Apparel Manufacturing: V.F. Corporation owns the largest revenue base; Gildan Activewear Inc. has the fastest current growth.
The industry itself · before any single company
How has Apparel Manufacturing moved against S&P 500?
The line below covers 5.2 years. Over the most recent two of them this industry is 3% behind S&P 500. Earnings across its companies fell 13% on average over the last four reported quarters.
BASING · +1 joined~Moving with the index5 of 13 companies ahead of S&P 500 by 5% or more over three months
Apparel Manufacturing, equal-weighted, based at 200S&P 500, same base, same starttrailing 12-month earnings per share risingfalling
Strength anatomyMixedHow much of the industry is participating, how recently, and whether the movers score well.
Together5 of 13 stocks moving
Fresh1 crossed in the last 4 weeks
Backed by scoresmovers score +11 vs the industry average
Down the cap ladder — bar is now, tick is four weeks ago
Large1/30
Mid2/50
Small2/5+1
Participation is spreading downward — the mid and small companies added more this month than the large ones did.
Both lines start at 200 in the same week, so the distance between them is the whole story: the industry line is an equal-weighted index of its 13 companies. The bars underneath are trailing 12-month earnings per share, one bar per reported quarter, each member rebased to 100 at the start and the industry taking the median — so a price line pulling away from flat bars is a re-rating, not earnings. A bar turns red when that figure is lower than the quarter before. Rules are fixed and applied identically everywhere on this site: ahead by 5% or more over three months, or behind by 20% or more over a year while earnings grew 20% or more. Hover any point to read both values and the gap. This is a description of what the numbers did, not advice.
Sector relative strength · before individual stocks
Is Apparel Manufacturing outperforming S&P 500?
Apparel Manufacturing has outperformed S&P 500 by 17% over the last 52 weeks. Over 13 weeks the gap is a lead of 9.1%. 10 of 16 covered companies currently beat the S&P 500 on Mansfield relative strength, so leadership inside the sector is selective. Ermenegildo Zegna N.V. is the strongest against the sector itself at +15.9%.
+9.1%Sector vs S&P 500 · 13 weeks
+17.0%Sector vs S&P 500 · 52 weeks
10/16Stocks leading S&P 500
5/16Stocks leading sector
Sector metric: — as of latest available · unclassified · direction unavailable.
The central tension: the companies with the most scale are not necessarily the companies creating the most change.
Start with scale. Then earnings trajectory. Then business quality. Only after those three agree should price leadership carry much weight.
Bottom line
Apparel Manufacturing has outperformed S&P 500 by 17% over 52 weeks and 9.1% over 13 weeks. 10 of 16 covered companies beat the S&P 500 on Mansfield relative strength, while 5 of 16 beat the sector itself. V.F. Corporation leads with revenue of $9,606 million, based on 13 of 16 comparable companies through Mar 2026.
Is the Apparel Manufacturing sector outperforming S&P 500?
Apparel Manufacturing has outperformed S&P 500 by 17% over 52 weeks and 9.1% over 13 weeks. 10 of 16 covered companies beat the S&P 500 on Mansfield relative strength, while 5 of 16 beat the sector itself.
Which Apparel Manufacturing company is largest by revenue?
V.F. Corporation leads with revenue of $9,606 million, based on 13 of 16 comparable companies through Mar 2026.
Which Apparel Manufacturing company is growing fastest?
Gildan Activewear Inc. has the fastest current revenue growth at 23.9%, across 13 of 16 comparable companies.
Which Apparel Manufacturing company has the strongest 4-Factor Sector Score?
G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. ranks first at 67.1/100 with 80.2% evidence confidence. The score prioritizes research; it is not a buy recommendation.
Which Apparel Manufacturing company reports the most CAPEX?
Ralph Lauren Corporation reports the largest latest CAPEX at $51 million, with 16 of 16 companies comparable.
Which Apparel Manufacturing company has the least gross debt?
Lakeland Industries, Inc. has the lowest comparable gross debt at $41 million. Gildan Activewear Inc. has the highest at $5,012 million.
Which Apparel Manufacturing company has the lowest comparable PEG?
