GILDAN ACTIVEWEAR INC. vs UNDER ARMOUR, INC., two Apparel stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Gildan quietly makes money supplying blank apparel, an 11.02% net margin and 11.2% return on equity, and trades at 20.26 times earnings. Under Armour, an athletic brand fighting through a turnaround, does not make money at all, a return on equity near -35% and no multiple to name. Gildan runs debt-free and yields 6.18% in free cash flow; Under Armour carries 1.27 in debt and burns cash at -6.31%. At 2.27 times book Gildan is priced on real profits; at 1.82 times Under Armour is priced on the hope of them. A steady supplier against a brand still searching for its footing.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | GIL | UA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $52.51 | $6.62 |
| Market cap | $8.0B | $2.8B |
| Sector | Apparel | Apparel |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +13.2% | — |
| P/E | 20.1 | — |
| P/B | 2.26 | 1.99 |
| P/S | 2.22 | 0.57 |
| EV/EBITDA | 10.1 | 46.4 |
| Revenue growth | +5.6% | -3.7% |
| Gross margin | 31.2% | 42.0% |
| Operating margin | 17.1% | -2.9% |
| Net margin | 11.0% | -10.0% |
| Return on equity | 11.2% | -35.0% |
| Return on assets | 3.8% | -11.2% |
| Return on invested capital | 14.6% | -0.4% |
| FCF yield | 6.2% | -5.8% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 1.27 |
| Current ratio | 2.11 | 1.62 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.68 | 2.01 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 1 / 9 |
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