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The Gap, Inc. (GAP) Stock Profile & Financial OverviewThe Gap, Inc.

Listed on NYSE • Consumer Cyclical / Apparel - Retail
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GAP Company Overview & Business Description

The Gap, Inc. operates as an apparel retail company. The company offers apparel, accessories, and personal care products for men, women, and children under the Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic, and Athleta brands. Its products include denim, tees, fleece, and khakis; eyewear, jewelry, shoes, handbags, and fragrances; and fitness and lifestyle products for use in yoga, training, sports, travel, and everyday activities for women and girls. The company offers its products through company-operated stores, franchise stores, Websites, third-party arrangements, and catalogs. It has franchise agreements with unaffiliated franchisees to operate Old Navy, Gap, Athleta, and Banana Republic stores and websites in Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa. As of December 31, 2021, the company had 2,835 company-operated stores and 564 franchise stores. It also provides its products through e-commerce sites. The Gap, Inc. was incorporated in 1969 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Key Information

Symbol: GAP
CEO: Richard Dickson
Exchange: NYSE
CIK: 0000039911
SEC Filings: View SEC →

Current Trend for GAP

An assessment of the current trend environment for GAP, based on the latest closing price data and intended to describe the market context heading into the next trading session.

As of 2025-12-24, the current trend for GAP is a Sideways Consolidation (Range-Bound Environment).

The weekly trend is in a consolidation regime, which automatically downgrades the daily signal to sideways conditions. This environment favors short-term mean-reversion rather than trend-following.

  • The weekly context is non-trending (sideways), which typically caps the duration and magnitude of daily trend moves.
  • Price is currently trending at a healthy distance, sitting 0.82 ATR away from the adaptive KAMA baseline.
  • The market is maintaining a healthy 'Higher-High, Higher-Low' sequence, confirming buyer control.

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Adaptive Trend Model · Daily & Weekly (2025-12-24 ET)

This model uses an adaptive trend algorithm based on daily and weekly price data to identify whether a stock is in an uptrend, downtrend, or consolidation over a multi-week to multi-month horizon. Compared with traditional moving-average systems, it filters short-term noise more effectively, captures trend continuation more reliably, and provides a stronger basis for position sizing and risk-management decisions such as stop-loss and take-profit levels.

As of 2025-12-24, GAP in a non-directional consolidation; Long-term trend is bullish.

Trend Strength: GAP last closed at 26.55, trading 0.6 ATR above the adaptive KAMA baseline (25.92). Technical Classification: Non-Directional / Range-Bound.

Trend Score: Technical Score: 35/100. Classification: Sideways. Alignment: Indeterminate. Logic: Price action is range-bound or lacking sufficient slope for trend confirmation.

SuperTrend Risk: Structural Support: Adaptive SuperTrend at 23.42. This level serves as the calculated invalidation point for the current upward structure.

Risk Skew: Multi-timeframe risk skew is currently assessed as Non-Directional. Price is oscillating within a low-momentum range. Risk is two-sided, favoring mean-reversion strategies over trend-following.

Key Levels: Key technical references: Spot 26.55, KAMA 25.92.

GAP Real-Time Stock Price & Market Data (Updated: Dec 23 12:51 PM EST)

Price
26.21
Change
-0.945
Change %
-3.48%
Open
27.34
Previous Close
27.15
High
27.34
Low
26.19
Volume
3,472,795
Market Cap
9,746,208,768
EV/EBITDA
6.81

GAP Shares Outstanding, Float, Short Interest & Ownership (Updated: Dec 23 12:51 PM EST)

Shares Outstanding
371,921,740
FloatShares
195,816,796
Float Ratio
52.65%
Shares Short
20,212,742
Short Percent Of Float
The percent of float shares currently sold short. Reflects market sentiment and risk of a short squeeze.
9.96%
Short Ratio
Days needed to cover all short positions. Indicates short-selling pressure.
2.02 trading days
Held Percent Insiders
39.63%
Held Percent Institutions
62.46%