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Gildan Activewear (Gildan Activewear) Interest Coverage

: 10.24 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income by its Interest Expense. Gildan Activewear's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $148 Mil. Gildan Activewear's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-14 Mil. Gildan Activewear's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 10.24. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Gildan Activewear's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

GIL' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 9.61   Med: 24.31   Max: 156.32
Current: 9.61


GIL's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
63.1% of 710 companies
in the Manufacturing - Apparel & Accessories industry
Industry Median: 5.35 vs GIL: 9.61

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.


Gildan Activewear Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Gildan Activewear's Interest Coverage can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Note: For Interest Coverage, "No debt" indicates no long-term debt. An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no long-term debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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Gildan Activewear Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 11.34 - 35.32 23.16 9.61

Gildan Activewear Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Interest Coverage Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 15.41 8.70 8.88 10.50 10.24

Competitive Comparison

For the Apparel Manufacturing subindustry, Gildan Activewear's Interest Coverage, along with its competitors' market caps and Interest Coverage 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 Interest Coverage Distribution

For the Manufacturing - Apparel & Accessories industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Gildan Activewear's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Gildan Activewear's Interest Coverage falls into.



Gildan Activewear Interest Coverage Calculation

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

If Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is positive, then

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income /Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

The company did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

The company had no debt (1).


Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Gildan Activewear's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, Gildan Activewear's Interest Expense was $-57 Mil. Its Operating Income was $550 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $769 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*549.663/-57.203
=9.61

Gildan Activewear's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Gildan Activewear's Interest Expense was $-14 Mil. Its Operating Income was $148 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $769 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*148.289/-14.485
=10.24

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.


Gildan Activewear  (NYSE:GIL) Interest Coverage Explanation

Ben Graham requires that a company has a minimum interest coverage of 5 with the companies he invested. If the interest coverage is less than 2, the company is burdened by debt. Any business slow or recession may drag the company into a situation where it cannot pay the interest on its debt.

Interest Coverage is an important factor when GuruFocus ranks a company's overage Financial Strength .


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Gildan Activewear (Gildan Activewear) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
600 de Maisonneuve Boulevard West, 33rd Floor, Suite 330, Montreal, QC, CAN, H3A 3J2
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.