The Gap Stock Forecast, Price & News

20 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for The Gap in the last year. There are currently 12 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities 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 saw a increase in short interest during the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 14,900,000 shares, an increase of 16.4% from the May 31st total of 12,800,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 6,180,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.4 days. Currently, 7.4% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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The Gap is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 26th 2021.
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The Gap, Inc. (NYSE:GPS) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 26th. The apparel retailer reported $0.48 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.05) by $0.53. The apparel retailer had revenue of $3.99 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.47 billion. The Gap had a net margin of 2.76% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 14.85%. The Gap's quarterly revenue was up 89.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned ($2.51) earnings per share.
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The Gap's stock was trading at $10.97 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, GPS shares have increased by 168.6% and is now trading at $29.46.
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The Gap announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, May 11th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, July 7th will be paid a dividend of $0.12 per share on Wednesday, July 28th. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.63%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, July 6th.
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The Gap pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.65%.
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The Gap issued an update on its FY 2021 earnings guidance on Tuesday, June, 22nd. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.600-1.750 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.380. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

20 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for The Gap's stock. Their forecasts range from $19.00 to $45.00. On average, they expect The Gap's share price to reach $32.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 10.3% from the stock's current price.
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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."

The Gap's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include New York State Common Retirement Fund (0.07%), Arizona State Retirement System (0.02%), Handelsbanken Fonder AB (0.01%), Cutler Group LP (0.00%), Atlas Capital Advisors LLC (0.00%) and IFP Advisors Inc (0.00%). Company insiders that own The Gap stock include John Strain, Julie Gruber, Katrina O'connell, Mark Breitbard, Nancy Green, Robert J Fisher, Shawn Curran, Sheila Peters and Sonia Syngal.
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GPS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Arizona State Retirement System. Company insiders that have sold The Gap company stock in the last year include Julie Gruber, Katrina O'connell, Mark Breitbard, Nancy Green, Robert J Fisher, Shawn Curran, Sheila Peters, and Sonia Syngal.
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GPS stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Cutler Group LP, New York State Common Retirement Fund, Handelsbanken Fonder AB, IFP Advisors Inc, Atlas Capital Advisors LLC, and Harbor Investment Advisory LLC.
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Shares of GPS can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of GPS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $29.46.

The Gap has a market capitalization of $11.12 billion and generates $13.80 billion in revenue each year. The apparel retailer earns $-665,000,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($1.99) 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]