The Gap Stock Forecast, Price & News

19 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for The Gap in the last twelve months. There are currently 13 hold ratings and 6 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 is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 26th 2021.
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The Gap, Inc. (NYSE:GPS) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 26th. The apparel retailer reported $0.48 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of ($0.05) by $0.53. The apparel retailer had revenue of $3.99 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.47 billion. The Gap had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 14.85% and a net margin of 2.76%. The Gap's quarterly revenue was up 89.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business 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 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, GPS stock has increased by 194.5% and is now trading at $32.31.
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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 yield of 1.49%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, July 6th.
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The Gap pays an annual dividend of $0.97 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.10%.
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The Gap updated its FY 2021 earnings guidance on Tuesday, June, 8th. The company provided earnings per share (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 -.

19 analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for The Gap's shares. Their forecasts range from $19.00 to $40.00. On average, they expect The Gap's stock price to reach $31.56 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.3%.
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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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Parnassus Investments CA (1.33%), Geode Capital Management LLC (0.92%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.45%), Rhumbline Advisers (0.09%), California State Teachers Retirement System (0.09%) and BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA (0.07%). Company insiders that own The Gap stock include John Strain, Julie Gruber, Katrina O'connell, Mark Breitbard, Mcneil S Fiske Jr, 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 Parnassus Investments CA, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Ameriprise Financial Inc., Capitolis Advisors LLC, Quantbot Technologies LP, New York State Teachers Retirement System, New York State Common Retirement Fund, and Van ECK Associates Corp. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA, Geode Capital Management LLC, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A., Toronto Dominion Bank, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, KB Financial Partners LLC, BI Asset Management Fondsmaeglerselskab A S, and Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio.
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One share of GPS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $32.31.

The Gap has a market capitalization of $12.20 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]