PVH Corp. has the lowest comparable Guarded PEG at 0.18, among 8 of 16 companies that pass the metric’s comparability rules.
How much history does this Apparel Manufacturing comparison include?
The page compares up to 20 reported quarters per company for fundamentals, CAPEX, debt and valuation, ending Jun 2026. Missing observations remain blank rather than being estimated.
How is the 4-Factor Sector Score calculated?
The four visible contributions add directly: growth and earnings up to 35 points, capital efficiency up to 25, valuation up to 20, and relative strength up to 20. Missing or stale evidence moves only the affected contribution toward neutral.
Companies
16
complete canonical membership
Combined market value
$73.2B
Ralph Lauren Corporation
Revenue growing
10/13
positive TTM year-on-year growth
Beating S&P 500
10/16
positive Mansfield relative strength
Global company selection
00 · research priority, made explicit
4-Factor Sector Score
An additive sector-relative research score. The four displayed point contributions always equal the total: Growth & earnings (35), Capital efficiency (25), Valuation (20), and Relative strength (20). Missing or stale evidence is absorbed inside the affected factor, never applied as a hidden adjustment.
G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. has the strongest current balance of earnings trajectory, business quality, valuation and price confirmation, with 80.2% evidence confidence.
Under Armour, Inc. has stronger price confirmation than earnings confirmation; that is a research prompt, not permission to chase.
Missing observations are not scored as bad. Their missing weight lowers confidence and pulls the final score toward neutral. PEG is guarded: positive earnings, positive 5–60% three-year EPS growth, and a positive P/E are required.
Decision use: Acceleration candidate, not a confirmed leader: earnings are strong but sector-relative strength is -19.3% and the one-year return is 66.3%. Do not upgrade until sector-relative strength is above zero and another reported period confirms growth.
Decision use: Acceleration candidate, not a confirmed leader: earnings are strong but sector-relative strength is -22.5% and the one-year return is -19.3%. Do not upgrade until sector-relative strength is above zero and another reported period confirms growth.
Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
15.9/35Growth & earnings
Revenue — · PAT — · OPM change —
9% evidence
8.3/25Capital efficiency
ROCE -27.9% · debt/equity —
34% evidence
10.1/20Valuation
P/E 19.3× · PEG —
15% evidence
16.4/20Relative strength
RS sector 14.4% · RS bench 19.8% · 1Y -26%
70% evidence
01 · compare level, then change
Revenue Scale & Growth Durability
V.F. Corporation has the highest Revenue among the 16 Apparel Manufacturing companies compared here, at $9,606 million. PVH Corp. is next at $8,991 million. Gildan Activewear Inc. has the highest Revenue growth at 23.9%, so level and change sit with different companies. 13 of 16 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Mar 2026.
What the numbers say: V.F. Corporation is the scale leader at $9,606 million, 6.8% ahead of PVH Corp.. Gildan Activewear Inc.'s growth is 23.9% from a $4,074 million base, with 19 reported observations in the 20-quarter window. Treat the growth leader as an acceleration candidate, not as equally proven scale.
LeaderV.F. Corporation · $9,606 million
Gap6.8% versus #2 · PVH Corp.
Persistence5/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage13/16 companies · 284 observations
Investor read: V.F. Corporation is the scale benchmark; Gildan Activewear Inc. is the acceleration watch. Promote the challenger only if growth persists and converts into margin and returns.
This conclusion weakens if: V.F. Corporation's growth falls below Gildan Activewear Inc.'s for two consecutive comparable reports while operating margin also compresses.
Revenue is compared on a common reported-currency basis. Growth is year-on-year, so seasonality does not masquerade as progress.
Revenuelargest
1V.F. Corporation VFC$9.6B
2PVH Corp. PVH$9.0B
3Ralph Lauren Corporation RL$8.1B
4Levi Strauss & Co. LEVI$6.6B
5Under Armour, Inc. UAA$5.0B
Revenue growthfastest growers
1Gildan Activewear Inc. GIL24%
2FIGS, Inc. FIGS19%
3Ralph Lauren Corporation RL15%
4Canada Goose Holdings Inc. GOOS13%
5Lakeland Industries, Inc. LAKE7.8%
Revenue · company comparison
13/16 level · 13/16 change
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All-company data · latest reported quarter
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G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. has the highest OPM among the 16 Apparel Manufacturing companies compared here, at 15.9%. Kontoor Brands, Inc. is next at 14.7%. PVH Corp. has the highest Margin change at +22.8 percentage points, so level and change sit with different companies. 14 of 16 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Jun 2026.
