Gildan Activewear Inc. (GIL) Key Metrics
GIL valuation today
Trailing 12 months · as of October 18, 2026- Market cap
- $7.58B
- Enterprise value
- $13.30B
- P/E (TTM)
- 31.3 10-yr median 18.3
- Forward P/E
- 8.8
- PEG ratio
- 0.38
- Price / sales
- 1.6 10-yr median 2.3
- Price / book
- 2.6 10-yr median 3.3
- EV / EBITDA
- 21.3 10-yr median 12.5
- Dividend yield
- 2.44% $1.00 a year
- Beta
- 1.14
GIL key metrics, 2016–2025
Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 · U.S. dollarsGIL valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.
GIL returns How much profit the business earns on the capital it uses.
GIL per-share figures Results divided by the shares outstanding at year-end.
GIL financial health Debt, liquidity and how easily interest is covered.
GIL efficiency & capital use Working capital cycle and where the cash goes.
GIL valuation history
GIL returns on capital
Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.
GIL debt vs cash
Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.
GIL cash returned to shareholders
GIL price vs earnings per share
GIL key metrics
2016–2025| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valuation | ||||||||||
| Market capitalization | $9.56B | $7.68B | $5.83B | $5.06B | $8.38B | $5.56B | $6.04B | $6.42B | $7.27B | $5.98B |
| Enterprise value | $14.15B | $9.23B | $6.83B | $5.93B | $8.92B | $6.13B | $6.90B | $7.07B | $7.85B | $6.54B |
| P/E ratio | 23.6 | 19.2 | 10.9 | 9.3 | 13.8 | — | 23.3 | 18.3 | 20.1 | 17.3 |
| Price / sales | 2.6 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
| Price / book | 2.7 | 5.3 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 2.8 |
| Price / free cash flow | 20.0 | 21.9 | 17.2 | 29.9 | 17.2 | 15.6 | 27.4 | 15.5 | 14.0 | 15.0 |
| Price / operating cash flow | 16.3 | 15.3 | 10.7 | 12.2 | 13.6 | 13.4 | 16.7 | 11.9 | 11.9 | 11.1 |
| EV / sales | 3.8 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
| EV / EBITDA | 18.6 | 12.5 | 9.2 | 8.2 | 11.5 | — | 15.7 | 11.9 | 13.4 | 12.9 |
| EV / free cash flow | 29.7 | 26.3 | 20.2 | 35.1 | 18.3 | 17.2 | 31.3 | 17.1 | 15.1 | 16.5 |
| Earnings yield | 4.2% | 5.2% | 9.2% | 10.7% | 7.2% | −4.1% | 4.3% | 5.5% | 5.0% | 5.8% |
| Free cash flow yield | 5.0% | 4.6% | 5.8% | 3.3% | 5.8% | 6.4% | 3.7% | 6.4% | 7.1% | 6.6% |
| Dividend yield | 1.4% | 1.7% | 2.3% | 2.4% | 1.1% | 0.5% | 1.8% | 1.5% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) | 3.7% | 11.9% | 8.9% | 11.5% | 4.1% | 1.0% | 6.2% | 7.3% | 5.8% | 7.8% |
| Share price at fiscal year-end | $62.46 | $47.05 | $33.06 | $27.40 | $42.39 | $28.01 | $29.53 | $30.36 | $32.30 | $25.37 |
| Per share | ||||||||||
| Revenue per share | $24.04 | $20.04 | $18.14 | $17.56 | $14.79 | $9.99 | $13.80 | $13.76 | $12.22 | $10.96 |
| Earnings per share | $2.65 | $2.46 | $3.03 | $2.93 | $3.07 | −$1.14 | $1.27 | $1.66 | $1.61 | $1.47 |
| Operating cash flow per share | $3.83 | $3.07 | $3.10 | $2.24 | $3.13 | $2.09 | $1.76 | $2.55 | $2.73 | $2.28 |
| Free cash flow per share | $3.12 | $2.15 | $1.92 | $0.92 | $2.47 | $1.80 | $1.08 | $1.96 | $2.30 | $1.69 |
| Cash per share | $1.85 | $0.61 | $0.51 | $0.81 | $0.91 | $2.55 | $0.31 | $0.22 | $0.23 | $0.16 |
| Book value per share | $23.23 | $8.93 | $11.05 | $10.20 | $9.71 | $7.86 | $8.97 | $9.16 | $9.12 | $8.99 |
| Tangible book value per share | −$2.14 | $5.71 | $8.04 | $7.48 | $6.73 | $5.36 | $5.98 | $6.22 | $6.32 | $6.63 |
| Dividends per share | $0.90 | $0.82 | $0.75 | $0.67 | $0.46 | $0.15 | $0.54 | $0.45 | $0.38 | $0.32 |
| Capex per share | $0.71 | $0.92 | $1.18 | $1.33 | $0.66 | $0.29 | $0.69 | $0.59 | $0.42 | $0.59 |
| Debt per share | $31.84 | $10.13 | $6.22 | $5.55 | $3.66 | $5.46 | $4.53 | $3.32 | $2.80 | $2.54 |
| Shares outstanding | 153.1M | 163.2M | 176.2M | 184.5M | 197.6M | 198.4M | 204.6M | 211.3M | 225.1M | 235.8M |
