GIL Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (Gildan Activewear Class A Sub. Vot. | NYSE:GIL)

Gildan is a vertically integrated designer and manufacturer of basic apparel, including t-shirts, underwear, socks, and hosiery. Its primary market is the sale of blank t-shirts, sweatshirts, and other apparel to wholesalers, major clothing brands, and printers (printwear). Gildan also sells branded clothing through retail and direct-to-consumer channels. Brands include Gildan, American Apparel, Comfort Colors, and Gold Toe. Gildan produces most of its clothing at factories in Latin America but has been ramping up production at its new facility in Bangladesh. Incorporated in 1984, the Montreal-based company operates internationally but generates nearly 90% of its sales in the US.

Gildan Activewear Class A Sub. Vot. trades on the NYSE stock market under the symbol GIL.

As of April 11, 2025, GIL stock price climbed to $41.49 with 815,031 million shares trading.

GIL has a beta of 0.78, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. GIL has a correlation of 0.28 to the broad based SPY ETF.

GIL has a market cap of $6.30 billion. This is considered a Mid Cap stock.

Last quarter Gildan Activewear Class A Sub. Vot. reported $822 million in Revenue and $.83 earnings per share. This beat revenue expectation by $16 million and exceeded earnings estimates by $.02.

In the last 3 years, GIL traded as high as $55.39 and as low as $25.67.

The top ETF exchange traded funds that GIL belongs to (by Net Assets): SMIG, OSCV, DIHP, DFIC, FFSM.

GIL has outperformed the market in the last year with a return of +16.9%, while the SPY ETF gained +4.5%. However, in the most recent history, GIL shares have underperformed the stock market with its stock returning -13.6% in the last 3 month period and -7.7% for the last 2 week period, while SPY has returned -7.7% and -3.9%, respectively.

GIL support price is $39.30 and resistance is $41.06 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that GIL shares will trade within this expected range on the day.