What the numbers say: G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. leads opm at 15.9%; PVH Corp. leads margin change at +22.8 percentage points.
LeaderG-III Apparel Group, Ltd. · 15.9%
Gap8.2% versus #2 · Kontoor Brands, Inc.
Persistence3/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage14/16 companies · 266 observations
Investor read: G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. sets the level benchmark; use the change leader as an inflection watch only after another comparable report confirms it.
This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current margin change signal.
Operating margin compares operating profit with revenue. Improvement is measured in percentage points, not percentage growth.
OPMhighest
1G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. GIII16%
2Kontoor Brands, Inc. KTB15%
3Canada Goose Holdings Inc. GOOS14%
4Ralph Lauren Corporation RL9.5%
5Levi Strauss & Co. LEVI7.8%
Margin changefastest expanders
1PVH Corp. PVH+22.8 pp
2Lakeland Industries, Inc. LAKE+14.7 pp
3G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. GIII+14.4 pp
4V.F. Corporation VFC+6.2 pp
5Under Armour, Inc. UAA+3.2 pp
Operating margin · company comparison
14/16 level · 14/16 change
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All-company data · latest reported quarter
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Showing the 12 largest of 14 companies with a series here. The remaining 2 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Ralph Lauren Corporation has the highest Net profit among the 16 Apparel Manufacturing companies compared here, at $942 million. Levi Strauss & Co. is next at $554 million. Levi Strauss & Co. has the highest Profit growth at 31%, so level and change sit with different companies. 13 of 16 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Mar 2026.
What the numbers say: Ralph Lauren Corporation leads with $942 million of TTM profit, 70% above Levi Strauss & Co.. Levi Strauss & Co. shows 31% growth from a $554 million profit base. Compare the size of the base and persistence before ranking acceleration above profit scale.
LeaderRalph Lauren Corporation · $942 million
Gap70% versus #2 · Levi Strauss & Co.
Persistence8/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage13/16 companies · 285 observations
Investor read: Ralph Lauren Corporation sets the level benchmark; use the change leader as an inflection watch only after another comparable report confirms it.
This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current profit growth signal.
Net profit is the residual after operating costs, interest and tax. Growth off a loss or near-zero base is excluded from the fastest-grower rank.
Net profitlargest
1Ralph Lauren Corporation RL$942M
2Levi Strauss & Co. LEVI$554M
3V.F. Corporation VFC$256M
4Gildan Activewear Inc. GIL$254M
5Columbia Sportswear Company COLM$169M
Profit growthfastest growers
1Levi Strauss & Co. LEVI31%
2Ralph Lauren Corporation RL27%
3Columbia Sportswear Company COLM-24%
4G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. GIII-35%
5Gildan Activewear Inc. GIL-37%
Net profit · company comparison
13/16 level · 7/16 change
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All-company data · latest reported quarter
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Ralph Lauren Corporation has the highest CAPEX among the 16 Apparel Manufacturing companies compared here, at $51 million. Levi Strauss & Co. is next at $40 million. Oxford Industries, Inc. has the highest CAPEX intensity at 5.9%, so level and change sit with different companies. 16 of 16 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Mar 2026.
What the numbers say: Ralph Lauren Corporation reports $51 million of CAPEX; Oxford Industries, Inc. has the highest covered intensity at 5.9%. Coverage is only 16 of 16 companies and 273 reported observations, so this is partial evidence—not a complete sector rank.
LeaderRalph Lauren Corporation · $51 million
Gap27.5% versus #2 · Levi Strauss & Co.
Persistence8/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage16/16 companies · 273 observations
Investor read: Use the CAPEX rank as a diligence queue. Verify commissioning, utilization, cash conversion and post-investment ROCE before treating spend as value creation.
