The Gap, Inc.

GAP Consumer Cyclical Apparel Retail

The Gap, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended January 2026) was $15.4 billion, up 1.86% from fiscal 2025. In the quarter to July 2026, revenue fell 1.99%, EPS grew 143.1%, free cash flow fell 47.7% and total debt fell 29.6%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for five consecutive years.

23.12 0.34 −1.45%
Market cap
$8.2B
P/E
6.8×
Fwd P/E
8.1×
Dividend yield
2.98%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
2.85
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
82/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 84.32
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell 3 5 — — 11 4 — — — — 1 2
Insider Ownership 35.24%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 8,240.00
Revenue 15,326.00
Net Income 1,247.00
Free Cash Flow 957.00
Net Debt (992.00)
Current Ratio 1.82 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 0.38 (at or below 0.5: strong)
P/E ratio 6.76
Fwd P/E 8.11
P/S ratio 0.54
P/B ratio 2.08
Past 5Y EPS Growth —
This Y EPS Growth 13.03%
Next Y EPS Growth 9.84%
Next Y revenue growth 1.16%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 10.72%

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 4.52%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 46.19%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 28.20%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 45.96%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 33.03%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.21
Annual Dividend Rate 0.69
Annual Dividend Yield 2.98%
total individual payouts
2029 Powerpack
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 0.69
0.17
0.18
0.18
0.18
2025 0.65
0.15
0.17
0.17
0.17
2024 0.60
0.15
0.15
0.15
0.15
2023 0.60
0.15
0.15
0.15
0.15
2022 0.57
0.12
0.15
0.15
0.15
2021 0.48
0.24
0.12
0.12
2020 0.24
0.24
2019 0.97
0.24
0.24
0.24
0.24
2018 0.96
0.23
0.24
0.24
0.24
2017 0.69
0.23
0.23
0.23
2016 1.15
0.23
0.23
0.23
0.23
0.23
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2024 2025 2026 Q'26
Cash 1,873 2,588 3,002 2,485
Receivables — — — —
Inventory 1,995 2,067 2,207 2,297
Other 527 548 568 1,088
4,395 5,203 5,777 5,870
2024 2025 2026 Q'26
Payables 1,349 1,488 1,567 1,696
ST’ Debt — — — —
Other — — — —
3,096 3,256 3,300 3,221

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales (0.28%) 2.17% (0.54%)
Cash Flow (2.07%) 40.40% 28.67%
Earnings (1.19%) 0.00% 0.00%
Book Value 4.09% 7.78% 19.40%

Revenue $m

Apr Jul Oct Jan Year
’26 3,497 3,651 — — —
’26 3,463 3,725 3,942 4,236 15,366
’25 3,388 3,720 3,829 4,149 15,086
’24 3,276 3,548 3,767 4,298 14,889
’23 3,477 3,857 4,039 4,243 15,616
’22 3,991 4,211 3,943 4,525 16,670
’21 2,107 3,275 3,994 4,424 13,800
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Apr Jul Oct Jan Year
’26 213 337 — — —
’26 (140) 448 299 686 1,293
’25 30 549 291 616 1,486
’24 15 513 304 700 1,532
’23 (362) 155 95 719 607
’22 340 452 (110) 127 809
’21 (940) 853 486 (162) 237
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Apr Jul Oct Jan Year
’26 78 183 — — —
’26 (223) 350 153 543 823
’25 (63) 460 143 506 1,046
’24 (26) 431 215 568 1,188
’23 (257) (23) 49 611 380
’22 216 307 (327) (81) 115
’21 (1,062) 767 406 (266) (155)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Apr Jul Oct Jan Year
’26 0.90 1.38 — — —
’26 0.51 0.57 0.62 0.45 2.13
’25 0.41 0.54 0.72 0.54 2.20
’24 (0.05) 0.32 0.58 0.49 1.34
’23 (0.44) (0.13) 0.77 (0.75) (0.55)
’22 0.43 0.67 (0.40) (0.04) 0.67
’21 (2.51) (0.17) 0.25 0.61 (1.78)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2.2
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to January

Group Line 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Trend 2027e 2028e 2029e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 21.02 24.25 15.11 5.26 15.84 7.79 7.22 18.34 16.99 18.11

