--- title: "Gildan Activewear (TSE:GIL) Stock Price Crosses Below Two Hundred Day Moving Average - Time to Sell?" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/295993864.md" description: "Gildan Activewear (TSE:GIL) shares fell below their 200-day moving average, trading at C$78.75 against a C$81.55 average. Despite this technical signal, analysts maintain a 'Moderate Buy' consensus with a C$89.50 price target. Desjardins and National Bank Financial recently issued positive ratings. The company reported Q2 EPS of C$1.82 and declared a quarterly dividend of $0.249 per share." datetime: "2026-08-15T07:00:37.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/295993864.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/295993864.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/295993864.md) --- # Gildan Activewear (TSE:GIL) Stock Price Crosses Below Two Hundred Day Moving Average - Time to Sell? Gildan Activewear Inc. (TSE:GIL - Get Free Report) NYSE: GIL's share price crossed below its two hundred day moving average during trading on Friday . The stock has a two hundred day moving average of C$81.55 and traded as low as C$78.08. Gildan Activewear shares last traded at C$78.75, with a volume of 369,938 shares trading hands. Get **Gildan Activewear** alerts: ## Analysts Set New Price Targets GIL has been the topic of several analyst reports. Desjardins set a C$108.00 price target on shares of Gildan Activewear and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 28th. National Bank Financial increased their price objective on Gildan Activewear from C$105.00 to C$107.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Friday, July 31st. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of C$89.50. **Read Our Latest Research Report on GIL** ## Gildan Activewear Stock Down 0.9% The stock has a market capitalization of C$14.58 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 154.41, a P/E/G ratio of 4.55 and a beta of 1.51. The business has a 50-day moving average of C$76.04 and a 200-day moving average of C$81.55. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 145.29, a quick ratio of 0.87 and a current ratio of 1.93. Gildan Activewear (TSE:GIL - Get Free Report) NYSE: GIL last posted its earnings results on Thursday, July 30th. The company reported C$1.82 EPS for the quarter. The company had revenue of C$1.13 billion for the quarter. Gildan Activewear had a net margin of 1.33% and a return on equity of 2.12%. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Gildan Activewear Inc. will post 4.5460385 EPS for the current year. ## Gildan Activewear Announces Dividend The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, September 14th. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 14th will be paid a $0.249 dividend. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.3%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 20th. Gildan Activewear's payout ratio is 186.27%. ## Gildan Activewear Company Profile (Get Free Report) Gildan is a leading manufacturer of everyday basic apparel. The Company's product offering includes activewear, underwear, socks, and intimates sold to a broad range of customers, including wholesale distributors, screenprinters, embellishers, retailers or e-commerce platforms, as well as global lifestyle brand companies. Gildan markets its products in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Latin America, under a diversified portfolio of Company-owned brands including Gildan®, Hanes®, Comfort Colors®, American Apparel®, ALLPRO¿, GOLDTOE®, Peds®, Bali®, Playtex®, Maidenform®, Bonds®, as well as Champion® which is under an exclusive licensing agreement for the printwear channel in the U.S. ## Recommended Stories - Five stocks we like better than Gildan Activewear - Sony and TSMC’s $4.7 Billion Venture Is About More Than Camera Sensors - Quantum Leaps: Debt-Free as AI Storage Demand Accelerates - NVIDIA's $500 Billion GPU Financing Deal Fuels Path Toward $270 - Sandisk’s Margins Look Like Software. Can They Last? _This instant news alert was generated by narrative science technology and financial data from MarketBeat in order to provide readers with the fastest reporting and unbiased coverage. 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