This conclusion weakens if: CAPEX rises without higher utilization, operating cash flow or incremental returns.
CAPEX is cash spent on property, plant, equipment and other reported capital assets. CAPEX intensity divides that spend by revenue; high intensity is a reinvestment signal, not proof that the reinvestment will earn attractive returns.
CAPEXlargest spenders
1Ralph Lauren Corporation RL$51M
2Levi Strauss & Co. LEVI$40M
3PVH Corp. PVH$40M
4Ermenegildo Zegna N.V. ZGN · older report$40M
5Gildan Activewear Inc. GIL$29M
CAPEX intensityhighest reinvestment intensity
1Oxford Industries, Inc. OXM5.9%
2Ermenegildo Zegna N.V. ZGN · older report4.0%
3Canada Goose Holdings Inc. GOOS3.5%
4Levi Strauss & Co. LEVI2.6%
5Ralph Lauren Corporation RL2.6%
Capital expenditure · company comparison
16/16 level · 16/16 change
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All-company data · latest reported quarter
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Capacity base is net fixed assets plus capital work in progress, straight off the reported balance sheet. It is not cash spent, so it answers a narrower question than CAPEX — but it is reported for companies whose cash-flow CAPEX is not published, which is why it leads here. Missing years remain blank; annual values are never relabelled as quarters.
Full annual capacity base, operating cash flow, CAPEX and free cash flow history
Capacity base · net fixed assets + CWIP · fiscal-year history
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Lakeland Industries, Inc. has the lowest Gross debt among the 16 Apparel Manufacturing companies compared here, at $41 million. FIGS, Inc. is next at $61 million. FIGS, Inc. has the lowest Net debt at $216 million net cash, so level and change sit with different companies. 14 of 16 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Jun 2026.
What the numbers say: FIGS, Inc. has the clearest covered balance-sheet capacity with $216 million net cash and gross debt of $61 million. Absolute debt alone does not identify the strongest balance sheet because company scale differs; net debt and debt-to-equity carry more information.
LeaderLakeland Industries, Inc. · $41 million
Gap32.8% versus #2 · FIGS, Inc.
Persistence0/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage14/16 companies · 264 observations
Investor read: Prioritize net-cash capacity and leverage relative to operating scale, not the smallest absolute rupee debt.
This conclusion weakens if: Net debt rises faster than revenue and profit for two consecutive reported periods.
Gross debt shows contractual borrowings. Net debt subtracts reported cash; a negative value means net cash. Lower debt can create capacity, but should be read against the scale and capital intensity of the business.
Gross debtlowest gross debt
1Lakeland Industries, Inc. LAKE$41M
2FIGS, Inc. FIGS$61M
3Superior Group of Companies, Inc. SGC$95M
4G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. GIII$294M
5Columbia Sportswear Company COLM$473M
Net debtlowest net debt
1FIGS, Inc. FIGS$-216M
2G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. GIII$-100M
3Columbia Sportswear Company COLM$-62M
4Lakeland Industries, Inc. LAKE$24M
5Superior Group of Companies, Inc. SGC$72M
Debt and balance-sheet capacity · company comparison
14/16 level · 14/16 change
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All-company data · latest reported quarter
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Kontoor Brands, Inc. has the highest ROCE among the 16 Apparel Manufacturing companies compared here, at 5.4%. Canada Goose Holdings Inc. is next at 4.9%. PVH Corp. has the highest ROCE change at +5.3 percentage points, so level and change sit with different companies. 16 of 16 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Jun 2026.
What the numbers say: Kontoor Brands, Inc. leads ROCE at 5.4%, 0.5 percentage points above Canada Goose Holdings Inc.. PVH Corp. has the strongest latest improvement at +5.3 percentage points. Read the leader beside the density of its reported history: a sparse high return is a candidate; a repeated high return is evidence of durability.
LeaderKontoor Brands, Inc. · 5.4%
Gap10.2% versus #2 · Canada Goose Holdings Inc.
Persistence5/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage16/16 companies · 294 observations
Investor read: Kontoor Brands, Inc. sets the level benchmark; use the change leader as an inflection watch only after another comparable report confirms it.
This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current roce change signal.
