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. It is a leader in 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, a business that has been greatly enhanced by the Hanesbrands acquisition. Gildan's brands include Hanes, Bali, Maidenform, Playtex, Gildan, American Apparel, Comfort Colors, and Goldtoe. 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 generated 90% of its sales in the US in 2025.

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

As of May 29, 2026, GIL stock price declined to $60.98 with 711,016 million shares trading.

GIL has a beta of 1.01, meaning it tends to be more sensitive to market movements. GIL has a correlation of 0.17 to the broad based SPY ETF.

GIL has a market cap of $11.29 billion. This is considered a Large Cap stock.

Last quarter Gildan Activewear Class A Sub. Vot. reported $1 billion in Revenue and $.43 earnings per share. This beat revenue expectation by $18 million and exceeded earnings estimates by $.08.

In the last 3 years, GIL traded as high as $73.70 and as low as $26.98.

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

GIL has underperformed the market in the last year with a return of +26.1%, while the SPY ETF gained +30.0%. In the last 3 month period, GIL fell short of the market, returning -9.7%, while SPY returned +10.5%. However, in the most recent 2 weeks GIL has outperformed the stock market by returning +7.2%, while SPY returned +1.1%.

GIL support price is $59.71 and resistance is $62.57 (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.