What is Desjardins’ Estimate for TSE:GIL Q1 Earnings?

Gildan Activewear Inc. (TSE:GIL) (NYSE:GIL) – Equities research analysts at Desjardins issued their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for Gildan Activewear in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, February 20th. Desjardins analyst C. Li forecasts that the company will post earnings of $0.82 per share for the quarter. Desjardins currently has a “Buy” rating and a $87.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Gildan Activewear’s current full-year earnings is $4.55 per share. Desjardins also issued estimates for Gildan Activewear’s Q2 2025 earnings at $1.41 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $1.46 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.29 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $4.97 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $5.58 EPS.

Other equities research analysts have also recently issued reports about the company. UBS Group raised Gildan Activewear from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, January 10th. National Bankshares upped their target price on shares of Gildan Activewear from C$78.00 to C$83.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of C$63.00.

Gildan Activewear Stock Performance

Gildan Activewear stock opened at C$78.09 on Friday. Gildan Activewear has a fifty-two week low of C$44.23 and a fifty-two week high of C$78.12. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is C$70.98 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is C$66.23. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 101.26, a quick ratio of 0.87 and a current ratio of 2.31. The stock has a market cap of C$8.48 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.94, a PEG ratio of 4.55 and a beta of 1.64.

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 business posted $0.75 EPS.

Insider Activity at Gildan Activewear

In related news, Senior Officer Benito Masi sold 10,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$69.31, for a total transaction of C$693,102.00. 2.26% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

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.