Gildan Activewear (Gildan Activewear) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 4.05 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)

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What is Gildan Activewear 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

Gildan Activewear's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 4.05.

The historical rank and industry rank for Gildan Activewear's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % or its related term are showing as below:

GIL' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.71 Med: 2.23 Max: 9.06
Current: 4.05

During the past 13 years, Gildan Activewear's highest Yield on Cost was 9.06. The lowest was 0.71. And the median was 2.23.

GIL's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked better than
63.6% of 555 companies
in the Manufacturing - Apparel & Accessories industry
Industry Median: 2.65 vs GIL: 4.05

Competitive Comparison of Gildan Activewear's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

For the Apparel Manufacturing subindustry, Gildan Activewear's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %, along with its competitors' market caps and 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Gildan Activewear's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Manufacturing - Apparel & Accessories Industry

For the Manufacturing - Apparel & Accessories industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Gildan Activewear's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Gildan Activewear's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % falls into.

Gildan Activewear 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Calculation

Dividend Yield % and dividend growth of a stock is an important factor for income investors. But if company A raises its dividend constantly faster than company B, company A's future dividend yield might be much higher than Company B's even if their yields are the same now and their stock prices do not change.

Yield on Cost assumes that you buy and the stock today, and hold it for 5 years. If the company raises it dividends at the same rate as it did over the past 5 years, the dividends investors receive annually in 5 years relative to the stock price today.

Therefore, Yield-on-Cost of Gildan Activewear is calculated as

Yield-on-Cost

Dividend Yield %

Dividend Growth Rate)^5

Gildan Activewear (NYSE:GIL) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Explanation

Of course the risk here is that the company may not raise its dividends as it did before. The key is to select the companies that can consistently raise its dividends. Usually companies with long history of raising dividends tend to do so.

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Gildan Activewear (Gildan Activewear) Business Description

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Address

600 de Maisonneuve Boulevard West, 33rd Floor, Suite 330, Montreal, QC, CAN, H3A 3J2

Website

http://www.gildan.com

Gildan is a vertically integrated designer and manufacturer of basic apparel, including T-shirts, underwear, socks, and hosiery. Its primary market is the sale of blank T-shirts, sweatshirts, and other apparel to wholesalers, major clothing brands, and printers (printwear). Gildan also sells branded clothing through retail and direct-to-consumer channels. Brands include Gildan, American Apparel, Comfort Colors, and Gold Toe. Gildan produces most of its clothing at factories in Latin America and recently began operating a new plant in Bangladesh. Incorporated in 1984, the Montreal-based company operates internationally but generates nearly 90% of its sales in the U.S.