GAP (NYSE:GAP) Receives Market Perform Rating from Telsey Advisory Group

Telsey Advisory Group restated their market perform rating on shares of GAP (NYSE:GAP) in a research note published on Friday morning,Benzinga reports. They currently have a $26.00 price target on the stock. Telsey Advisory Group also issued estimates for GAP’s Q1 2026 earnings at $0.45 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $2.39 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $2.56 EPS.

Other equities analysts have also issued research reports about the company. Evercore ISI upped their price target on GAP from $32.00 to $33.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, November 22nd. Morgan Stanley upped their price target on GAP from $29.00 to $30.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, November 22nd. Bank of America upped their price target on GAP from $25.00 to $28.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, November 22nd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised GAP from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and upped their price target for the company from $28.00 to $30.00 in a research note on Monday, December 2nd. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company upped their price target on GAP from $28.00 to $30.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, November 22nd. Five analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $29.33.

GAP Stock Performance

GAP stock opened at $23.24 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 1.54, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47. The firm has a market capitalization of $8.76 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.76, a P/E/G ratio of 0.94 and a beta of 2.38. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $23.14. GAP has a 52 week low of $18.54 and a 52 week high of $30.75.

GAP (NYSE:GAP) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, March 6th. The company reported $0.54 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.36 by $0.18. GAP had a return on equity of 29.03% and a net margin of 5.40%. The company had revenue of $4.15 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.07 billion. On average, equities research analysts predict that GAP will post 2.02 earnings per share for the current year.

GAP Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 30th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, April 9th will be issued a $0.165 dividend. This is an increase from GAP’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.15. This represents a $0.66 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.84%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, April 9th. GAP’s dividend payout ratio is 29.86%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other GAP news, major shareholder John J. Fisher sold 250,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $24.18, for a total value 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 $24,198,183.36. This represents a 19.99 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Corporate insiders own 31.00% of the company’s stock.

GAP Company Profile

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.