Gildan Activewear announced that it expects that its earnings for its second fiscal quarter, ended April 3, 2005, will be above its previous guidance.
The Company now expects diluted E.P.S., before the special charge for the closure of its Canadian yarn-spinning facilities, to be at least 10% above the top end of its previously communicated guidance range of U.S. $0.60 – U.S. $0.65 for the quarter. The special charge for the yarn-spinning closure is estimated at approximately U.S. $0.26 per share.
The higher than anticipated growth in E.P.S. is primarily attributable to more favourable selling price realizations for Gildan’s products in the quarter. In addition, Gildan has achieved its planned targets for unit volume growth.
The Company indicated that it now expects full year diluted E.P.S. to be approximately U.S. $2.80, before the special charge, and approximately U.S. $2.54 after the special charge, up from the Company’s prior full year guidance of approximately U.S. $ 2.60 and U.S. $2.34 respectively. The Company continues to assume sequentially lower unit selling prices in the second half of the fiscal year, together with continuing capacity constraints which are not expected to be alleviated until the first quarter of fiscal 2006. Gildan will report its second quarter results on Thursday, May 5, 2005, before market open, followed by a conference call that morning at 10:00 a.m. At that time, the Company will comment more fully on current business conditions and on its outlook and guidance for the second half of the fiscal year.
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