The Gap Stock Forecast, Price & News

19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for The Gap in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 12 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street 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) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, March, 3rd. The apparel retailer reported $0.28 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.18 by $0.10. The apparel retailer had revenue of $4.42 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations 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 Gap's quarterly revenue was down 5.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.58 EPS.
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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 shares have increased by 194.1% and is now trading at $32.26.
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The Gap announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, March 2nd. Investors of record on Wednesday, April 7th will be given a dividend of $0.2425 per share on Wednesday, April 28th. This represents a $0.97 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.01%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, April 6th.
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The Gap updated its FY22 earnings guidance on Thursday, March, 4th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.20-1.35 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share 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 brokers have issued 12-month price objectives for The Gap's stock. Their forecasts range from $10.00 to $40.00. On average, they anticipate The Gap's share price to reach $26.94 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 16.5%.
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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 $32.26.

The Gap has a market capitalization of $12.09 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]