NYSE:GPSGAP Stock Price, Forecast & News

GAP's stock was trading at $10.97 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, GPS stock has increased by 14.0% and is now trading at $12.51. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for GAP in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 14 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for GAP.

GAP is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 27th 2020. View our earnings forecast for GAP.

Gap Inc (NYSE:GPS) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, June, 4th. The apparel retailer reported ($2.51) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.67) by $1.84. The apparel retailer had revenue of $2.11 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.35 billion. GAP had a negative return on equity of 8.63% and a negative net margin of 5.47%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 43.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.24 EPS. View GAP's earnings history.

GAP declared a dividend on Wednesday, March 4th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, April 7th will be paid a dividend of $0.2425 per share on Tuesday, April 28th. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, April 6th. View GAP's dividend history.

19 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for GAP's stock. Their forecasts range from $5.00 to $19.00. On average, they anticipate GAP's stock price to reach $12.06 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.6%. View analysts' price targets for GAP.

News headlines about GPS stock have been trending negative on Tuesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. GAP earned a media sentiment score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the apparel retailer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View the latest news about GAP.

GAP saw a decline in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 34,160,000 shares, a decline of 9.2% from the June 15th total of 37,640,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 14,070,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.4 days. Currently, 16.9% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View GAP's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to GAP include TJX Companies (TJX), Ross Stores (ROST), Foot Locker (FL), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Urban Outfitters (URBN), Buckle (BKE), Zumiez (ZUMZ), Guess? (GES), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), Childrens Place (PLCE), Designer Brands (DBI), Shoe Carnival (SCVL), Caleres (CAL), Genesco (GCO) and Citi Trends (CTRN). View all competitors.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other GAP investors own include Gilead Sciences (GILD), Ford Motor (F), Starbucks (SBUX), AT&T (T), Bank of America (BAC), Netflix (NFLX), Intel (INTC), General Electric (GE), Cisco Systems (CSCO) and Walt Disney (DIS).

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 $12.51.

GAP has a market capitalization of $4.67 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. GAP employs 129,000 workers across the globe.

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

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]