Shares of Gildan Activewear Inc. (NYSE:GIL – Get Free Report) (TSE:GIL) have received an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the thirteen ratings firms that are covering the stock, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and ten have issued a buy rating on the company. The average 1-year price objective among brokerages that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $44.50.
Several equities analysts have commented on GIL shares. Royal Bank of Canada raised their price objective on Gildan Activewear from $41.00 to $44.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, August 2nd. BMO Capital Markets raised their target price on Gildan Activewear from $43.00 to $47.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, August 2nd. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus raised shares of Gildan Activewear from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their price target for the company from $39.00 to $51.00 in a report on Friday, August 2nd.
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Gildan Activewear Trading Down 1.6 %
Shares of GIL stock opened at $44.07 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $7.30 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.89, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.74 and a beta of 1.43. Gildan Activewear has a 1 year low of $26.99 and a 1 year high of $45.71. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $40.98 and its 200 day simple moving average is $37.68. The company has a current ratio of 2.35, a quick ratio of 0.97 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.55.
Gildan Activewear (NYSE:GIL – Get Free Report) (TSE:GIL) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 1st. The textile maker reported $0.74 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.71 by $0.03. Gildan Activewear had a net margin of 13.01% and a return on equity of 24.96%. The company had revenue of $862.20 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $851.10 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.63 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 2.6% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that Gildan Activewear will post 2.92 EPS for the current year.
Gildan Activewear Dividend Announcement
The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, September 16th. Investors of record on Thursday, August 22nd will be given a dividend of $0.205 per share. This represents a $0.82 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.86%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 22nd. Gildan Activewear’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 27.70%.
Gildan Activewear Company Profile
Gildan Activewear Inc manufactures and sells various apparel products in the United States, North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America. It provides various activewear products, including T-shirts, fleece tops and bottoms, and sports shirts under the Gildan, Gildan Performance, Gildan Hammer, Glidan Softstyle, Gildan Heavy Cotton, Gildan Ultra Cotton, Gildan DryBlend, Gildan HeavyBlend, Comfort Colors, and American Apparel brands.
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