The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Friday, August 14, 2026

Subject of the day

GIL.TO

Concerning the House

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.

Canada · gildancorp.com

The Ledger
LineJun 2025Sep 2025Dec 2025Mar 2026
Revenue$918.50M$910.57M$1.08B$1.17B
Gross profit$289.40M$306.60M$311.96M$278.35M
Operating income$207.70M$211.34M$186.93M$59.70M
Net income$137.90M$120.16M$56.11M-$65.79M
Diluted EPS0.910.35-0.36
Free cash flow$199.76M$304.49M-$309.89M
CapEx-$24.18M-$31.92M-$30.41M
Quotation

$79.44

-0.46 (-0.6%)

52w hi$98.13
52w lo$69.91
Vol1.26M
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Sell

Our score -0.53

Short-0.85
Medium-0.52
Long+0.10

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

Gildan Activewear Inc.

Consumer Cyclical · Apparel Manufacturing

Market cap$14.71B
Enterprise value$19.34B
Trailing P/E44.13x
Forward P/E10.33x
EV / EBITDA17.44x
P / S (ttm)3.11x
Profit margin1.3%
Return on equity8.7%
Revenue growth+72.3%
Earnings growth
Debt / equity147.65
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX0.91
Corr SPX0.43
Annual vol34.2%
Annual ret+19.3%
Sharpe0.56
Max DD-31.6%

Window: 504 trading days (493 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.38
Sector+0.01
Technical-0.12
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment-0.68

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$80.44$80.65$77.92$79.441.26M
Aug 12$81.71$81.71$79.40$79.901.03M
Aug 11$79.78$81.62$79.75$81.50466.80K
Aug 10$79.76$80.37$79.56$80.15432.50K
Aug 7$81.99$82.42$80.09$80.16574.30K