Gildan Activewear Inc. Overview
Gildan Activewear Inc. (Gildan) is an integrated manufacturer of everyday basic apparel, including activewear, underwear, and hosiery products.
The company’s products are sold to wholesale distributors, screenprinter…
Analysis
Hope premium
Gildan Activewear Inc. is priced well ahead of what the underlying numbers justify, a pattern we describe as a hope premium.
On valuation, the picture is expensive. The owner-earnings multiple stands at 40.2×; owner earnings: the cash an owner could take out each year. The implied growth embedded in that price is around 16% a year, against analyst forecasts of 17%. The price, in other words, assumes less than the experts do.
Growth is solid; the safety picture is fragile. The company scores 10/20 on our value-creation score: creating some value.
No flags apply to this company at this time: accounts, balance sheet, and cash quality all pass. A clean bill of health is meaningful, not just the absence of a warning. This analysis describes numbers; it is not investment advice.
360° rank · history
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Jan 202369
96
2023202420252026
All-time high
96
Jun 2026
All-time low
67
Nov 2025
Average rank
77
across all years
Detailed & Historical Ranks
Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.
Current202520242023
Price/Sales
16
10
13
17
Price/Earnings
64
35
64
41
Price/Book
36
18
42
45
Dividend Yield
75
57
65
71
Value (overall)
51
34
29
33
Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.