GAP (GAP) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

The Gap, Inc. operates as an apparel retail company. The company offers apparel, accessories, and personal care products for men, women, and children under the Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic, and Athleta brands. Its products include adult apparel and accessories; and fitness and lifestyle products for use in yoga, training, sports, travel, and everyday activities for women and girls. The company offers its products through company-operated stores, franchise stores, websites, and third-party arrangements. It has franchise agreements to operate Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic, and Athleta stores and websites in Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa. The Gap, Inc. was incorporated in 1969 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $25.15 to $26.04
• 50-Day Range: $20.28 to $24.88
• 52-Week Range: $18.34 to $30.75
• Volume: 5.45 million shs
• Average Volume: 7.19 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $9.68 billion
• P/E Ratio: 11.88
• Dividend Yield: 2.34%
• Price Target: $28.50
• Consensus Rating: Hold

GAP Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

GAP scored higher than 68% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 122nd out of 215 stocks in the retail/wholesale sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

GAP has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.45, and is based on 6 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

GAP has been the subject of 11 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 5.50%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for GAP are expected to grow by 5.50% in the coming year, from $2.00 to $2.11 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of GAP is 12.03, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 123.07.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of GAP is 12.03, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Retail/Wholesale sector average P/E ratio of about 98.21.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

GAP has a PEG Ratio of 1.09. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

GAP has a P/B Ratio of 3.71. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for GAP.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

GAP pays a meaningful dividend of 2.47%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

GAP does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of GAP is 27.78%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, GAP will have a dividend payout ratio of 28.44% next year. This indicates that GAP will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for GAP.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.52

News Sentiment

GAP has a news sentiment score of 0.52. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.83 average news sentiment score of Retail/Wholesale companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 24 news articles for GAP this week, compared to 34 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

47 people have searched for GAP on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 236% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

11 people have added GAP to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 175% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, GAP insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $1,507,700.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

31.00% of the stock of GAP is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

58.81% of the stock of GAP is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

GAP Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have GAP shares performed this year?

GAP's stock was trading at $22.79 at the beginning of the year. Since then, GAP shares have increased by 14.0% and is now trading at $25.99.
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How do I buy shares of GAP?

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What other stocks do shareholders of GAP own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that GAP investors own include iShares Micro-Cap ETF (IWC), The RMR Group (RMR), Waste Connections (WCN), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), AUO (AUOTY), American Water Works (AWK) and Triple Flag Precious Metals (TFPM).

Company Calendar

• Ex-Dividend for 10/30 Dividend: 10/09/2024
• Dividend Payable: 10/30/2024
• Today: 12/03/2024
• Ex-Dividend for 1/29 Dividend: 1/08/2025
• Dividend Payable: 1/29/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 1/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Retail/Wholesale
• Industry: Family clothing stores
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: NYSE:GAP
• Previous Symbol: NYSE:GAP
• CUSIP: N/A
• CIK: 39911
• Web: www.gapinc.com
• Phone: (415) 427-0100
• Fax: 650-952-4407
• Employees: 85,000
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $28.50
• High Stock Price Target: $35.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $16.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +9.6%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.45
• Research Coverage: 11 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $2.16
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 12.04
• Forward P/E Ratio: 13.01
• P/E Growth: 1.09
• Net Income: $502 million
• Net Margins: 5.40%
• Pretax Margin: 7.11%
• Return on Equity: 29.03%
• Return on Assets: 7.26%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.47
• Current Ratio: 1.54
• Quick Ratio: 0.84

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $14.89 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.66
• Cash Flow: $3.07 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 8.47
• Book Value: $7.00 per share
• Price / Book: 3.72

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 377,120,000
• Free Float: 260,214,000
• Market Cap: $9.81 billion
• Optionable: N/A
• Beta: 2.37