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The Gap, Inc.

$GAP·$8.4B·Apparel - Retail·Consumer Cyclical
$23.12-1.4%YTD-11.4%1Y+12.0%
Price updated 4h ago·X counts updated 5d ago
GAGAP
$GAPThe Gap, Inc.
$23.12-1.45%100 posts1×
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On X

The complete picture of $GAP on X — how loud the conversation is right now, how it has trended over the last two weeks, and which way the crowd is leaning.

100X posts · last 7 days
Sep 29Oct 11
Chatter Meter
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How loud $GAP's conversation on X is versus its own normal — 1× is typical, higher means busier. Right now it's about its usual level.

Bullish sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data10 posts analyzed · as of 2026-09-07

Gap earnings smashed expectations alongside ANF. Goldman raised the target to $27 with a Buy, a late-day whale bought 5,700 March 2027 $24 calls for $1.3M despite a -5% session, and a Reed Krakoff handbag line (former Coach designer, $29-148) launches Oct 2. LULU is being pitched as the next similar bounce.

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  • How loud the conversation is versus this ticker's own normal
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AI verdictAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

TickerTalks' own read on what's driving $GAP — fundamentals, momentum, or an event — and whether it agrees with the X crowd.

Proven numbersWinding up for a moveAI verdict · as of 2026-10-03

Trading in a tight range and building pressure — a move looks likely soon, but the direction isn't clear yet.

Gap smashed its last print and Goldman raised to $27 — a $1.3M whale call buy says somebody expects a repeat.

Gap Inc. is the specialty-apparel parent of Gap, Old Navy, Banana Republic, and Athleta. The 2026 story has been operational-reset meeting improving mall traffic plus specific product/brand investment.

  • The P&L is working: Q2 revenue grew just 1% YoY to $3.5B at a 12.7% operating margin and $0.92 EPS, with trailing EPS beats of 8% and 1.8% — the recent print smashed expectations alongside ANF, which is the comp Gap has been grouped with.
  • The specific capital-markets signal is a $1.3M whale buy of 5,700 March 2027 $24 calls on a -5% session, plus Goldman raising the PT to $27 Buy — these are the kinds of coordinated positioning signals that typically precede a Q3 beat.

At 39% of its 52-week range going into Nov 19 earnings, the setup is coiled on brand-investment follow-through. A clean Old Navy comp plus any Athleta reacceleration plus the Reed Krakoff handbag launch commentary is the trigger; a soft Gap-brand comp or inventory build-up is the invalidation.

Agrees with X sentimentThe 'Gap smashed estimates alongside ANF' framing and the Goldman $27 Buy with the specific whale option trade are all grounded. The Reed Krakoff launch is a tangible product catalyst.

What to watch: Nov 19 Q3 earnings — Old Navy and Athleta comp-store sales, operating margin direction, inventory position, and FY27 guide. Clean comps plus Athleta reacceleration is the trigger; inventory build-up is the invalidation.

On the calendar: 2026-11-19 — Q3 earnings

event ahead 30dbrand investment

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Multi-brand apparel retailer operating Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic, and Athleta across physical and digital channels.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Apparel - Retail sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $GAP.

Apparel - Retail · Consumer Cyclical

No material change from last week — Off-price retailers are the structural winners as value-conscious consumers trade down.

What this means for $GAP

Neutral — Multi-brand apparel retailer operating Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic, and Athleta across physical and digital channels.

Industry benchmark

10-name peer basket
+0.6%YTD
+30.4%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
8.2How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
9.6%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
8.4%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
16.5%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
0.5Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
26.5%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
40.5%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
1.5Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Aug 27, 2026$0.52$0.48+8.2%
Q1 2026May 28, 2026$0.38$0.37+1.8%
Q4 2025Mar 5, 2026$0.45$0.450.0%
Q3 2025Nov 20, 2025$0.62$0.59+5.6%
Next earningsThu, Nov 19·consensus EPS $0.79

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$3.5B+1.0%40.5%12.7%$0.92$78.0M
Q4 FY25$4.2B+2.1%38.1%5.4%$0.46$696.0M
Q3 FY25$3.9B+3.0%42.4%8.5%$0.63$153.0M
Q2 FY25$3.7B+0.1%41.2%7.8%$0.58$350.0M

