The Gap Stock Forecast, Price & News

20 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for The Gap in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 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 saw a drop in short interest in the month of January. As of January 29th, there was short interest totaling 15,580,000 shares, a drop of 20.2% from the January 14th total of 19,520,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 8,550,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.8 days. Currently, 7.7% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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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) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, March, 3rd. The apparel retailer reported $0.28 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate 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 trailing twelve-month return on equity of 24.81% and a negative net margin of 7.71%. The business's revenue was down 5.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company 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 (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, GPS stock has increased by 163.3% and is now trading at $28.88.
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The Gap announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, March 2nd. Stockholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.36%.
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The Gap updated 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 EPS 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.

20 analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for The Gap's stock. Their forecasts range from $8.00 to $32.00. On average, they expect The Gap's stock price to reach $24.95 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 13.6%.
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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."

The Gap's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Dodge & Cox (6.77%), Parnassus Investments CA (1.63%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.73%), Aperio Group LLC (0.16%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.12%) and Rhumbline Advisers (0.09%). Company insiders that own The Gap stock include John Strain, Julie Gruber, Mark Breitbard, Mcneil S Fiske Jr, Nancy Green, Shawn Curran and Sonia Syngal.
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GPS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Dodge & Cox, Parnassus Investments CA, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY, Clifford Swan Investment Counsel LLC, New York State Common Retirement Fund, Aperio Group LLC, and Teachers Retirement System of The State of Kentucky. Company insiders that have sold The Gap company stock in the last year include Julie Gruber, Mark Breitbard, Nancy Green, Shawn Curran, and Sonia Syngal.
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GPS stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wealth Enhancement & Preservation of GA LLC, LMR Partners LLP, SG Americas Securities LLC, California Public Employees Retirement System, IFP Advisors Inc, Toronto Dominion Bank, Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio, and Sowell Financial Services 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 $28.88.

The Gap has a market capitalization of $10.80 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 129,000 workers across the globe.

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]