COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR COMPANY vs GILDAN ACTIVEWEAR INC., two Apparel stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where COLM and GIL diverge most: on implied growth (priced in), COLM reads -4.1% and GIL reads +12.7%; on revenue growth, COLM reads +1.3% and GIL reads +5.6%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's COLM price has a different growth bar priced in than GIL (-4.1% implied for COLM vs +12.7% for GIL); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What COLM's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What GIL's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | COLM | GIL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $59.39 | $55.33 |
| Market cap | $3.0B | $10.2B |
| Sector | Apparel | Apparel |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -4.1% | +12.7% |
| P/E | 18.9 | 21.2 |
| P/B | 1.92 | 2.88 |
| P/S | 0.89 | 2.83 |
| EV/EBITDA | 10.5 | 13.0 |
| Revenue growth | +1.3% | +5.6% |
| Gross margin | 50.7% | 31.2% |
| Operating margin | 5.4% | 17.1% |
| Net margin | 5.0% | 11.0% |
| Return on equity | 10.7% | 11.2% |
| Return on assets | 6.6% | 3.8% |
| Return on invested capital | 9.3% | 14.6% |
| FCF yield | 5.7% | 4.9% |
| Dividend yield | 2.0% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 3.07 | 2.11 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 4.65 | 1.87 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 4 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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