With 19.92 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 8.83 million shares. During the session, the Apparel Retail company that operates in wider Consumer Cyclical sector, reached to the highest price of $28.85 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $27.51. The 52-week range on GAP shows that it touched its highest point at $29.29 and its lowest point at $16.99 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $31.00. With its current market cap of 10.57 billion, GAP has annualized dividend of $0.66 while the current yield stands at 2.32%. GAP paid its most recent dividend on 1767744000, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1767744000. Beta for the stock currently stands at 2.30.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of GAP was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 11.02%, but this was up by 11.36% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 37.36% while six-month performance rose 23.08%. The stock gained 11.02% in the past year, while it has gained 18.02% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for GAP yields 2.23 with Next year EPS estimates of 2.32. For the next quarter, that number is 0.45. This implies an EPS growth rate of -2.45% for this year and 7.93% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 6.44% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 18.81%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 372.00 million GAP shares are outstanding with a float of 249.00 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-12-15, short shares totaled 18.48 million, which was 497.0 higher than short shares on 1763078400. In addition to Mr. Richard Dickson as the firm’s CEO, President & Director, Ms. Katrina O’Connell serves as its Executive VP & CFO.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2025-11-01, GAP reported revenue of $3942000000.0 and operating income of $334000000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $485000000.0 and diluted EPS was $0.62.
Analysts Ratings:
In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With GAP analysts setting a high price target of 41.0 and a low target of 22.6, the average target price over the next 12 months is 30.06471. Based on these targets, GAP could surge 44.26% to reach the target high and fall by -20.48% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 5.79% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $1.18305 being high and $1.1621 being low. For GAP, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.17161. The surprise factor in the prior quarter was $0.55. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.52 and the low estimate is $0.43. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.48.
