The Gap (GAP)

Consumer Cyclical · Apparel Retail
$23.79 +2.10% on the day Market cap $8.6B 52-week range $18.11 to $29.36 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
-4% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $8.6B, The Gap's free cash flow of $823M (fiscal 2026) would need to grow about -4% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is close to what the company has delivered over the last 9 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from The Gap's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price-3.6% a year
Free cash flow, last 9 years-4.1% a year
Revenue, same period-0.1% a year
Price to free cash flow10.4x

Fundamental grade

C

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from GAP's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation8
Profitability6
Growth4
Financial health3
Cash efficiency4

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)11.0x
P/E (forward)11.5x
Price / free cash flow10.4x
EV / EBITDA5.26x
Price / sales0.56x
Price / book2.54x
Revenue growth-2.0%
Operating margin11.0%
Net margin8.1%
Return on equity31.6%
Dividend yield2.8%
Debt / equity2.25x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from The Gap's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20222023202420252026
Revenue$16.7B$15.6B$14.9B$15.1B$15.4B
Net income$256M-$202M$502M$844M$816M
Free cash flow$115M-$78M$1.1B$1.0B$823M
EPS (diluted)$0.67-$0.55$1.34$2.20$2.13
Operating margin4.9%-0.44%3.8%7.4%7.3%

Superinvestors who own GAP

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 2 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Added $267M0.09%Q2 2026
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Trimmed $14M0.03%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by The Gap's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

No open-market insider purchases of GAP in the last 12 months. Most insider activity is selling and option exercises, which aren't shown here.

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In the full deep dive

DCF fair value per share
Yearly return (IRR) at today's price
Growth implied by revenue and margins
15+ years of statements and quarters

Questions

What growth does The Gap's stock price imply?

At a market value of $8.6B, The Gap would need its free cash flow to grow about -4% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 9 years its free cash flow grew -4% a year.

Are The Gap insiders buying the stock?

No open-market insider purchases of GAP in the last 12 months, according to SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own The Gap?

2 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold GAP in their latest 13F, including Cliff Asness, Joel Greenblatt.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.