Gildan Activewear Overview
Latest ROE for Gildan Activewear: 1.84% — see history and peer comparisons.
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Return on Equity measures how efficiently a company uses shareholders' equity to generate profits. A higher ROE indicates better profitability relative to equity.
Gildan Activewear posts a ROE of 1.84%. That is below the Consumer Discretionary sector average of 22.95%. Comparing that reading with peers and prior periods is usually more useful than looking at the number in isolation.
For Consumer Discretionary stocks, a ROE near 22.95% is typical. Gildan Activewear's 1.84% is lower that level. That is roughly 92.0% below the sector mean. Whether that is a warning or an opportunity depends on growth outlook and other fundamentals shown elsewhere on Stockcircle.
Gildan Activewear's ROE moves when the underlying profit, equity, or asset base changes. Cost cuts, pricing power, buybacks, write-downs, and cyclical swings can all shift the percentage. The latest reading is 1.84%; use YoY and peer views to separate noise from signal.
Context for GIL's ROE usually means three checks: (1) trend versus prior periods, (2) level versus peers (average 22.95%), and (3) consistency with growth and profitability. This page covers the first two; Gildan Activewear's other metric pages and overview cover the third.
Judging Gildan Activewear against Consumer Discretionary peers is usually better than using a market-wide rule of thumb. Business models inside Consumer Discretionary are more comparable, which makes gaps in ROE easier to interpret. Start with 1.84% here, then scan peer and history charts to see if the gap is persistent.
