NYSE:GPS - GAP Stock Price, Forecast & News

GAP trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "GPS."

GAP declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 14th. Investors of record on Wednesday, January 8th will be given a dividend of $0.2425 per share on Wednesday, January 29th. This represents a $0.97 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.45%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, January 7th. View GAP's Dividend History.

Gap Inc (NYSE:GPS) announced its earnings results on Thursday, November, 21st. The apparel retailer reported $0.53 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.51 by $0.02. The apparel retailer earned $4 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.96 billion. GAP had a net margin of 4.97% and a return on equity of 22.33%. The business's revenue was down 2.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.69 EPS. View GAP's Earnings History.

GAP is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 27th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for GAP.

GAP will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, February 27th 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 issued an update on its FY 2019 After-Hours earnings guidance on Thursday, January, 16th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 1.75 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $1.74.

17 brokers have issued twelve-month price objectives for GAP's shares. Their forecasts range from $13.00 to $32.00. On average, they expect GAP's stock price to reach $17.21 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.3%. View Analyst Price Targets for GAP.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for GAP in the last year. There are currently 5 sell ratings, 11 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for GAP.

Media stories about GPS stock have trended extremely positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. GAP earned a media sentiment score of 4.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the apparel retailer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for GAP.

GAP saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 40,160,000 shares, an increase of 14.3% from the December 15th total of 35,150,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 6,740,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 6.0 days. Currently, 18.4% 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), Urban Outfitters (URBN), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Guess? (GES), Buckle (BKE), Designer Brands (DBI), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), Childrens Place (PLCE), Caleres (CAL), Zumiez (ZUMZ), Genesco (GCO), Shoe Carnival (SCVL) and Chico's FAS (CHS).

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

GAP's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.04%), Exane Derivatives (0.04%), Wealthfront Advisers LLC (0.04%), OLD National Bancorp IN (0.03%), Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.03%) and United Services Automobile Association (0.02%). Company insiders that own GAP stock include Brent Hyder, Brian Goldner, Dara Bazzano, Jeff Kirwan, John J Fisher, Julie Gruber, Mcneil S Fiske Jr, Paul Joseph Chapman, Robert J Fisher, 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 Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, United Services Automobile Association, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Hennessy Advisors Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Fruth Investment Management and Heritage Investors Management Corp. Company insiders that have sold GAP company stock in the last year include Julie Gruber, Mcneil S Fiske Jr and Sonia Syngal. View Insider Buying and Selling for GAP.

GPS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wealthfront Advisers LLC, Exane Derivatives, Alpine Global Management LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, OLD National Bancorp IN, Sciencast Management LP, Sanders Morris Harris LLC and DNB Asset Management AS. View Insider Buying and Selling 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 $17.81.

GAP has a market capitalization of $6.65 billion and generates $16.58 billion in revenue each year. The apparel retailer earns $1.00 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.59 on an earnings per share basis. GAP employs 135,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About GAP.

The official website for GAP is http://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]