Columbia Sportswear Co vs Gildan Activewear Inc

Columbia Sportswear Co (COLM) is slightly undervalued and Gildan Activewear Inc (GIL) is overvalued.

Against our estimates of intrinsic value, COLM trades at the wider discount: a margin of safety of +10%, against -65% for GIL.

Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.

Columbia Sportswear Co (COLM)

Discounting its cash flows at 9.2% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $64.79; the price of $58.43 is 10% below that value, and 75% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 43/100 on 3 of 12 signals

Gildan Activewear Inc (GIL)

Discounting its cash flows at 8.5% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $28.45; the price of $47.01 is 65% above that value, and 78% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 0/100 on 3 of 12 signals

MetricCOLMGIL
VerdictSlightly undervaluedOvervalued
Price$58.43$47.01
Intrinsic value$64.79$28.45
Margin of safety+10%-65%
Leak Score43/100 (3/12)0/100 (3/12)
Market cap$3.0B$8.7B
Revenue growth, 5 years6.3%12.8%
Operating margin7.6%15.2%
Net margin6.0%1.3%
Return on equity12.7%8.7%
Debt to equity0.291.45
P/E15.2x88.7x
Forward P/E13.9x8.4x
P/B1.9x2.6x
Dividend yield2.0%2.1%

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