GILDAN ACTIVEWEAR INC. vs PVH Corp., two Apparel stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Gildan manufactures blank apparel; PVH owns Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger. Gildan is the healthier operator, an 11.02% net margin and 11.2% return on equity against PVH's 1.76% and 3.23%, and the market rewards it with a higher 20.26 times earnings and 2.27 times book. PVH trades below its own book at 0.71, priced as if its brands have stopped working. That distress produces a 15.94% free cash flow yield, far above Gildan's 6.18%. Gildan runs debt-free; PVH carries 0.47. The supplier's steady economics against the brand owner's deep discount make an unusual matchup.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | GIL | PVH |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $52.51 | $79.37 |
| Market cap | $8.0B | $3.7B |
| Sector | Apparel | Apparel |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +13.2% | — |
| P/E | 20.1 | 24.1 |
| P/B | 2.26 | 0.75 |
| P/S | 2.22 | 0.41 |
| EV/EBITDA | 10.1 | 5.6 |
| Revenue growth | +5.6% | +3.5% |
| Gross margin | 31.2% | 58.6% |
| Operating margin | 17.1% | 6.1% |
| Net margin | 11.0% | 1.8% |
| Return on equity | 11.2% | 3.2% |
| Return on assets | 3.8% | 1.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 14.6% | 7.8% |
| FCF yield | 6.2% | 14.9% |
| Dividend yield | — | 0.2% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.47 |
| Current ratio | 2.11 | 1.68 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.68 | 7.73 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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