| Change in shares outstanding | −6.2% | −7.4% | −4.5% | −6.6% | −0.4% | −3.1% | −3.2% | −6.1% | −4.6% | −3.5% |
| Returns & profitability | ||||||||||
| Return on equity (ROE) | 16.2% | 23.6% | 27.9% | 28.5% | 34.9% | −13.3% | 13.8% | 17.6% | 17.4% | 16.1% |
| Return on invested capital (ROIC) | 10.9% | 16.2% | 21.3% | 22.1% | 27.6% | −5.9% | 10.9% | 14.6% | 14.5% | 14.2% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 5.7% | 11.1% | 15.3% | 16.4% | 19.6% | −7.1% | 8.3% | 11.7% | 12.1% | 11.9% |
| Return on tangible assets | 6.2% | 12.6% | 18.0% | 18.2% | 23.8% | −8.8% | 9.8% | 14.7% | 15.4% | 14.2% |
| Free cash flow margin | 13.0% | 10.7% | 10.6% | 5.2% | 16.7% | 18.0% | 7.8% | 14.2% | 18.9% | 15.4% |
| Income quality (OCF / net income) | 1.44 | 1.25 | 1.02 | 0.76 | 1.02 | — | 1.39 | 1.54 | 1.69 | 1.55 |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Total debt | $4.87B | $1.65B | $1.10B | $1.02B | $723.2M | $1.08B | $926.5M | $702.5M | $630.0M | $600.0M |
| Cash & short-term investments | $283.9M | $98.8M | $89.6M | $150.3M | $179.2M | $505.3M | $64.1M | $46.7M | $52.8M | $38.2M |
| Net debt | $4.59B | $1.55B | $1.01B | $873.2M | $543.9M | $577.2M | $862.4M | $655.9M | $577.2M | $561.8M |
| Debt / equity | 1.37 | 1.13 | 0.56 | 0.54 | 0.38 | 0.69 | 0.51 | 0.36 | 0.31 | 0.28 |
| Debt / assets | 0.47 | 0.45 | 0.31 | 0.29 | 0.23 | 0.35 | 0.29 | 0.23 | 0.21 | 0.20 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 6.05 | 2.11 | 1.35 | 1.21 | 0.70 | — | 1.97 | 1.10 | 0.98 | 1.11 |
| Current ratio | 2.11 | 2.22 | 2.34 | 2.69 | 3.12 | 4.29 | 3.58 | 3.99 | 5.06 | 5.68 |
| Quick ratio | 1.05 | 0.89 | 0.83 | 0.78 | 1.45 | 2.27 | 1.09 | 1.28 | 1.40 | 1.63 |
| Interest coverage | 6.0 | 5.7 | 8.8 | 17.9 | 24.8 | -3.8 | 7.2 | 14.2 | 14.1 | 21.3 |
| Working capital | $2.47B | $1.02B | $967.2M | $1.08B | $983.6M | $1.18B | $1.09B | $1.04B | $1.05B | $1.10B |
| Invested capital | $8.15B | $3.01B | $2.95B | $2.75B | $2.46B | $2.14B | $2.70B | $2.59B | $2.63B | $2.68B |
| Tangible asset value | −$327.4M | $931.7M | $1.42B | $1.38B | $1.33B | $1.06B | $1.22B | $1.32B | $1.42B | $1.56B |
| Net current asset value | −$2.19B | −$399.8M | $138.1M | $130.5M | $230.0M | $49.9M | $98.2M | $314.4M | $378.6M | $470.0M |
| Graham number | $37.23 | $22.21 | $27.44 | $25.95 | $25.92 | — | $16.00 | $18.50 | $18.17 | $17.24 |
| Graham net-net per share | −$30.76 | −$7.34 | −$3.44 | −$3.50 | −$2.04 | −$2.39 | −$2.86 | −$1.48 | −$0.97 | −$0.62 |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Dividends paid | $137.6M | $133.5M | $131.8M | $123.8M | $90.5M | $30.6M | $110.3M | $94.6M | $84.8M | $74.4M |
| Share buybacks (net) | $216.7M | $783.3M | $386.7M | $457.4M | $249.4M | $25.8M | $264.2M | $374.8M | $334.9M | $394.5M |
| Dividend payout ratio | 33.9% | 33.3% | 24.7% | 22.9% | 14.9% | — | 42.5% | 27.0% | 23.4% | 21.5% |
| Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow | 74.2% | 261.2% | 153.1% | 344.0% | 69.7% | 15.8% | 169.7% | 113.5% | 80.9% | 117.9% |
| Capex / revenue | 2.9% | 4.6% | 6.5% | 7.5% | 4.5% | 2.9% | 5.0% | 4.3% | 3.4% | 5.4% |
| Capex / operating cash flow | 18.5% | 30.0% | 38.1% | 59.1% | 21.1% | 14.1% | 38.8% | 23.3% | 15.5% | 26.1% |
| Capex / depreciation | 0.69 | 1.09 | 1.71 | 1.96 | 0.96 | 0.40 | 0.89 | 0.79 | 0.58 | 1.00 |
| Stock-based compensation / revenue | 1.3% | 2.0% | 0.8% | 1.0% | 1.3% | 0.1% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.6% |
| SG&A / revenue | 10.6% | 11.9% | 4.8% | 10.1% | 5.0% | 13.7% | 12.1% | 12.7% | 13.7% | 13.0% |
| Efficiency | ||||||||||
| Days sales outstanding | 74.2 | 53.3 | 37.8 | 32.6 | 33.2 | 48.1 | 41.3 | 35.5 | 34.8 | 41.2 |
| Days of inventory on hand | 247.0 | 177.1 | 182.4 | 162.3 | 138.3 | 187.5 | 171.5 | 163.7 | 177.9 | 176.7 |
