Gildan Activewear (GIL)

Consumer Cyclical · Apparel Manufacturing
$41.72 +2.56% on the day Market cap $7.8B 52-week range $39.93 to $73.70 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
2% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $7.8B, Gildan Activewear's free cash flow of $493M (fiscal 2025) would need to grow about 2% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is close to what the company has delivered over the last 9 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from Gildan Activewear's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price1.9% a year
Free cash flow, last 9 years2.4% a year
Revenue, same period3.8% a year
Price to free cash flow15.8x

Fundamental grade

C

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from GIL's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation6
Profitability6
Growth2
Financial health5
Cash efficiency7

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)16.0x
P/E (forward)9.47x
Price / free cash flow16.3x
EV / EBITDA19.6x
Price / sales2.15x
Price / book2.19x
Revenue growth+10.7%
Operating margin17.1%
Net margin11.0%
Return on equity11.2%
Dividend yield2.3%
Debt / equity1.94x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from Gildan Activewear's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$2.9B$3.2B$3.2B$3.3B$3.6B
Net income$607M$542M$534M$401M$399M
Free cash flow$487M$169M$339M$351M$493M
EPS (diluted)$3.07$2.93$3.03$2.46$2.61
Operating margin22.3%18.6%20.1%18.9%17.1%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by products, fiscal 2025.

Activewear$3.1B85%
Hosiery And Underwear$531M15%

Superinvestors who own GIL

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 4 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Bryan Lawrence
Oakcliff Capital Partners
Held $35M13.1%Q2 2026
Eric Marshall
Hodges Capital Management
Trimmed $5M0.36%Q2 2026
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Added $2M0.00%Q2 2026
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Trimmed $489,9940.00%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Gildan Activewear's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

No open-market insider purchases of GIL in the last 12 months. Most insider activity is selling and option exercises, which aren't shown here.

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In the full deep dive

DCF fair value per share
Yearly return (IRR) at today's price
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Questions

What growth does Gildan Activewear's stock price imply?

At a market value of $7.8B, Gildan Activewear would need its free cash flow to grow about 2% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 9 years its free cash flow grew 2% a year.

Are Gildan Activewear insiders buying the stock?

No open-market insider purchases of GIL in the last 12 months, according to SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own Gildan Activewear?

4 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold GIL in their latest 13F, including Bryan Lawrence, Eric Marshall, Cliff Asness.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.