The Gap, Inc.
About: Gap retails apparel, accessories, and personal-care products under the Gap, Old Navy, Banana Republic, and Athleta brands. Old Navy generates more than half of Gap's sales. The firm also operates e-commerce sites, outlet stores, and specialty stores under various Gap names. Gap operates approximately 2,500 stores in North America, Europe, and Asia and franchises about 1,000 more in Asia, Europe, Latin America, and other regions. Gap was founded in 1969 and is based in San Francisco.
Employees: 82,000
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
51% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 104 | Existing positions closed: 69
8% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $5.18B [Q3] → $5.62B (+$438M) [Q4]
6% more funds holding
Funds holding: 432 [Q3] → 460 (+28) [Q4]
2% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 149 | Existing positions reduced: 146
0.5% more ownership
Funds ownership: 62.75% [Q3] → 63.25% (+0.5%) [Q4]
5% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $201M | Put options by funds: $211M
60% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 5 [Q3] → 2 (-3) [Q4]
Research analyst outlook
9 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
9 analyst ratings
Barclays Adrienne Yih 28% 1-year accuracy 19 / 69 met price target | 2%upside $26 | Overweight Maintained | 12 May 2025 |
Morgan Stanley Alex Straton 54% 1-year accuracy 15 / 28 met price target | 6%upside $27 | Overweight Maintained | 6 May 2025 |
Wells Fargo Ike Boruchow 48% 1-year accuracy 30 / 62 met price target | 6%downside $24 | Equal-Weight Downgraded | 30 Apr 2025 |
Goldman Sachs | 2%downside $25 | Buy Maintained | 22 Apr 2025 |
JP Morgan Matthew Boss 47% 1-year accuracy 37 / 79 met price target | 2%downside $25 | Overweight Maintained | 14 Apr 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 11 articles about GAP published over the past 30 days