| Days payables outstanding | 119.9 | 68.2 | 66.1 | 65.6 | 62.0 | 74.3 | 63.3 | 52.6 | 46.1 | 43.5 |
| Cash conversion cycle (days) | 201.3 | 162.2 | 154.0 | 129.4 | 109.5 | 161.3 | 149.6 | 146.6 | 166.6 | 174.4 |
| Receivables turnover | 4.92 | 6.85 | 9.67 | 11.20 | 11.01 | 7.59 | 8.83 | 10.28 | 10.48 | 8.86 |
| Payables turnover | 3.04 | 5.35 | 5.52 | 5.57 | 5.89 | 4.91 | 5.77 | 6.95 | 7.92 | 8.40 |
| Inventory turnover | 1.48 | 2.06 | 2.00 | 2.25 | 2.64 | 1.95 | 2.13 | 2.23 | 2.05 | 2.07 |
| Asset turnover | 0.52 | 0.91 | 0.92 | 0.98 | 0.94 | 0.63 | 0.90 | 0.97 | 0.92 | 0.89 |
| Average receivables | $748.1M | $477.4M | $330.6M | $289.3M | $265.5M | $261.0M | $319.9M | $283.1M | $262.5M | $291.9M |
| Average payables | $843.9M | $423.4M | $419.6M | $403.8M | $336.7M | $352.7M | $367.5M | $302.7M | $246.3M | $222.2M |
| Average inventory | $1.74B | $1.10B | $1.16B | $999.9M | $751.2M | $890.0M | $996.0M | $942.9M | $950.3M | $903.0M |
| Intangibles / total assets | 37.2% | 14.1% | 15.2% | 14.4% | 18.8% | 16.3% | 18.8% | 20.7% | 21.1% | 18.6% |
Computed from GIL's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed February 26, 2026) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.
GIL valuation and financial ratios
At the end of fiscal 2025 (December 31, 2025), Gildan Activewear traded at 23.6 times earnings, against a 10-year median of 18.3. Based on the latest twelve months, the trailing P/E is 31.3 and the forward P/E is 8.8. Gildan Activewear earned a return on equity of 16.2% and a return on invested capital of 10.9% in fiscal 2025. It ended the year with $4.9 billion of debt and $283.9 million in cash and short-term investments, net debt of $4.6 billion. It returned $354.3 million to shareholders: $137.6 million in dividends and $216.7 million in share buybacks, 74% of free cash flow. The share count fell 35.1% from 235.8M to 153.1M over 9 years.
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GIL key metrics FAQ
What is Gildan Activewear's P/E ratio?
Gildan Activewear's trailing P/E ratio is 31.3 based on the last twelve months of earnings (as of October 18, 2026), and its forward P/E is 8.8. At the end of fiscal 2025 it was 23.6, compared with a 10-year median of 18.3.
What is Gildan Activewear's EV/EBITDA?
Gildan Activewear's enterprise value was 18.6 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2025 (enterprise value $14.2 billion, EBITDA $759.1 million); the current EV/EBITDA is 21.3.
What is Gildan Activewear's return on equity?
Gildan Activewear's return on equity (ROE) was 16.2% in fiscal 2025: net income of $405.9 million on average shareholders' equity of $2.5 billion.
What is Gildan Activewear's ROIC?
Gildan Activewear's return on invested capital was 10.9% in fiscal 2025, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.
How much debt does Gildan Activewear have?
Gildan Activewear had total debt of $4.9 billion at the end of fiscal 2025, a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.37 and $4.6 billion of net debt (6.05 times EBITDA).
What is Gildan Activewear's dividend yield?
Gildan Activewear's forward dividend yield is 2.44%. Gildan Activewear paid $137.6 million in dividends in fiscal 2025 ($0.90 per share), a payout ratio of 33.9%.
Does Gildan Activewear buy back its shares?
Yes. Gildan Activewear spent $216.7 million on net share repurchases in fiscal 2025 Shares outstanding changed −6.2% over the year, to 153.1M..
What is Gildan Activewear's free cash flow yield?
Gildan Activewear generated $477.2 million of free cash flow in fiscal 2025, a free cash flow yield of 5.0% on its market value at year-end ($9.6 billion).
What is Gildan Activewear's current ratio?
Gildan Activewear's current ratio was 2.11 at the end of fiscal 2025: current assets were 2.11 times current liabilities.