Gap, Inc (GAP) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $23.29, with 6.1 million shares of worth about $142.13 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained negative as price took a plunge of -5.40% during that period and on Wednesday the price saw a gain of about 3.65%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 377.00M shares, out of which, 245.28M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of 1.22% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -3.80%. Year-to-date (YTD), GAP shares are showing a performance of -1.44% which increased to 19.74% 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 4.99 million. The stock is currently trading 1.15% above its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -1.40% for SMA50 and it goes to 1.52% higher than SMA200.
Gap, Inc (NYSE: GAP) currently have 377.00M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 63.39% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $8.78B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 2.37. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 10.83, while it has posted earnings per share of $2.15 in the same period. Its PEG reads 0.58 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 4.12% while standing at 3.15% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 42.13% while it is estimated to increase by 6.39% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 18.67% 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.
