The Gap Stock Forecast, Price & News

19 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for The Gap in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 12 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" The Gap stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in GPS, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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The Gap is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, June 3rd 2021.
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The Gap, Inc. (NYSE:GPS) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, March, 3rd. The apparel retailer reported $0.28 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.18 by $0.10. The apparel retailer earned $4.42 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.66 billion. The Gap had a negative net margin of 7.71% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 24.81%. The firm's revenue was down 5.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.58 earnings per share.
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The Gap's stock was trading at $10.97 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, GPS stock has increased by 198.0% and is now trading at $32.69.
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The Gap announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, March 2nd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, April 7th will be paid a dividend of $0.2425 per share on Wednesday, April 28th. This represents a $0.97 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.97%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, April 6th.
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The Gap issued an update on its FY22 earnings guidance on Thursday, March, 4th. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.20-1.35 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $1.31. The company issued revenue guidance of $15.87-16.42 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $16.03 billion.

19 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for The Gap's stock. Their forecasts range from $10.00 to $40.00. On average, they anticipate The Gap's stock price to reach $26.94 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 17.6%.
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24 employees have rated The Gap CEO Sonia Syngal on Glassdoor.com. Sonia Syngal has an approval rating of 85% among The Gap's employees.

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The Gap trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "GPS."

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One share of GPS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $32.69.

The Gap has a market capitalization of $12.26 billion and generates $16.38 billion in revenue each year. The apparel retailer earns $351 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.97 on an earnings per share basis.

The Gap employs 117,000 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of The Gap: Athleta, Athleta (ITM) Inc., Athleta LLC, Banana Republic, Banana Republic (Apparel), Banana Republic (ITM) Inc., Banana Republic (Japan) Y.K., Corporate HQ Support Mexico, Direct Consumer Services, Forth & Towne (Apparel) LLC, Forth & Towne (Japan) Y.K., GPS (Great Britain) Limited, GPS Consumer Direct, GPS Corporate Facilities, GPS Import Services, GPS Real Estate, GPS Services, GPS Strategic Alliances LLC, GPSDC (New York) Inc., Gap (Apparel), Gap (Beijing) Commercial Co., Gap (Canada) Inc., Gap (France) S.A.S., Gap (ITM) Inc., Gap (Italy) Srl., Gap (Japan) K.K., Gap (Puerto Rico), Gap (RHC) B.V., Gap (Shanghai) Commercial Co., Gap (UK Holdings) Limited, Gap Europe Limited, Gap International Sales, Gap International Sourcing, Gap International Sourcing (Americas) LLC, Gap International Sourcing (California), Gap International Sourcing (Holdings) Limited, Gap International Sourcing (India) Private Limited, Gap International Sourcing (JV), Gap International Sourcing (Mexico) S.A. de C.V., Gap International Sourcing (U.S.A.) Inc., Gap International Sourcing (Vietnam) Limited Liability Company, Gap International Sourcing Limited, Gap International Sourcing Pte. Ltd., Gap Limited, Gap Services, Gap Stores (Ireland) Limited, Gap Taiwan Limited, Intermix, Intermix (ITM) Inc., Intermix Canada Inc., Intermix Holdco Inc., ON Stores Mexico, ONDC (Fresno) LLC, Old Navy, Old Navy (Apparel), Old Navy (Canada) Inc., Old Navy (ITM) Inc., Old Navy (Japan) Y.K., Old Navy Financial Services Limited, Old Navy Gift Card Services LLC, Old Navy International Sourcing Inc., Old Navy Services Inc., Old Navy Sourcing (Hong Kong) Limited, Old Navy Sourcing (Vietnam) Limited Liability Limited, Old Navy Sourcing Holdings LLC, Old Navy Strategic Alliances LLC, Old Navy Supply Chain Management (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., Piperlime (Japan) G.K., WCB Twenty-Eight Limited Partnership, and Weddington Way.

The Gap was founded in 1969.

The official website for The Gap is www.gapinc.com.

The Gap is headquartered at TWO FOLSOM STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA, 94105.

The Gap's mailing address is TWO FOLSOM STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA, 94105. The apparel retailer can be reached via phone at 415-427-0100 or via email at [email protected]