Gildan (GIL)

• Market cap: $7B
• 1 day: 7.51%
• 5 days: 8.11%
• 1 month: 4.30%
• 3 months: -12.00%
• 6 months: -4.65%
• Year to date: -1.33%
• 1 year: 33.06%
• 5 years: 230.85%
• 10 years: 45.44%
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Apparel Manufacturing

About: 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.

Employees: 50,000

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

56% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 56 | Existing positions closed: 36

21% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 120 | Existing positions reduced: 99

6% more funds holding

Funds holding: 303 [Q3] → 322 (+19) [Q4]

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 8 [Q3] → 8 (+0) [Q4]

5% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $5.42B [Q3] → $5.13B (-$288M) [Q4]

6.04% less ownership

Funds ownership: 70.67% [Q3] → 64.63% (-6.04%) [Q4]

77% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $3.46M | Put options by funds: $15.3M

Research analyst outlook

4 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $51 11% upside
• Avg. target: $61 32% upside
• High target: $69 50% upside

4 analyst ratings

• positive: 4 100%
• neutral: 0 0%
• negative: 0 0%

TD Securities Brian Morrison 0% 1-year accuracy 0 / 2 met price target	30% upside $60	Buy Maintained	30 Apr 2025
Barclays Paul Kearney 60% 1-year accuracy 9 / 15 met price target	11% upside $51	Overweight Initiated	28 Apr 2025
BMO Capital Stephen MacLeod 50% 1-year accuracy 2 / 4 met price target	39% upside $64	Outperform Maintained	20 Feb 2025
UBS Jay Sole 33% 1-year accuracy 20 / 61 met price target	50% upside $69	Buy Maintained	20 Feb 2025