NYSE:GPSGAP Stock Price, Forecast & News

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 stock has increased by 9.6% and is now trading at $12.02. 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 5 sell ratings and 14 hold ratings 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, June 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for GAP.

GAP will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, June 4th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Gap Inc (NYSE:GPS) posted its earnings results on Thursday, March, 12th. The apparel retailer reported $0.58 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.41 by $0.17. The apparel retailer had revenue of $4.70 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.56 billion. GAP had a net margin of 2.14% and a return on equity of 21.04%. The company's revenue was up 1.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.72 earnings per share. View GAP's earnings history.

GAP announced a dividend on Wednesday, March 4th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, April 7th will be given 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.

GAP issued an update on its FY21 earnings guidance on Thursday, March, 12th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.80-$1.92 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $1.69.

19 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for GAP's shares. Their forecasts range from $5.00 to $17.00. On average, they anticipate GAP's stock price to reach $10.71 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 10.9%. View analysts' price targets for GAP.

Press coverage about GPS stock has trended very negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. GAP earned a news impact score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the apparel retailer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutGAP.

GAP saw a increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 38,910,000 shares, an increase of 18.3% from the April 30th total of 32,890,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 10,640,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.7 days. Currently, 19.3% of the shares of the company 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), Urban Outfitters (URBN), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), Buckle (BKE), Guess? (GES), Zumiez (ZUMZ), Childrens Place (PLCE), Designer Brands (DBI), Shoe Carnival (SCVL), Caleres (CAL), Genesco (GCO) and Cato (CATO). 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."

GAP's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.18%), State Street Corp (3.59%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (3.58%), Invesco Ltd. (2.13%), Prudential PLC (1.34%) and APG Asset Management N.V. (1.13%). Company insiders that own GAP stock include Julie Gruber, Mcneil S Fiske Jr, Sonia Syngal and William Sydney Fisher. View institutional ownership trends for GAP.

GPS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Invesco Ltd., AQR Capital Management LLC, Public Sector Pension Investment Board, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Alliancebernstein L.P., American International Group Inc., Deutsche Bank AG, and Teacher Retirement System of Texas. View insider buying and selling activity for GAP.

GPS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including JPMorgan Chase & Co., Prudential PLC, APG Asset Management N.V., Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ, State Street Corp, Towle & Co., BlackRock Inc., and Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC. View insider buying and selling activity for GAP.

Shares of GPS can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of GPS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $12.02.

GAP has a market capitalization of $4.46 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]