Brokers Offer Predictions for TSE:GIL FY2026 Earnings

Gildan Activewear Inc. (TSE:GIL) (NYSE:GIL) – Research analysts at National Bank Financial raised their FY2026 earnings per share estimates for Gildan Activewear in a research report issued on Tuesday, February 4th. National Bank Financial analyst V. Shreedhar now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $5.64 per share for the year, up from their previous estimate of $5.35. The consensus estimate for Gildan Activewear’s current full-year earnings is $4.55 per share.

Several other research analysts also recently commented on GIL. UBS Group raised Gildan Activewear from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, January 10th. National Bankshares upped their target price on Gildan Activewear from C$68.00 to C$74.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, November 1st. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of C$57.20.

Gildan Activewear Price Performance

GIL stock opened at C$75.13 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 72.52, a quick ratio of 0.87 and a current ratio of 2.35. Gildan Activewear has a 52-week low of C$44.23 and a 52-week high of C$76.20. The company has a market capitalization of C$12.22 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.98, a PEG ratio of 4.55 and a beta of 1.64. The company has a fifty day moving average price of C$69.89 and a 200-day moving average price of C$64.58.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, Senior Officer Benito Masi sold 10,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$69.31, for a total value of C$693,102.00. Company insiders own 2.26% of the company’s stock.

Gildan Activewear Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 16th. Investors of record on Monday, December 16th were given a dividend of $0.205 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, November 21st. This represents a $0.82 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.09%. Gildan Activewear’s payout ratio is 33.94%.

About Gildan Activewear

Gildan Activewear Inc manufactures and sells various apparel products in the United States, North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America. It provides various activewear products, including T-shirts, fleece tops and bottoms, and sports shirts under the Gildan, Gildan Performance, Gildan Hammer, Glidan Softstyle, Gildan Heavy Cotton, Gildan Ultra Cotton, Gildan DryBlend, Gildan HeavyBlend, Comfort Colors, and American Apparel brands.