GILDAN ACTIVEWEAR INC. vs RALPH LAUREN CORPORATION, two Apparel stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where GIL and RL diverge most: on debt / equity, GIL reads 0.00 and RL reads 0.44; on p/b, GIL reads 2.26 and RL reads 8.65. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's GIL price has a different growth bar priced in than RL (+13.2% implied for GIL vs +22.5% for RL); 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 RL'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 | RL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $52.51 | $395.32 |
| Market cap | $8.0B | $24.6B |
| Sector | Apparel | Apparel |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +13.2% | +22.5% |
| P/E | 20.1 | 26.2 |
| P/B | 2.26 | 8.65 |
| P/S | 2.22 | 3.03 |
| EV/EBITDA | 10.1 | 16.9 |
| Revenue growth | +5.6% | +14.8% |
| Gross margin | 31.2% | 69.7% |
| Operating margin | 17.1% | 9.5% |
| Net margin | 11.0% | 11.6% |
| Return on equity | 11.2% | 33.1% |
| Return on assets | 3.8% | 12.2% |
| Return on invested capital | 14.6% | 22.7% |
| FCF yield | 6.2% | 3.2% |
| Dividend yield | — | 0.9% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.44 |
| Current ratio | 2.11 | 2.13 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.68 | 5.96 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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