For the quarter ended July 2025, Gap (GAP) reported revenue of $3.73 billion, up 0.1% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.57, compared to $0.54 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $3.74 billion, representing a surprise of -0.38%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +3.64%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.55.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Gap performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Comparable store sales - Banana Republic - YoY change: 4% compared to the 1.5% average estimate based on four analysts.
- Number of Store Locations - Banana Republic - Total: 413 versus 408 estimated by four analysts on average.
- Number of Store Locations - Old Navy North America: 1,240 versus the four-analyst average estimate of 1,250.
- Comparable Store Sales - Old Navy - YoY change: 2% compared to the 1.2% average estimate based on four analysts.
- Number of Store Locations - Company-operated stores: 2,486 versus the four-analyst average estimate of 2,492.
- Comparable Store Sales - Gap - YoY change: 14% versus 4.1% estimated by four analysts on average.
- Comparable store sales - YoY change: 1% versus 1.7% estimated by four analysts on average.
- Square Footage - Total: 29.70 Msq ft versus 29.34 Msq ft estimated by three analysts on average.
- Number of Store Locations - Athleta North America: 255 compared to the 260 average estimate based on three analysts.
- Net Sales- Gap Global- Total: $772 million versus $788.14 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +0.8% change.
- Net Sales- Banana Republic Global- Total: $475 million versus $471.65 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -0.8% change.
- Net Sales- Old Navy Global- Total: $2.15 billion versus the four-analyst average estimate of $2.14 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +1.3%.
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Shares of Gap have returned +13.4% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +1.5% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.
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