Analyst estimates 2027–2029

Powerpack
High 35.24 35.68 31.39 26.99 37.63 19.06 22.08 30.59 29.29 29.36
People
People Employees 135,000 135,000 135,000 129,000 117,000 97,000 95,000 85,000 82,000 79,000
Revenue/emp, $m 0.11 0.12 0.12 0.13 0.12 0.17 0.16 0.18 0.18 0.19
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 15,516 15,855 16,580 16,383 13,800 16,670 15,616 14,889 15,086 15,366
Gross margin, % 36.35 38.26 38.13 37.44 34.09 39.81 34.32 38.79 41.28 40.79
EBT 1,124 1,424 1,322 528 (1,102) 323 (139) 556 1,137 1,132
EBT margin, % 7.24 8.98 7.97 3.22 (7.99) 1.94 (0.89) 3.73 7.54 7.37
Net income 676 848 1,003 351 (665) 256 (202) 502 844 816
Depreciation 602 499 519 559 550 518 546 522 500 496
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 38.89 40.34 43.06 43.57 36.90 44.34 42.55 40.24 40.12 41.20
Earnings 1.69 2.16 2.61 0.93 (1.78) 0.68 (0.55) 1.36 2.24 2.19
Cash flow 4.31 3.51 3.59 3.75 0.63 2.15 1.65 4.14 3.95 3.47
Capex (1.31) (1.86) (1.83) (2.19) (1.05) (1.85) (0.62) (0.93) (1.17) (1.26)
Free cash flow 3.00 1.65 1.76 1.56 (0.41) 0.31 1.04 3.21 2.78 2.21
Book value 7.28 8.00 9.23 8.82 6.99 7.24 6.08 7.01 8.68 10.19
Shares, m 399 393 385 376 374 376 367 370 376 373
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 13.63 15.32 9.78 18.92 0.00 26.57 0.00 13.74 10.70 13.15
P/S 0.59 0.82 0.59 0.40 0.55 0.41 0.32 0.46 0.60 0.70
P/B 3.16 4.16 2.76 1.97 2.88 2.50 2.23 2.66 2.77 2.81
EV/Sales 0.56 0.79 0.59 0.38 0.54 0.45 0.36 0.44 0.53 0.64
EV/FCF 7.30 19.41 14.41 10.59 (47.85) 64.94 14.92 5.55 7.67 11.93
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 1,719 1,380 1,381 1,411 237 809 607 1,532 1,486 1,293
Capex (524) (731) (705) (825) (392) (694) (227) (344) (440) (470)
Free cash flow 1,195 649 676 586 (155) 115 380 1,188 1,046 823
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 1,862 2,107 2,077 1,307 2,124 1,088 1,361 1,299 1,947 2,477
Total debt 1,313 1,249 1,249 1,249 2,216 1,484 1,836 1,488 1,490 1,492
Net debt (470) (534) (120) (405) (182) 607 621 (385) (1,098) (1,510)
Shareholders’ equity 2,904 3,144 3,553 3,316 2,614 2,722 2,233 2,595 3,264 3,801
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 8.96 10.87 12.51 3.23 (4.85) 1.93 (1.67) 4.48 7.36 6.66
ROIC 30.58 35.42 24.80 12.32 (22.15) 15.21 (1.51) 15.84 32.09 30.42
ROE 24.81 28.04 29.95 10.22 (22.43) 9.60 (8.15) 20.80 28.81 23.10
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Jan 2026 · latest quarter Jul 2026

Charts ten years each

The Gap, Inc. vs peers in Apparel Retail (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
BURL Burlington Stores, Inc. $16.8B 23.6× 27.4× +10.99% (above 0%: growing) +95.92% (above 0%: growing) +31.74% (above 0%: growing) 46.24% 8.51% Compare
LULU lululemon athletica inc. $11.5B 8.0× 10.2× −4.34% (below 0%: shrinking) −5.81% (below 0%: shrinking) +49.33% (above 0%: growing) 60.52% 18.78% Compare
GAP The Gap, Inc. $8.2B 6.8× 8.1× −1.99% (below 0%: shrinking) +143.10% (above 0%: growing) −47.71% (below 0%: shrinking) 52.83% 18.52%
URBN Urban Outfitters, Inc. $7.5B 13.3× 11.7× +10.44% (above 0%: growing) +75.63% (above 0%: growing) +92.47% (above 0%: growing) 43.42% 17.37% Compare
VSXY Victoria's Secret & Co. $7.2B 19.1× 15.7× +10.42% (above 0%: growing) +990.00% (above 0%: growing) +272.73% (above 0%: growing) 47.11% 15.95% Compare
ANF Abercrombie & Fitch Company $6.5B 12.9× 7.1× +4.81% (above 0%: growing) +41.41% (above 0%: growing) +296.59% (above 0%: growing) 71.10% 19.95% Compare
BOOT Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. $3.7B 15.3× 19.6× +17.75% (above 0%: growing) +32.00% (above 0%: growing) −22.73% (below 0%: shrinking) 40.42% 15.25% Compare
AEO American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. $3.0B 9.0× 9.6× +7.53% (above 0%: growing) +77.78% (above 0%: growing) +367.29% (above 0%: growing) 48.69% 15.32% Compare
BKE Buckle, Inc. (The) $2.4B 10.6× 10.5× +4.60% (above 0%: growing) −2.22% (below 0%: shrinking) −63.66% (below 0%: shrinking) 47.85% 17.45% Compare
Median of peers $6.8B 13.1× 11.1× +8.98% +58.52% +70.90% 47.48% 16.66%

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The Gap, Inc. (GAP) key facts

  • Concern: Net income was $816.0 million, or $2.19 per share (basic), a net margin of 5.31%.
  • Strength: The Gap, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended January 2026) was $15.4 billion, up 1.86% from fiscal 2025.
  • The Gap, Inc. (GAP) is an Apparel Retail company in the Consumer Cyclical sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, GAP traded at $23.12, a market capitalization of $8.2 billion.
  • At that price the stock trades at 6.8× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 0.5× sales; its P/E is higher than 5% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • The Gap, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.69 per share, a yield of 2.98%, with a payout ratio of 20.6%.
  • Return on equity was 23.1% and debt-to-equity 0.38.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 6 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 2.85 (grey zone) for fiscal 2026.

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