GIL vs. GOOS, IFA, UNI, RYU, QSR, MG, CCL.B, CTC.A, BYD, and LNR
Should you be buying Gildan Activewear stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gildan Activewear include Canada Goose (GOOS), iFabric (IFA), Unisync (UNI), RYU Apparel (RYU), Restaurant Brands International (QSR), Magna International (MG), CCL Industries (CCL.B), Canadian Tire (CTC.A), Boyd Group Services (BYD), and Linamar (LNR). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Gildan Activewear (TSE:GIL) and Canada Goose (TSE:GOOS) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Gildan Activewear has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canada Goose has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Gildan Activewear has higher revenue and earnings than Canada Goose. Gildan Activewear is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canada Goose, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Gildan Activewear has a net margin of 16.14% compared to Canada Goose's net margin of 4.38%. Gildan Activewear's return on equity of 26.88% beat Canada Goose's return on equity.
Gildan Activewear received 120 more outperform votes than Canada Goose when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.00% of users gave Gildan Activewear an outperform vote while only 57.84% of users gave Canada Goose an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Gildan Activewear and Gildan Activewear both had 4 articles in the media. Canada Goose's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Gildan Activewear's score of -0.20 indicating that Canada Goose is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
87.1% of Gildan Activewear shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Canada Goose shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Gildan Activewear shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Canada Goose shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Gildan Activewear currently has a consensus target price of C$46.80, suggesting a potential downside of 10.24%. Canada Goose has a consensus target price of C$19.60, suggesting a potential downside of 0.51%. Given Canada Goose's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Canada Goose is more favorable than Gildan Activewear.
Summary
Gildan Activewear beats Canada Goose on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Gildan Activewear News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for GIL and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding GIL and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Gildan Activewear Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
