Investor’s Toolkit: Key Ratios for Assessing Gap, Inc (GAP)’s Performance

Kevin Freeman

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Gap, Inc (NYSE: GAP) closed the day trading at $27.28 up 2.36% from the previous closing price of $26.65. In other words, the price has increased by $2.36 from its previous closing price. On the day, 6.67 million shares were traded. GAP stock price reached its highest trading level at $27.365 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $26.315.

Ratios:

For a better understanding of GAP, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 4.03 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 13.02. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.97 and its Current Ratio is at 1.72. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.51 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.34.

On December 17, 2025, Telsey Advisory Group Upgraded its rating to Outperform which previously was Market Perform but kept the price unchanged to $32.

Robert W. Baird Upgraded its Neutral to Outperform on December 17, 2025, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $33.

Insider Transactions:

The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Dec 17 ’25 when Gruber Julie sold 30,000 shares for $28.00 per share. The transaction valued at 840,000 led to the insider holds 37,395 shares of the business.

FISHER JOHN J sold 3,971 shares of GAP for $107,376 on Dec 11 ’25. The 10% Owner now owns 746,781 shares after completing the transaction at $27.04 per share. On Dec 11 ’25, another insider, FISHER WILLIAM SYDNEY, who serves as the Director of the company, sold 88,860 shares for $26.82 each. As a result, the insider received 2,383,225 and left with 2,764,593 shares of the company.

Valuation Measures:

Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, GAP now has a Market Capitalization of 10146025472 and an Enterprise Value of 13145025536. As of this moment, Gap,’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 12.22, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 11.77. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.85. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.66 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.78. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.86 whereas that against EBITDA is 7.862.

Stock Price History:

The Beta on a monthly basis for GAP is 2.30, which has changed by 0.13597608 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.15507638 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, GAP has reached a high of $29.29, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $16.99. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 5.36%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 18.87%.

Shares Statistics:

Over the past 3-months, GAP traded about 8.82M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, GAP traded about 9107580 shares per day. A total of 372.00M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 249.00M. Insiders hold about 33.05% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 60.87% stake in the company. Shares short for GAP as of 1767139200 were 19931789 with a Short Ratio of 2.26, compared to 1764288000 on 20212742. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 19931789 and a Short% of Float of 9.819999.

Dividends & Splits

GAP’s forward annual dividend rate is 0.66, up from 0.645 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.024202626. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 4.21. The current Payout Ratio is 27.30% for GAP, which recently paid a dividend on 2026-01-07 with an ex-dividend date of 2026-01-07. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 1999-06-22 when the company split stock in a 3:2 ratio.

Earnings Estimates

. The current assessment of Gap, Inc (GAP) involves the perspectives of 10.0 analysts closely monitoring its market dynamics.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.48, with high estimates of $0.52 and low estimates of $0.43.

Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $2.19 and $2.12 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $2.15. EPS for the following year is $2.34, with 12.0 analysts recommending between $2.5 and $2.24.

Revenue Estimates

15 analysts predict $4.24B in revenue. The current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $4.25B to a low estimate of $4.21B. As of. The current estimate, Gap, Inc’s year-ago sales were $4.15BFor the next quarter, 15 analysts are estimating revenue of $3.53B. There is a high estimate of $3.58B for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $3.5B.

A total of 17 analysts have provided revenue estimates for GAP’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $15.38B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $15.35B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $15.37B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $15.09BBased on 17 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $15.74B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $16.04B and the low estimate is $15.53B.

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