Closing Bell: Gildan Activewear Inc up on Thursday (GIL)

Today in trading, Gildan Activewear Inc shares closed at $57.26 after opening the day at $56.21. Intraday prices ranged from a low of $55.27 to a high of $58.00.

The price boosted 1.85 percent from the previous day's close of $56.22.

During the day across North America, the TSX Composite closed -1.68% at 22723.21, the S&P 500 closed 1.58% at 5522.30, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 0.24% at 40842.79 and the Nasdaq Composite closed 2.64% at 17599.40.

Gildan Activewear Inc has listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the ticker GIL.

Trading volume was 418,473 on 3,343 total trades. On average, Gildan Activewear Inc has traded 300,969 shares in the last five days and 327,540 year-to-date.

The TSX market on the whole today saw 907 price advancers against 4,327 declines and 72 unchanged.

During the prior 52 weeks, GIL.TO has traded as high as $58.00 (August 01,2024) and low as $36.42 (September 25,2023). Moreover, in the last 12 months, Gildan Activewear Inc's shares have soared 38.85%, while they have boosted 30.67% since the start of 2024.

It announced a 0.20 dividend on May 01/24, with an May 22/24 ex-date and June 17/24 pay day.

Following today's trading, Gildan Activewear Inc has a market capitalization of $9.48 billion on a float of 168,590 shares outstanding. Its annual EPS is $2.96.

Gildan Activewear Inc is a TSX Apparel Manufacturing company headquartered in Montreal, CAN.

Currently, Gildan Activewear Inc has an average recommendation of "Moderate Buy" based on 10.00 analysts according to Zacks. From those 10 analysts, 7 have buy ratings and 3 analysts gave hold ratings.

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