Forward consensus

4-year forecast · up to 14 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$15.4B$15.4B – $15.4B$2.15$2.14 – $2.1610
FY27$15.5B$15.4B – $15.6B$2.41$2.39 – $2.4314
FY28$16.0B$15.4B – $16.2B$2.64$2.56 – $2.7914
FY29$16.5B$16.2B – $17.2B$2.89$2.71 – $3.0310

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.9×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.48%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.+8.4%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+0.5%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellOct 6Julie GruberChief Legal&Compliance Officer27.5K sh$649KSellOct 6Fisher William SydneyDirector500.0K sh$11.9MSellOct 5Fisher William SydneyDirector433.7K sh$10.1MSellSep 30Fisher William SydneyDirector66.3K sh$1.5M
+ 30 other (13 awards · 8 exempts · 5 gifts · 3 others · 1 inkind) in window

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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

SC 13D/AActivist amendmentOct 8SC 13D/A
3New insider — initial holdingsSep 153
8-KOfficer or director changeSep 158-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
SC 13D/AActivist amendmentSep 4SC 13D/A
AI summary

John J. Fisher filed Amendment No. 9 to his Schedule 13D for The Gap, Inc. (GAP), reporting beneficial ownership of 45,799,467 shares (13.0% of class) as of September 2, 2026, with 32,390,617 sole voting and 9,021,051 shared voting shares. John Fisher is another member of the founding Fisher family, filing concurrently with Robert Fisher's Amendment No. 7. This is a routine coordinated disclosure update from the family's combined controlling interest; no shift in investment intent is indicated.

SC 13D/AActivist amendmentSep 4SC 13D/A
AI summary

Robert J. Fisher filed Amendment No. 7 to his Schedule 13D for The Gap, Inc. (GAP), reporting beneficial ownership of 45,620,397 shares (13.0% of class) as of September 2, 2026, comprising 39,181,971 shares with sole voting power and 6,438,426 with shared voting power. Fisher is a member of the founding Fisher family. This is a routine updated disclosure reflecting the family's ongoing large controlling stake, with no indication of activist intent or a change in investment posture.

SC 13D/AActivist amendmentAug 31SC 13D/A
AI summary

William S. Fisher (Fisher family member, managing director of Manzanita Capital and Gap board director) filed Amendment No. 10 to his Schedule 13D for The Gap, Inc. as of August 27, 2026. Fisher beneficially owns 51,210,063 shares (14.6% of outstanding), including 39,003,417 with sole voting power and 12,206,646 with shared voting power; FCH TBMS LLC is a co-reporting entity. This is a routine amendment update reflecting the long-term founder family's continued large stake; no change in investment stance or activist agenda is indicated.

8-KOfficer or director changeAug 278-K — Item 2.02: Earnings release · Item 5.02: Officer or director change · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

The Gap, Inc. announced Q2 fiscal 2026 results (period ended August 1, 2026) and simultaneously disclosed that Old Navy President and CEO Horacio Barbeito will step down effective November 2, 2026, with Michael Francis (currently Chief Customer Officer and Head of Marketing) succeeding him on the same date. Barbeito will serve as Executive Advisor through January 30, 2027. Both developments are meaningful: a key brand leadership transition at Gap's largest division paired with the quarterly earnings release.

8-KMaterial agreementJul 218-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement · Item 2.03: Material debt obligation
AI summary

The Gap, Inc. entered into Amendment No. 2 to its Fourth Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement on July 17, 2026, with Bank of America, N.A. as administrative agent and a syndicate of lenders, extending the maturity of its $2.2 billion asset-based revolving credit facility from July 13, 2027 to July 2031, removing sustainability-linked pricing adjustments, and conforming to regulatory updates. The maximum availability remains $2.2 billion with a $300 million letter-of-credit sublimit, $200 million swingline sublimit, and $200 million Canadian borrower sublimit. This is a positive liquidity event — a four-year maturity extension at unchanged capacity provides clear funding runway through 2031 with no increase in financial obligations.

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Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

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