Designs and markets apparel, accessories, and personal care products. Operates retail stores under the Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic, and Athleta brands. Now — the numbers.
This is an established company with proven profits.
The gap is $2.6B. In times of high interest rates, a gap like that can squeeze a company.
The market pays 9.5× for every dollar of annual profit — cheap, which is either an opportunity or a warning.
Against companies in its own sector, it looks cheaper than 90% of them.
Analysts' average target sits 19% above today's price.
We compared this company with its own sector across five subjects.
A score of 50 means class average.
Profit power and business quality lead the class.
A solid grade overall — yet the debt outweighs the cash. The strength here comes from earnings power.
The price looks reasonable next to what the company earns.
There is growth, but not at top-of-the-class tempo.
The price is looking for direction — no strong breakout, no collapse.
No real weak spot in any of the five subjects — a balanced report card.
The stock trades 26% below its peak. The market has trimmed its expectations for the company.
It met or beat analyst expectations in 8 of the last 8 quarters — consistency is a promise kept.
It pays out $0.68 per share each year — regular cash for whoever holds the stock.
This stock swings about 2.1 times as much as the market average. Big rallies — and big drops — can both happen fast.
Over the last 4 years, sales fell about 2% a year on average. Profit is holding up, but a shrinking business is a risk worth watching.
On our five-subject report card, GAP sits near the top of the class. A high grade doesn’t mean “guaranteed win” — it means “the evidence looks strong for now.”
The takeaway: GAP is an established business that has proven its profits for years. The real debate isn’t the quality of the business — it’s what that quality should cost.
The total grade weighs these five subjects against the sector — it isn’t a simple average of the five.
Not covered, because the filings we hold do not carry it: the revenue breakdown.