National Bank Financial Predicts TSE:GIL Q1 Earnings

Gildan Activewear Inc. (TSE:GIL) (NYSE:GIL) – Investment 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 Wednesday, February 19th. National Bank Financial analyst V. Shreedhar now expects that the company will post earnings per share of $0.81 for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.87. 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 Q2 2025 earnings at $1.35 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $1.48 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.31 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $4.94 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.92 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.53 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.68 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.48 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $6.12 EPS.

Other equities analysts have also recently issued research reports about the company. National Bankshares lifted their price objective on Gildan Activewear from C$78.00 to C$83.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday. Desjardins boosted their target price on Gildan Activewear from C$82.00 to C$87.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday. Finally, UBS Group upgraded Gildan Activewear from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, January 10th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Gildan Activewear currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of C$63.00.

Gildan Activewear Stock Performance

Shares of Gildan Activewear stock opened at C$77.04 on Friday. The business has a 50-day moving average of C$70.98 and a 200 day moving average of C$66.23. Gildan Activewear has a 12 month low of C$44.23 and a 12 month high of C$78.79. The stock has a market capitalization of C$8.37 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.66, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.55 and a beta of 1.64. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 101.26, a current ratio of 2.31 and a quick ratio of 0.87.

Gildan Activewear (TSE:GIL) (NYSE:GIL) last announced its 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 in the previous year, the business posted $0.75 earnings per share.

Insider Activity

In other news, Senior Officer Benito Masi sold 10,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, December 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$69.31, for a total value of C$693,102.00. Corporate insiders own 2.26% of the company’s stock.

About Gildan Activewear

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.