Equities Analysts Set Expectations for TSE:GIL Q1 Earnings

Gildan Activewear Inc. (TSE:GIL) (NYSE:GIL) – Analysts at National Bank Financial dropped their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Gildan Activewear in a research note issued to investors on Sunday, April 20th. National Bank Financial analyst V. Shreedhar now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $0.79 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.81. The consensus estimate for Gildan Activewear’s current full-year earnings is $4.55 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for Gildan Activewear’s Q1 2026 earnings at $0.88 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.45 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.57 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.39 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $5.30 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $5.78 EPS.

GIL has been the subject of a number of other reports. Desjardins increased their price target on Gildan Activewear from C$82.00 to C$87.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 20th. UBS Group upgraded shares of Gildan Activewear from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday, January 10th. Finally, National Bankshares decreased their target price on Gildan Activewear from C$83.00 to C$72.00 in a research report on Monday. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of C$65.75.

Gildan Activewear Trading Up 2.2 %

Gildan Activewear stock opened at C$59.13 on Tuesday. Gildan Activewear has a 12-month low of C$44.23 and a 12-month high of C$79.11. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 101.26, a current ratio of 2.31 and a quick ratio of 0.87. The stock has a market capitalization of C$6.42 billion, a PE ratio of 15.86, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.55 and a beta of 1.64. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of C$65.79 and a 200-day simple moving average of C$67.94.

Gildan Activewear (TSE:GIL) (NYSE:GIL) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 19th. The company reported C$0.83 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of C$0.82 by C$0.01. Gildan Activewear had a return on equity of 23.10% and a net margin of 13.05%. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.75 EPS.

Gildan Activewear Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, April 7th. Shareholders of record on Monday, April 7th were given a $0.226 dividend. This represents a $0.90 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.53%. This is an increase from Gildan Activewear’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.21. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, March 12th. Gildan Activewear’s payout ratio is currently 29.76%.

Insider Transactions at Gildan Activewear

In other Gildan Activewear news, Senior Officer Michael Schroeder sold 4,299 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, February 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$78.02, for a total transaction of C$335,428.68. Also, Senior Officer Rhodri Harries sold 100,000 shares of Gildan Activewear stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, February 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$78.08, for a total transaction of C$7,808,000.00. Insiders have sold a total of 110,144 shares of company stock worth $8,568,586 in the last 90 days. 2.26% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Gildan Activewear Company Profile

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 to wholesalers and printers (printwear). Gildan also sells branded clothing through retail and direct-to-consumer channels.