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CRI vs GIL

Side-by-side comparison of Carter's Inc. (CRI) and Gildan Activewear Inc. (GIL): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both CRI and GIL operate in Apparel (Consumer Discretionary), so they compete in similar markets.
  • GIL is the larger of the two at $10.67B, about 7.6x CRI ($1.41B).
  • Over the past year, CRI is up 19.4% and GIL is up 20.4% - GIL leads by 1.0 points.
  • Both names hit the wire about 1 times in the past 4 weeks.
  • CRI has more recent analyst coverage (17 ratings vs 16 for GIL).
PerformanceCRI+19.42%GIL+20.38%
2025-06-09+0.00%2026-06-05
MetricCRIGIL
Company
Carter's Inc.
Gildan Activewear Inc.
Price
$38.10-0.12%
$57.65-0.40%
Market cap
$1.41B
$10.67B
1M return
+2.34%
-6.01%
1Y return
+19.42%
+20.38%
Industry
Apparel
Apparel
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
2003
2000
News (4w)
1
1
Recent ratings
17
16
CRI

Carter's Inc.

Carter's, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, sources, and markets branded childrenswear under the Carter's, OshKosh, Skip Hop, Child of Mine, Just One You, Simple Joys, Carter's little baby basics, and other brands in the United States and internationally. The company operates through three segments: U.S. Retail, U.S. Wholesale, and International. Its Carter's products include babies and young children products, such as bodysuits, pants, dresses, knit sets, blankets, layette essentials, bibs, booties, sleep and play products, rompers, and jumpers; and OshKosh brand products comprise playclothes, such as denim apparel products with multiple wash treatments and coordinating garments, overalls, woven bottoms, knit tops, and bodysuits. The company also provides products for playtime, travel, mealtime, bathtime, and homegear, as well as kid's bags and diaper bags under the Skip Hop brand. In addition, it offers bedding, cribs, diaper bags, footwear, gift sets, hair accessories, jewelry, outerwear, paper goods, socks, shoes, swimwear, and toys. The company operates 19,800 wholesale locations, including department stores, national chain stores, and specialty stores. As of January 2, 2021, it operated 864 retail stores. The company also sells its products through eCommerce websites, carters.com, oshkoshbgosh.com, oshkosh.com, and skiphop.com, as well as other international wholesale accounts and licensees. Carter's, Inc. was founded in 1865 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

GIL

Gildan Activewear Inc.

Gildan Activewear Inc. manufactures and sells various apparel products in the United States, Canada, and internationally. It provides various activewear products, including T-shirts, fleece tops and bottoms, and sport shirts under the Gildan, Gildan Performance, Gildan Hammer, Comfort Colors, American Apparel, Anvil by Gildan, Alstyle, Prim + Preux, and GoldToe brands. The company also offers hosiery products comprising athletic; dress; and casual, liner, therapeutic, and workwear socks, as well as sheer panty hoses, tights, and leggings under the brands of Gildan, Under Armour, GoldToe, PowerSox, GT a GoldToe Brand, Silver Toe, Signature Gold by Goldtoe, Peds, MediPeds, Kushyfoot, Therapy Plus, All Pro, Secret, Silks, Secret Silky, and American Apparel. In addition, it provides men's and boys' underwear products, and ladies panties under the Gildan and Gildan Platinum brand names; and ladies' shapewear, intimates, and accessories under the Secret and Secret Silky brands. The company sells its products to wholesale distributors, screen printers, or embellishers, as well as to retailers and consumer brand companies. The company was formerly known as Textiles Gildan Inc. and changed its name to Gildan Activewear Inc. in March 1995. Gildan Activewear Inc. was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

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