National Bank Financial Forecasts TSE:GIL Q3 Earnings

Gildan Activewear Inc. (TSE:GIL) (NYSE:GIL) – Investment analysts at National Bank Financial lifted their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for Gildan Activewear in a research note issued on Wednesday, April 30th. National Bank Financial analyst V. Shreedhar now expects that the company will post earnings of $1.43 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $1.38. 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 Q4 2025 earnings at $1.28 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $4.80 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.90 EPS and Q2 2026 earnings at $1.49 EPS.

GIL has been the subject of a number of other reports. Barclays upgraded Gildan Activewear to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, April 28th. UBS Group upgraded shares of Gildan Activewear from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, January 10th. Desjardins reduced their price objective on Gildan Activewear from C$87.00 to C$80.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, April 30th. Finally, National Bankshares lowered their target price on Gildan Activewear from C$83.00 to C$72.00 in a research report on Monday, April 21st. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating and three have given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of C$64.00.

Gildan Activewear Stock Performance

Shares of GIL opened at C$64.64 on Monday. The firm has a market capitalization of C$7.02 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.33, a PEG 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 has a one year low of C$44.26 and a one year high of C$79.11. The business has a fifty day moving average of C$63.20 and a 200 day moving average of C$67.77.

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

Gildan Activewear Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 16th. Investors of record on Monday, June 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.226 per share. This represents a $0.90 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.40%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, May 20th. Gildan Activewear’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 29.76%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Gildan Activewear news, Senior Officer John Maness sold 1,661 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, March 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$68.77, for a total value of C$114,234.28. Also, Senior Officer Michael Schroeder sold 4,299 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, February 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$78.02, for a total transaction of C$335,428.68. In the last quarter, insiders sold 110,144 shares of company stock valued at $8,568,586. Company insiders own 2.26% of the company’s stock.

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.