ROCE asks how much operating return the business earns on the capital employed. Direction matters, but a single exceptional year should not be mistaken for durability.
ROCEhighest
1Kontoor Brands, Inc. KTB5.4%
2Canada Goose Holdings Inc. GOOS4.9%
3G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. GIII4.1%
4Under Armour, Inc. UAA4.0%
5Ralph Lauren Corporation RL3.5%
ROCE changefastest improvers
1PVH Corp. PVH+5.3 pp
2Lakeland Industries, Inc. LAKE+4.1 pp
3G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. GIII+3.7 pp
4V.F. Corporation VFC+1.9 pp
5FIGS, Inc. FIGS+1.0 pp
Return on capital · company comparison
16/16 level · 16/16 change
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All-company data · latest reported quarter
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PVH Corp. has the lowest Guarded PEG among the 16 Apparel Manufacturing companies compared here, at 0.18×. Levi Strauss & Co. is next at 0.24×. Under Armour, Inc. has the lowest P/E at -26.8×, so level and change sit with different companies. 8 of 16 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Jun 2026.
What the numbers say: PVH Corp. has the lowest comparable Guarded PEG at 0.18×, 25% below Levi Strauss & Co.. Only 8 of 16 companies pass the guard, so no broad “cheapest stock” conclusion is defensible unless the current multiple, own-history position and growth durability agree.
LeaderPVH Corp. · 0.18×
Gap25% versus #2 · Levi Strauss & Co.
Persistence0/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage8/16 companies · 25 observations
Investor read: Treat valuation as permission to investigate, never as a standalone reason to buy.
This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current p/e signal.
PEG is shown only when earnings are positive and three-year EPS growth is between 5% and 60%. It is recomputed consistently as the trailing P/E divided by that growth rate — reported earnings, never an expected-earnings multiple. On Indian companies it is shown only where the two data sources reconciled. A missing PEG is more honest than a low-base fiction.
Guarded PEGlowest PEG
1PVH Corp. PVH0.2
2Levi Strauss & Co. LEVI0.2
3G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. GIII0.5
4Canada Goose Holdings Inc. GOOS0.5
5Gildan Activewear Inc. GIL0.6
P/Elowest P/E
1Under Armour, Inc. UAA-26.8
2Oxford Industries, Inc. OXM10.0
3G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. GIII11.0
4Kontoor Brands, Inc. KTB13.7
5Levi Strauss & Co. LEVI14.3
Valuation · company comparison
8/16 level · 16/16 change
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All-company data · latest reported quarter
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G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. has the lowest EV/EBITDA among the 16 Apparel Manufacturing companies compared here, at 5.67×. Ermenegildo Zegna N.V. is next at 7.93×. JX Luxventure Group Inc. has the lowest P/BV at 0.35×, so level and change sit with different companies. 16 of 16 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Jun 2026.
What the numbers say: G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. leads ev/ebitda at 5.67×; JX Luxventure Group Inc. leads p/bv at 0.35×.
LeaderG-III Apparel Group, Ltd. · 5.67×
Gap28.5% versus #2 · Ermenegildo Zegna N.V.
Persistence0/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage16/16 companies · 269 observations
Investor read: Treat valuation as permission to investigate, never as a standalone reason to buy.
This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current p/bv signal.
EV/EBITDA includes debt in enterprise value and is useful across different capital structures. P/BV prices the company against its own book. Both are market multiples on reported figures, not intrinsic-value estimates and not forecasts.
EV/EBITDAlowest EV/EBITDA
1G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. GIII5.7
2Ermenegildo Zegna N.V. ZGN · older report7.9
3PVH Corp. PVH8.2
4Superior Group of Companies, Inc. SGC8.5
5V.F. Corporation VFC8.7
P/BVlowest P/BV
1JX Luxventure Group Inc. JXG · older report0.4
2G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. GIII0.7
3Lakeland Industries, Inc. LAKE0.8
4Superior Group of Companies, Inc. SGC0.8
5PVH Corp. PVH0.9
Enterprise and book valuation · company comparison
16/16 level · 16/16 change
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All-company data · latest reported quarter
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Showing the 12 largest of 16 companies with a series here. The remaining 4 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Ermenegildo Zegna N.V. has the strongest one-year price move in Apparel Manufacturing at +93.2%. It also leads on Mansfield relative strength against the S&P 500 at +27.3%. 10 of 16 covered companies are above zero on that measure. Every line covers 314 weekly closes through 2026-07-28.
