In the last trading session, 10.04 million shares of the Gap, Inc (NYSE:GAP) were traded, and its beta was 2.15. Most recently the company’s share price was $21.56, and it changed around -$0.11 or -0.51% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $8.08B. GAP currently trades at a discount to its 52-week high of $30.75, offering almost -42.63% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $18.54, which indicates that the current value has risen by an impressive 14.01% since then. We note from Gap, Inc’s average daily trading volume that its 10-day average is 11.0 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 6.95 million.
Gap, Inc stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Hold, based on a mean score of 1.95. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 0 out of 21 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 6 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 9 recommended GAP as a Hold, whereas 6 deemed it a Buy, and 0 rated it as Underweight. Gap, Inc is expected to report earnings per share of 0.43 for the current quarter.
Gap, Inc (NYSE:GAP) trade information
Instantly GAP has showed a red trend with a performance of -0.51% at the end of last trading. The performance over the last five days has remained in the green territory. The rise to weekly highs of 22.19 on recent trading dayincreased the stock’s daily price by 2.84%. The company’s shares are currently down -8.76% year-to-date, but still up 11.59% over the last five days. On the other hand, Gap, Inc (NYSE:GAP) is -5.19% down in the 30-day period. We can see from the shorts that 25.55 million shares have been sold at a short interest cover period of 5.1 day(s).
The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $29, which translates to bulls needing to increase their stock price by 25.66% from its current value. Analyst projections state that GAP is forecast to be at a low of $26 and a high of $33.
Gap, Inc (GAP) estimates and forecasts
The year-over-year growth rate is expected to be 1.46%, up from the previous year.
Consensus estimates provided by 13 financial analysts predict the company will bring in an average of 3.41B in revenue for the current quarter. 13 analysts expect Gap, Inc to make 3.74B in revenue for the current ending quarter. The company’s sales for the same quarters a year ago were 3.39B and 3.72B respectively. Analysts predict that the company’s current quarter sales will jump, forecast at 0.79%. Forecasts for the next quarter put sales growth at 0.50%.
Looking at the company’s year-over-year earnings, the past five years showed a positive earnings growth rate of 18.81%. Gap, Inc earnings are expected to increase by 7.84% in 2025, but the outlook is positive 7.82% per year for the next five years.
GAP Dividends
Gap, Inc’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released on 2025-Mar-05. The annual dividend yield of the stock is 2.78 percent and its annual dividend per share was 0.60. It is important to note, however, that the 2.78% dividend yield ratio should be regarded as a guide only, as many other factors should be taken into consideration before making any investment decision. The average dividend yield for the past five years averaged 4.21 per year.
Gap, Inc (NYSE:GAP)’s Major holders
Upon looking at major shareholders, it appears that insiders hold 40.72% of Gap, Inc shares, and 64.95% of them are in the hands of institutional investors. The stock currently has a share float of 109.56%.
Dodge & Cox Stock Fund and Pacer US Cash Cows 100 ETF were the top two Mutual Funds as of Dec 31, 2024 . The former held 22.27 shares worth $480.15 million, making up 5.94% of all outstanding shares. On the other hand, Pacer US Cash Cows 100 ETF held roughly 12.63 shares worth around $272.33 million, which represents about 3.37% of the total shares outstanding.
