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Gildan Activewear Inc. (GIL) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

The Closelooknet read

Gildan makes and sells basic apparel — T-shirts, fleece, socks, underwear and lingerie — under brands it owns or licenses, including Hanes, Champion and American Apparel. It sells through wholesale distributors, screen-printers and retailers across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Latin America, and also manufactures for other lifestyle brands.

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for GIL, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 46/100 · S&P 500 fund at 50, above its 200-day averageEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-11-02
  • Factor regime Defensive rotation — low-vol leading, regime-change watchMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): below its 50-day trend, 76th percentile of the window, -20.6% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-11-02
  • Sector × region Consumer discretionary in US: +3.4% week · +7.4% month · +0.1% quarter · +0.9% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLY.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-11-02
  • Sovereign pressure Index -1.66 · down 2.24 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-10-30
How it trades on rate days beta 0.82 to TLT · on the worst bond days it fell more than the market

How it trades on rate days

How GIL has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.82 — moves strongly with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Gildan Activewear Inc. moved 0.82% on average · correlation 0.19 · higher than 74% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 1.25 more rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −1.72% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −12.04% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Apparel Manufacturing · US · 5 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Apparel Manufacturing · US

Names in the same industry from the Closelooknet universe; scored names rank on their Closelooknet score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against GIL on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Gildan Activewear Inc.

GIL in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Gildan makes and sells basic apparel — T-shirts, fleece, socks, underwear and lingerie — under brands it owns or licenses, including Hanes, Champion and American Apparel. It sells through wholesale distributors, screen-printers and retailers across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Latin America, and also manufactures for other lifestyle brands. The company is based in Montreal, Canada.
Where it sits in the stack
Gildan carries no seat in Rubin, our AI build-out index; it sits in the apparel-manufacturing corner of the consumer-cyclical sector within the wider universe the diary follows.
Who it is priced against
The diary carries no peer group for Gildan; the comparison the market draws is with Hanesbrands, the other large basic-apparel maker investors set it against.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
Gildan holds no seat in our indices and carries no diary quotes; it shows a Closelooknet score, but with only one module scored the read is still being built.
What the diary watches
The diary watches cotton and freight cost swings, and retailer order patterns for basic apparel, for signs that would change the read on Gildan.

Gildan Activewear Inc. (GIL) trades on US exchanges, classified under Consumer Cyclical.

The Closelooknet company score reads 45/100 composite (momentum 12, quality 43, valuation 60) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: price target by BMO Capital, 2026-10-26

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for GIL from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target BMO Capital — target 64 from 82 Target cut to $64 from $82 (+58.3% to spot) 2026-10-26

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 2.38%, quarterly · buybacks 217 m USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What GIL pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 0.97 USD per share · a 2.38% yield on the 2026-11-02 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-11-02
  • Change on the year +43.5% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.68 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.25 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-20
  • By calendar year 2025: 0.90 USD (partial) · 2026: 0.75 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-03-12
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 138 m USD 27% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 217 m USD 2.9% of today's market value
  • Share count −6.2% in FY2025 48 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 354 m USD · 74% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-11-03

Quick answers

What is Gildan Activewear Inc. (GIL)?

Gildan Activewear Inc. trades as GIL on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Consumer Cyclical in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-11-03.

Is GIL in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Gildan Activewear Inc. is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-11-03.

What is Gildan Activewear Inc.'s Closelooknet composite score?

45 out of 100, with momentum 12, quality 43 and valuation 60 sub-scores, as of 2026-11-03. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does GIL trade against its moving averages?

Gildan Activewear Inc. trades 9.2% below its 50-day and 25.9% below its 200-day moving average (0.2% below its 20-day). As of 2026-11-02 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Gildan Activewear Inc. compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Apparel Manufacturing · US), Gildan Activewear Inc. (GIL) sits 43.7% below its 52-week high, 9.2% below its 50-day average; Levi Strauss & Co Class A (LEVI) is 10.4% below, Figs Inc (FIGS) is 5.2% below, Ermenegildo Zegna NV (ZGN) is 12.0% below, as of 2026-11-02. Put any of them next to GIL in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

How does Gildan Activewear Inc. trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Gildan Activewear Inc. had a beta of 0.82 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it moves strongly with bonds, higher than 74% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −1.72% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. As of 2026-11-02; The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does Gildan Activewear Inc. do?

Gildan makes and sells basic apparel — T-shirts, fleece, socks, underwear and lingerie — under brands it owns or licenses, including Hanes, Champion and American Apparel. It sells through wholesale distributors, screen-printers and retailers across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Latin America, and also manufactures for other lifestyle brands. The company is based in Montreal, Canada. The diary carries no peer group for Gildan; the comparison the market draws is with Hanesbrands, the other large basic-apparel maker investors set it against. (Company snapshot of 2026-09-17.)

Where does Gildan Activewear Inc. sit in the AI build-out?

Gildan carries no seat in Rubin, our AI build-out index; it sits in the apparel-manufacturing corner of the consumer-cyclical sector within the wider universe the diary follows. Gildan holds no seat in our indices and carries no diary quotes; it shows a Closelooknet score, but with only one module scored the read is still being built. (Company snapshot of 2026-09-17.)

Does Gildan Activewear Inc. pay a dividend?

Gildan Activewear Inc. has paid 0.97 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 2.38% on the 2026-11-02 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.25 USD on 2026-08-20. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 138 m USD in dividends and bought back 217 m USD of its own shares, 74% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 6.2% over the fiscal year. As of 2026-11-02; the "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Gildan Activewear Inc. recently?

The most recent analyst action on Gildan Activewear Inc. on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by BMO Capital on 2026-10-26 (target 64 from 82). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

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