Telsey Advisory Group slashes price target on Gap, Inc. [GPS] – find out why.

Gap, Inc. [NYSE: GPS] closed the trading session at $20.56. The company report on February 5, 2024 at 12:15 PM that Zac Posen Named EVP, Creative Director of Gap Inc. and Chief Creative Officer of Old Navy.

Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) today announced the appointment of American fashion designer, Zac Posen, to Executive Vice President, Creative Director of Gap Inc. and Chief Creative Officer of Old Navy, based in San Francisco.

Posen is an award-winning creator and entrepreneur, celebrated for his technical excellence and body positive designs. Over 25 years, his extensive career has included red-carpet couture, ready to wear, accessories, costume design and more.

The stocks have a year to date performance of -1.67 percent and weekly performance of 2.95 percent. The stock has been moved at 92.87 percent over the last six months. The stock has performed -1.91 percent around the most recent 30 days and changed 52.52 percent over the most recent 3-months.

If compared to the average trading volume of 0.88 shares, GPS reached to a volume of 7525587 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.

Here’s what leading stock market gurus have to say about Gap, Inc. [GPS]:

Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for GPS shares is $18.64 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on GPS stock is a recommendation set at 2.86. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.

Telsey Advisory Group have made an estimate for Gap, Inc. shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Market Perform, with their previous recommendation back on November 17, 2023.

The Average True Range (ATR) for Gap, Inc. is set at 0.69, with the Price to Sales ratio for GPS stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 0.51. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 3.10, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 3.64. Price to Free Cash Flow for GPS in the course of the last twelve months was 6.60 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 0.64.

GPS stock trade performance evaluation

Gap, Inc. [GPS] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 2.95. With this latest performance, GPS shares dropped by -1.91% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 92.87% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 53.78% in the past year of trading.

Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for GPS stock in for the last two-week period is set at 59.12, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 65.36, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 57.61 for Gap, Inc. [GPS]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 20.43, while it was recorded at 20.06 for the last single week of trading, and 13.12 for the last 200 days.

Gap, Inc. [GPS]: An insightful look at the core fundamentals

Gap, Inc.’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 0.64 and a Current Ratio set at 1.39.

Earnings per share (EPS) analysis for Gap, Inc. [GPS] stock

With the latest financial reports released by the company, Gap, Inc. posted -0.75/share EPS, while the average EPS was predicted by analysts to be reported at -0.46/share. When compared, the two values demonstrate that the company fail the estimates by a Surprise Factor of -63.00%. The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for GPS. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Gap, Inc. go to -3.21%.

Gap, Inc. [GPS]: Institutional Ownership

The top three institutional holders of GPS stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 1.3 billion shares, which is approximately 8.2815%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 1.03 billion shares of the stock with an approximate value of $176.59 billion in GPS stocks shares; and BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC, currently with $156.75 billion in GPS stock with ownership which is approximately 5.8325%.