GAP (GAP) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Gap, Inc. operates as a global apparel retail company, which offers clothing, apparel, accessories, and personal care products for men, women, and children. The firm operates through the following segments: Gap Global, Old Navy Global, Banana Republic Global, Athleta, and Other. The Gap Global segment includes apparel and accessories for men and women under the Gap brand, along with the GapKids, BabyGap, GapMaternity, GapBody, and GapFit collections. The Old Navy Global segment offers clothing and accessories for adults and children. The Banana Republic Global segment provides clothing, eyewear, jewelry, shoes, handbags, and fragrances. The Athleta segment offers fitness apparel for women. The company founded by Donald G. Fisher and Doris F. Fisher in July 1969 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $22.50 to $22.99
• 50-Day Range: $19.00 to $23.50
• 52-Week Range: $18.11 to $29.36
• Volume: 6.16 million shs
• Average Volume: 6.26 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $7.99 billion
• P/E Ratio: 6.79
• Dividend Yield: 3.08%
• Price Target: $27.07
• Consensus Rating: Hold

GAP Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

GAP scored higher than 97% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 65th out of 481 stocks in the consumer discretionary sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

GAP has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.42, and is based on 2 strong buy ratings, 5 buy ratings, 11 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

GAP has a consensus price target of $27.07, representing about 19.1% upside from its current price of $22.73.

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: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 9.13%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for GAP are expected to grow by 9.13% in the coming year, from $2.41 to $2.63 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of GAP is 6.79, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.52.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of GAP is 6.79, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 44.10.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

GAP has a PEG Ratio of 0.96. PEG Ratios around 1 indicate that a company is correctly valued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

GAP has a P/B Ratio of 2.02. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

10.82% of the float of GAP has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

GAP has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.92, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in GAP has recently decreased by 10.53%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

GAP pays a meaningful dividend of 3.06%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

GAP has only been increasing its dividend for 1 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of GAP is 20.90%. 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 26.62% next year. This indicates that GAP will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.57

News Sentiment

GAP has a news sentiment score of 0.57. 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 news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 8 news articles for GAP this week, compared to 8 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

41 people have searched for GAP on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 11% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 9 people have added GAP to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -10% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.1 / 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 $1,529,893.00 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.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 7/29 Dividend: 7/08/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 7/29 Dividend: 7/08/2026
• Dividend Payable: 7/29/2026
• Last Earnings: 8/27/2026
• Today: 10/01/2026
• Record date for 10/28 Dividend: 10/07/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 10/28 Dividend: 10/07/2026
• Dividend Payable: 10/28/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/19/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 1/31/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Specialty Retail
• Sub-Industry: Apparel Retail
• Current Symbol: NYSE:GAP
• Previous Symbol: NYSE:GAP
• CIK: 39911
• Web: www.gapinc.com
• Phone: (415) 427-0100
• Fax: 650-952-4407
• Employees: 79,000
• Year Founded: 1969

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for GAP: $27.07
• High Price Target: $42.00
• Low Price Target: $20.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +19.1%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.42
• Research Coverage: 19 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $3.35
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 11.59
• Forward P/E Ratio: 9.43
• P/E Growth: 0.96
• Net Income: $816 million
• Net Margins: 8.14%
• Pretax Margin: 11.11%
• Return on Equity: 19.72%
• Return on Assets: 5.94%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.38
• Current Ratio: 1.82
• Quick Ratio: 1.11

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $15.37 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.52
• Cash Flow: $3.51 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 6.47
• Book Value: $11.25 per share
• Price / Book: 2.02

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 351,270,000
• Free Float: 242,376,000
• Market Cap: $7.99 billion
• Optionable: N/A
• Beta: 2.05