—
C+
C+ The full Closelook — membership. Open the C+ overview

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

Home› Indices›
Pick a ticker to load its detail page.

Company snapshot — Gildan Activewear Inc.

GIL in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook 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 Closelook tracks it
Gildan holds no seat in our indices and carries no diary quotes; it shows a Closelook 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 Closelook company score reads 44/100 composite (momentum 14, quality 40, valuation 59) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’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.

Signals for this name

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

Who it is priced against Apparel Manufacturing · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Apparel Manufacturing

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

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

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 2.10%, 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 2.10% yield on the 2026-09-17 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-17
  • 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 2.5% 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.

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 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sector × region Consumer discretionary in US: −2.0% week · −5.6% month · −6.8% quarter · −4.2% 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 → 2026-09-16
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

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 Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is GIL in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Gildan Activewear Inc. is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-18.

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

44 out of 100, with momentum 14, quality 40 and valuation 59 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-18. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does GIL trade against its moving averages?

Downtrend stack: Trades -12.7% vs the 50-day and -20.6% vs the 200-day average, 36.4% below the 52-week high and +1.1% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

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.

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 Closelook score, but with only one module scored the read is still being built.

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 2.10% on the 2026-09-17 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. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for GIL, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Apparel Manufacturing, then Consumer Cyclical. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.