The medium term support area around 25.38 USD should allow The Gap, Inc. shares to re-establish an upward trend in the short term.
Summary
● The company has strong fundamentals. More than 70% of companies have a lower mix of growth, profitability, debt and visibility.
● Overall, and from a short-term perspective, the company presents an interesting fundamental situation.
● According to Refinitiv, the company's ESG score for its industry is good.
Strengths
● The company's attractive earnings multiples are brought to light by a P/E ratio at 12.18 for the current year.
● The company is one of the most undervalued, with an "enterprise value to sales" ratio at 0.58 for the 2022 fiscal year.
● Over the past year, analysts have regularly revised upwards their sales forecast for the company.
● Sales forecast by analysts have been recently revised upwards.
● For the past year, analysts covering the stock have been revising their EPS expectations upwards in a significant manner.
● For the last 4 months, the company has been enjoying highly positive EPS revisions, which were frequently and significantly raised.
● The average target price set by analysts covering the stock is above current prices and offers a tremendous appreciation potential.
● The average price target of analysts who are interested in the stock has been strongly revised upwards over the last four months.
● The opinion of analysts covering the stock has improved over the past four months.
Weaknesses
● The company's profitability before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization characterizes fragile margins.
● Sales estimates for the next fiscal years vary from one analyst to another. This clearly highlights a lack of visibility into the company's future activity.
● The price targets of various analysts who make up the consensus differ significantly. This reflects different assessments and/or a difficulty in valuing the company.
The Gap, Inc. is a specialty apparel company in America. The Company offers apparel, accessories and personal care products for women, men and children. Its Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic, and Athleta brands offer clothing, accessories and lifestyle products for men, women and children. It is an omni-channel retailer, with sales to customers both in stores and online, through Company-operated and franchise stores, websites, and third-party arrangements. Its omni-channel services, including buying online pick-up in store, order-in-store, find-in-store, and ship-from-store, as well as enhanced mobile-enabled experiences, are tailored across its collection of brands. Gap includes adult apparel and accessories, GapKids, babyGap, Gap Maternity, GapBody, and GapFit collections. Banana Republic is a premium lifestyle retailer celebrating exploration and self-expression through timeless quality, versatile fabrics, and exceptionally made womenswear, menswear, and home designs.
THE GAP, INC. 