Every price line is indexed to 100 over the chosen window. Mansfield relative strength compares a price ratio with its own 52-week average; zero separates leadership from lagging.
Price and relative strength
Price is rebased to 100 inside the selected window. Pair ratio rebases each selected company against one chosen denominator.
Before the conclusion · check the blind spots
What can make this comparison misleading?
This Apparel Manufacturing comparison names 5 specific ways its own evidence can mislead, all listed below. 2 of the 16 companies report on an older date than the sector's freshest reporters, so their ranks are marked stale. A high growth rate can still be a low-base artefact.
Keep these limits visible
A high growth rate can be a low-base artefact. The page keeps level and change separate for that reason.
A high ROCE can be temporary or flattered by a small capital base. Read it beside margin, cash conversion and reinvestment.
The 4-Factor Sector Score ranks research priority, not portfolio action. Management quality, catalysts and risks need equally fresh evidence before capital is deployed.
An “all companies” line chart preserves completeness, but rank changes should be checked against reporting dates before drawing a conclusion.
2 companies have older fundamental reporting dates than the sector’s freshest reporters; their ranks carry a stale marker.
10 · the complete set
Which companies are included?
All 16 companies in the canonical Apparel Manufacturing membership are listed below, largest market value first — nothing is silently dropped, even where a company reports too little to rank. The charts above default to a selective view; this register is the complete set, with each company's own latest reporting date beside it.
AHEAD means the company is beating the index by 5% or more over three months. LAGGING, FUNDAMENTALS UP means it is 20% or more behind over a year while its trailing twelve-month earnings grew 20% or more. Both rules are fixed and applied the same way in every sector.
This comparison is built from the reported filings of 16 Apparel Manufacturing companies, normalized to a common $ scale and a shared quarter axis of up to 20 quarters each. Fundamentals run through Jun 2026 and market data through 2026-07-28. A second data feed fills gaps only after identity and scale reconciliation, and missing observations are never interpolated.
FundamentalsThrough Jun 2026 · up to 20 quarters per company
Market dataThrough 2026-07-28 · weekly price and relative-strength history
Derived metricsGrowth, changes, CAPEX intensity, net debt, guarded PEG and P/BV÷ROE are calculated only when their inputs are comparable.
Score confidenceMissing and stale evidence reduces confidence and pulls the 0–100 research-priority score toward neutral.
These 18 answers restate the Apparel Manufacturing comparison above in question form. Every one is computed from the same 16 companies and the same reported filings as the rankings and charts, current through Jun 2026. Price and relative-strength answers run through 2026-07-28. Nothing here is estimated, and none of it is a recommendation.
Which Apparel Manufacturing company is the biggest?
V.F. Corporation is the largest, with trailing-twelve-month revenue of $9,606 million, ahead of PVH Corp. at $8,991 million. That covers 13 of 16 companies with comparable reporting through Mar 2026.
Which Apparel Manufacturing company is growing fastest?
Gildan Activewear Inc. has the fastest revenue growth at 23.9% year on year, across 13 of 16 comparable companies. Fast growth off a small base is not the same as proven scale — check whether the rate holds across several quarters on the chart above before treating it as a trend.
Which Apparel Manufacturing company has the best profit margins?
G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. has the highest operating margin at 15.9%, from 14 of 16 comparable companies. PVH Corp. shows the biggest recent improvement, at +22.8 percentage points. A high margin matters most when it is holding or rising, not when it is peaking.
Which Apparel Manufacturing company makes the most profit?
Ralph Lauren Corporation earns the most, at $942 million of trailing-twelve-month net profit, from 13 of 16 comparable companies. Levi Strauss & Co. has the fastest profit growth at 31%, though growth off a small or recovering profit base overstates how much has actually changed.
Which Apparel Manufacturing company earns the highest return on capital?
