Gildan Activewear Inc.
Gildan Activewear Inc. is a Canadian apparel company focused on the design, manufacture, and sale of everyday basic clothing and related products. Its core offerings include activewear, underwear, socks, hosiery, and legwear, with products sold under brands such as Gildan, American Apparel, Comfort Colors, Gold Toe, and Peds. The company serves wholesale distributors, screen printers, retailers, and other apparel partners across North America and international markets. Gildan Activewear Inc. is known for its vertically integrated operating model, which supports large-scale production of blank and branded apparel used in printwear, retail, and private-label channels. Headquartered in Montreal, Canada, the company plays an important role in the global basics apparel market by supplying staple garments for consumer, commercial, and embellishment uses.
$41.03
+$0.72 (+1.79%)
EOD Oct 22, 2026
20.46% operating margin is above average. ROIC at 10.96%.
Revenue grew 10.7%, still solid.
At 79x earnings, the current multiple leaves limited room for execution misses or growth deceleration. ROIC dropped from 15.54% to 10.96%, capital efficiency is deteriorating.
78.9x earnings, 14.6x FCF. The market is pricing in years of above-average growth. If that thesis breaks, downside from multiple compression alone could be 30%+. This is a stock where you're paying for the future, not the present.
Price History
Valuation & Multiples
Based on TTM earnings · Diluted shares
Profitability & Returns
Revenue (TTM)
$4.74B
▲ +10.7% YoY
Net Income (TTM)
$61M
▼ -0.5% YoY
Op. Margin
15.28%
▲ +1.7pp YoY
ROIC
10.96%
▼ -4.6pp YoY
Cash Flow & Balance Sheet
FCF (TTM)
$521M
▲ +40.3% YoY
Op. Cash Flow (TTM)
$628M
▲ +32.7% YoY
Net Debt
$4.34B
Cash & Equiv.
$284M
3Y CAGR: +3.8%
3Y CAGR: +42.9%
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Is Gildan Activewear (GIL) overvalued?
At a P/E of 78.9 and a price-to-free-cash-flow of 14.6, Gildan Activewear (GIL) trades above a two-stage DCF intrinsic value of about $25.26 per share, so at $41.03 the stock looks overvalued (38.4% above estimated intrinsic value). A high multiple is not the same as overvalued: fast-growing, high-quality businesses can deserve a premium. See the general approach in how to tell if a stock is overvalued.
On quality, Gildan Activewear scores 55/100 on Intrinsiqq's quality scorecard (a mixed business on these measures), weighing growth, margins, returns on capital, share count, and balance-sheet strength. It currently yields about 1.7%; see dividend safety for coverage and history. All figures are computed from company filings; read the full methodology, or see how the market compares in our US profitability statistics. This is analysis, not investment advice.
Frequently asked
What is Gildan Activewear's fair value?+
Intrinsiqq's two-stage DCF estimates an intrinsic value of about $25.26 per share for GIL, projecting its recent free cash flow forward with a growth rate that fades toward a long-run rate and discounting it back to today. Applying a 25% margin of safety gives a more conservative fair-value entry around $18.95. At today's $41.03, that puts the stock about 38.4% above estimated intrinsic value. The result is sensitive to the growth and discount-rate inputs, so it is best to run conservative, base and optimistic cases. You can adjust all of them yourself with the sliders on the DCF tab.
Is Gildan Activewear a high-quality business?+
Gildan Activewear scores 55 out of 100 on Intrinsiqq's quality score, a weighted blend of 8 metrics each scored 0 to 100, which makes it a mixed business on these measures. Recent fundamentals include a 15.3% operating margin and a 11.0% return on invested capital. The score weighs revenue and free-cash-flow growth, operating margins, return on invested capital, share-count change, and balance-sheet strength, all computed from company filings, not opinion. Because valuation only means something relative to quality, the full metric-by-metric breakdown is on the quality scorecard.
Does Gildan Activewear (GIL) pay a dividend, and how much?+
Yes, Gildan Activewear pays a regular dividend of about $0.68 per share per year (typically in quarterly installments), a yield of roughly 1.7% at the current price. That is a payout ratio of about 208.1% of earnings, so the dividend is stretched at this level. A low headline yield is not the same as a weak dividend: what matters is how well earnings and free cash flow cover the payout and whether it is growing, not the percentage alone. For GIL's full payout history, growth streak and dividend-safety score, see the dividends tab.
Is Gildan Activewear a good stock to buy right now?+
That depends on valuation and quality together, not either alone. GIL currently trades above its estimated intrinsic value and scores 55/100 on quality (mixed). It also yields about 1.7%. A cheap price is only a bargain if the business is durable, and a premium can be justified by genuine quality, so the two questions, "is it cheap?" and "is it good?", only make sense side by side. Read the valuation against the quality scorecard, run the DCF on your own assumptions, and decide for yourself. This is analysis from company filings, not investment advice.
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