In today’s recent session, 1.7 million shares of the Gap, Inc (NYSE:GAP) have been traded, and its beta is 2.25. Most recently the company’s share price was $19.33, and it changed around $0.72 or 3.88% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $7.25B. GAP at last check was trading at a discount to its 52-week high of $30.75, offering almost -59.08% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $16.99, which indicates that the recent value has risen by an impressive 12.11% since then. We note from Gap, Inc’s average daily trading volume that its 10-day average is 14.14 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 8.67 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 20 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 6 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 8 recommended GAP as a Hold, whereas 6 deemed it a Buy, and 0 rated it as Underweight.
Gap, Inc (NYSE:GAP) trade information
Instantly GAP has been showing a green trend so far today with a performance of 3.88% on intraday trading today. The performance over the last five days has remained in the green territory. The rise to weekly highs of 20.94 on recent trading dayincreased the stock’s daily price by 7.69%. The company’s shares are currently down -18.19% year-to-date, but still up 3.38% over the last five days. On the other hand, Gap, Inc (NYSE:GAP) is -3.97% down in the 30-day period. We can see from the shorts that 22.74 million shares have been sold at a short interest cover period of 1.95 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 33.34% from its current value. Analyst projections state that GAP is forecast to be at a low of $26 and a high of $33.
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 3.01% in 2025, but the outlook is positive 2.87% 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 3.18 percent and its annual dividend per share was 0.61. It is important to note, however, that the 3.18% 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 39.05% of Gap, Inc shares, and 64.83% of them are in the hands of institutional investors. The stock currently has a share float of 106.36%.
Dodge & Cox Funds-Dodge & Cox Stock Fund and Pacer Funds Trust-Pacer US Cash Cows 100 ETF were the top two Mutual Funds as of Dec 31, 2024 . The former held 22.27 shares worth $432.72 million, making up 5.91% of all outstanding shares. On the other hand, Pacer Funds Trust-Pacer US Cash Cows 100 ETF held roughly 9.95 shares worth around $193.24 million, which represents about 2.64% of the total shares outstanding.
