Equities Analysts Set Expectations for GAP FY2025 Earnings

The Gap, Inc. (NYSE:GAP) – Stock analysts at Telsey Advisory Group upped their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for GAP in a report issued on Friday, November 22nd. Telsey Advisory Group analyst D. Telsey now expects that the company will earn $2.01 per share for the year, up from their previous forecast of $1.81. Telsey Advisory Group currently has a “Market Perform” rating and a $26.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for GAP’s current full-year earnings is $1.87 per share. Telsey Advisory Group also issued estimates for GAP’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.34 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.39 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $2.16 EPS.

GAP (NYSE:GAP) last released its earnings results on Thursday, August 29th. The company reported $0.54 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.39 by $0.15. GAP had a return on equity of 30.10% and a net margin of 5.40%. The company had revenue of $3.72 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3.61 billion.

Several other brokerages also recently weighed in on GAP. Barclays lifted their price objective on shares of GAP from $31.00 to $32.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday. Guggenheim restated a “buy” rating and issued a $35.00 target price on shares of GAP in a research report on Friday. Evercore ISI upped their price objective on GAP from $32.00 to $33.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday. BMO Capital Markets boosted their price target on shares of GAP from $23.00 to $25.00 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a research report on Friday. Finally, UBS Group lifted their price objective on shares of GAP from $14.00 to $16.00 and gave the stock a “sell” rating in a research note on Friday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have assigned a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $28.30.

GAP Stock Performance

GAP stock opened at $24.87 on Monday. GAP has a 1 year low of $18.34 and a 1 year high of $30.75. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $21.39. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a current ratio of 1.49. The company has a market cap of $9.36 billion, a P/E ratio of 11.51, a P/E/G ratio of 1.26 and a beta of 2.35.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CEO Horacio Barbeito sold 75,385 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, September 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $20.00, for a total value of $1,507,700.00. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Insiders own 31.00% of the company’s stock.

GAP Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, January 29th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, January 8th will be issued a dividend of $0.15 per share. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.41%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, January 8th. GAP’s dividend payout ratio is currently 27.78%.

GAP Company Profile

The Gap, Inc operates as an apparel retail company. The company offers apparel, accessories, and personal care products for men, women, and children under the Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic, and Athleta brands. Its products include adult apparel and accessories; and fitness and lifestyle products for use in yoga, training, sports, travel, and everyday activities for women and girls.