The Gap, Inc. (NYSE:GAP - Free Report) - Equities researchers at Telsey Advisory Group boosted their Q1 2026 earnings per share estimates for shares of GAP in a research note issued to investors on Friday, March 7th. Telsey Advisory Group analyst D. Telsey now expects that the company will post earnings of $0.45 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.43. Telsey Advisory Group has a "Market Perform" rating and a $26.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for GAP's current full-year earnings is $2.02 per share. Telsey Advisory Group also issued estimates for GAP's FY2026 earnings at $2.39 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $2.56 EPS.
Other analysts have also recently issued reports about the company. UBS Group raised GAP from a "sell" rating to a "neutral" rating and boosted their price target for the stock from $16.00 to $26.00 in a research report on Friday, January 10th. Robert W. Baird dropped their price target on GAP from $31.00 to $29.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a research report on Friday. Morgan Stanley boosted their price target on GAP from $29.00 to $30.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Friday, November 22nd. Barclays boosted their price target on GAP from $32.00 to $33.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Friday. Finally, Bank of America boosted their price target on GAP from $25.00 to $28.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research report on Friday, November 22nd. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $29.33.
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GAP stock opened at $23.24 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a current ratio of 1.54. The firm's 50 day moving average price is $23.14. GAP has a fifty-two week low of $18.54 and a fifty-two week high of $30.75. The company has a market cap of $8.76 billion, a PE ratio of 10.76, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.94 and a beta of 2.38.
GAP (NYSE:GAP - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, March 6th. The company reported $0.54 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.36 by $0.18. The business had revenue of $4.15 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $4.07 billion. GAP had a return on equity of 29.03% and a net margin of 5.40%.
In other GAP news, major shareholder John J. Fisher sold 250,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Friday, December 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $24.18, for a total transaction of $6,045,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 1,000,752 shares in the company, valued at approximately $24,198,183.36. The trade was a 19.99 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Company insiders own 31.00% of the company's stock.
The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 30th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, April 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.165 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, April 9th. This is a positive change from GAP's previous quarterly dividend of $0.15. This represents a $0.66 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.84%. GAP's payout ratio is currently 29.86%.
Gap, Inc operates as a global apparel retail company, which offers clothing, apparel, accessories, and personal care products for men, women, and children. The firm operates through the following segments: Gap Global, Old Navy Global, Banana Republic Global, Athleta, and Other. The Gap Global segment includes apparel and accessories for men and women under the Gap brand, along with the GapKids, BabyGap, GapMaternity, GapBody, and GapFit collections.
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