Kontoor Brands, Inc. leads on return on capital employed at 5.4%, across 16 of 16 companies. Read it beside the length of its reported history: a high return that repeats for years is evidence of a durable business, while a single high reading can be a small capital base or one good year.
Which Apparel Manufacturing stock is the cheapest?
On guarded PEG — where a LOWER number is cheaper — PVH Corp. screens cheapest at 0.18×. Only 8 of 16 companies pass the comparability guard, so this is not a sector-wide "cheapest stock" verdict. Cheap on a multiple is a reason to investigate, never a reason to buy on its own.
Which Apparel Manufacturing company has the strongest balance sheet?
Lakeland Industries, Inc. carries the lowest comparable gross debt at $41 million, from 14 of 16 companies. Absolute rupee debt alone does not settle it, because company scale differs — net debt and debt-to-equity in the chart above carry more information, and a very low-debt balance sheet can also mean under-investment.
Which Apparel Manufacturing company is investing most in new capacity?
Ralph Lauren Corporation reports the largest capital spending at $51 million, across 16 of 16 companies. Spending consumes cash before it earns anything, so treat the ranking as a diligence queue: check commissioning, utilisation and the return earned on the completed assets before reading spend as value creation.
Is the Apparel Manufacturing sector beating the market?
Apparel Manufacturing has outperformed S&P 500 by 17% over the last 52 weeks and 9.1% over 13 weeks, measured on an equal-weight index of its current members. Inside the sector, 10 of 16 covered companies are beating the market on their own. Sector strength does not transfer evenly to every stock in it.
Which Apparel Manufacturing stock has the strongest price momentum?
Ermenegildo Zegna N.V. has the strongest relative strength against S&P 500. Relative strength answers last, after growth, quality and valuation: price can move well before the fundamentals confirm it, and sometimes without them confirming at all.
Which Apparel Manufacturing company scores highest for research priority?
G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. scores 67.1 out of 100 with 80.2% evidence confidence, from 19.5 points on growth and earnings, 17.4 on capital efficiency, 15 on valuation and 15.2 on relative strength. This ranks what deserves work next. It is not a buy recommendation, and management quality, catalysts and risk still need separate research.
How many Apparel Manufacturing companies does this comparison cover, and over what period?
It compares 16 listed companies over up to 20 reported quarters of fundamentals and 6 fiscal years of capital allocation, ending Jun 2026, plus weekly price and relative-strength history. Membership is the full sector list — nothing is dropped for having thin data.
What is the total market cap of the Apparel Manufacturing sector?
The 16 Apparel Manufacturing companies on this page carry $73,228 million of combined market value. Ralph Lauren Corporation is the largest at $22,465 million, about 31% of the sector's total on its own. Market value moves with price, so this reading is dated 2026-07-28.
What is the Apparel Manufacturing sector's P/E ratio?
The median price-to-earnings ratio across the 16 Apparel Manufacturing companies on this page is 21.7×, measured on the 15 that report a comparable figure. A sector-level history for this multiple is not held here, so this is a cross-section of today, not a comparison with the sector’s own past. Figures are as of 2026-07-28.
How is the Apparel Manufacturing sector performing?
10 of the 16 covered Apparel Manufacturing companies are beating S&P 500 on Mansfield relative strength. The sector itself is 17% ahead of S&P 500 over 52 weeks on an equal-weight index of its current members. Readings are as of 2026-07-28.
How many Apparel Manufacturing stocks are listed in the US?
This comparison covers 16 listed Apparel Manufacturing companies in the US, each above the size floor the site applies. The full ranked list is on this page, with reported fundamentals through Jun 2026. Membership is the full industry list — nothing is dropped for having thin data.
Why are some values on this page blank?
A blank means that company did not report a comparable figure for that period, so nothing is shown. Missing observations are never interpolated, carried forward, or replaced with a similar-looking accounting line, and a company with missing evidence has its research score pulled toward neutral rather than being scored as bad.
Is this investment advice?
No. Every figure here is a deterministic calculation from reported company filings and market data, published for research. It contains no recommendation to buy or sell any security, does not account for your circumstances, and is not a substitute for advice from a licensed adviser.