GILDAN ACTIVEWEAR INC. vs LEVI STRAUSS & CO., two Apparel stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where GIL and LEVI diverge most: on debt / equity, GIL reads 0.00 and LEVI reads 0.46; on return on assets, GIL reads 3.8% and LEVI reads 9.6%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's GIL price has a different growth bar priced in than LEVI (+12.7% implied for GIL vs +10.5% for LEVI); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What GIL's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What LEVI'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 | GIL | LEVI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $55.33 | $24.52 |
| Market cap | $10.2B | $9.6B |
| Sector | Apparel | Apparel |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +12.7% | +10.5% |
| P/E | 21.2 | 15.2 |
| P/B | 2.88 | 4.20 |
| P/S | 2.83 | 1.44 |
| EV/EBITDA | 13.0 | 12.9 |
| Revenue growth | +5.6% | +7.5% |
| Gross margin | 31.2% | 62.7% |
| Operating margin | 17.1% | 7.8% |
| Net margin | 11.0% | 9.7% |
| Return on equity | 11.2% | 28.1% |
| Return on assets | 3.8% | 9.6% |
| Return on invested capital | 14.6% | 16.4% |
| FCF yield | 4.9% | 5.8% |
| Dividend yield | — | 2.2% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.46 |
| Current ratio | 2.11 | 1.60 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.87 | 2.98 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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