Gap, Inc (NYSE: GAP): To Buy Or Not To Buy, That Is The Question

Gap, Inc (GAP) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $22.49, with 4.09 million shares of worth about $91.97 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 1.53% during that period and on February 12, 2025 the price saw a loss of about -0.93%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 377.00M shares, out of which, 245.38M shares are available for trading.

Stock saw a price change of -0.09% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -2.47%. Year-to-date (YTD), GAP shares are showing a performance of -4.82% which increased to 12.11% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $18.72 but also hit the highest price of $30.75 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Gap, Inc shares is 5.87 million. The stock is currently trading -4.74% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -6.67% for SMA50 and it goes to -1.68% lower than SMA200.

Gap, Inc (NYSE: GAP) currently have 377.00M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 61.79% of that.

The stock has a current market capitalization of $8.48B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 2.37. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 10.45, while it has posted earnings per share of $2.15 in the same period. Its PEG reads 0.56 and has Quick Ratio of 0.84 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 1.74. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for GAP, volatility over the week remained 2.48% while standing at 2.77% over the month.

Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 42.01% while it is estimated to increase by 6.50% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 18.70% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of -12.38% made by the stock over the past 5-years.

Digging deeper we find that several firms have released their research notes about the support levels of the stock. Most recent of them is a note released by Argus on January 21, 2025 offering a Buy rating for the stock and assigned a target price of $27 to it. Coverage by UBS stated Gap, Inc (GAP) stock as a Neutral in their note to investors on January 10, 2025, suggesting a price target of $26 for the stock. On December 02, 2024, JP Morgan Upgrade their recommendations, while on August 30, 2024, Telsey Advisory Group Reiterated their ratings for the stock with a price target of $26. Stock get a Neutral rating from BofA Securities on July 31, 2024.

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