Gap, Inc (NYSE:GAP) price closed higher on Tuesday, April 29, and jumping 1.35% above its previous close.
A look at the daily price movement shows that the last close reads $21.47, with intraday deals fluctuated between $21.34 and $21.94. The company’s 5Y monthly beta was ticking 2.136 while its P/E ratio in the trailing 12-month period read 9.88. Taking into account the 52-week price action we note that the stock hit a 52-week high of $30.75 and 52-week low of $16.99. The stock added 6.56% on its value in the past month.
Gap, Inc, which has a market valuation of $8.19 billion, is expected to release its quarterly earnings report on 2025-Mar-05. The company stock has a Forward Dividend ratio of 0.61, while the dividend yield is 2.83%. It is understandable that investor optimism is growing ahead of the company’s current quarter results.
Technical indicators in stocks provide crucial insights into market trends, guiding investors with precise entry and exit points based on price movements for informed decision-making.On the technical perspective front, indicators give GAP a short term outlook of 50% Sell on average. Looking at the stock’s medium term indicators we note that it is averaging as a 50% Sell, while an average of long term indicators are currently assigning the stock as 50% Sell.
If we dive deeper into the stock’s performance we see the positive picture represented by the PEG ratio, currently standing at 4.80. The overview shows that GAP’s price is at present 10.57% off the SMA20 and 5.08% from the SMA50. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) metric on the 14-day timeframe is pointing at 58.48, with weekly volatility standing at 4.09%. The indicator jumps to 7.59% when calculated based on the past 30 days. Gap, Inc (NYSE:GAP)’s beta value is holding at 2.23, while the average true range (ATR) indicator is currently reading 1.26. Considering analysts have assigned the stock a price target range of $26-$33 as the low and high respectively, we find the trailing 12-month average consensus price target to be $29. Based on this estimate, we see that current price is roughly -19.49% off the estimated low and -51.65% off the forecast high. Investors will no doubt be excited to see the share price fall to $29, which is the median consensus price, and at that level GAP would be -33.27% from current price.
An analysis of the Gap, Inc (NYSE:GAP) stock in terms of its daily trading volume indicates that the 3-month average is 9.16 million. However, this figure increases on the past 10-day timeline to an average of 6.83 million.
Current records show that the company has 374.00M in outstanding shares. The insiders’ percentage holdings are 35.29% of outstanding shares while the percentage share held by institutions stands at 63.31%. The stats also highlight that short interest as of 2025-04-15, stood at 27.0 million shares, which puts the short ratio at the time at 2.24. From this we can glean that short interest is 1301.00 of company’s current outstanding shares. Notably, we see that shares short in April rose slightly given the previous month’s figure stood at 24.74 million. But the -7.91% downside, the stock’s price has registered year-to-date as of last trading, will likely reignite investor interest given the prospect of it rallying even higher.
