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Gap Inc. (GPS:NYSE)

LAST $21.95 USD
CHANGE TODAY +0.09 0.41%
VOLUME 12.3M
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Snapshot of Gap Inc. (GPS)

OPEN
$21.42
PREVIOUS CLOSE
$21.86
DAY HIGH
$22.06
DAY LOW
$21.42
52 WEEK HIGH
10/19/09 - $23.36
52 WEEK LOW
11/20/08 - $9.41
MARKET CAP
15.3B
AVERAGE VOLUME 3 mo
8.7M
DILUTED EPS TTM
$1.32
SHARES OUTSTANDING
697.8M
EX-DATE
01/4/10
P/E TTM
16.6x
DIVIDEND
$0.34
DIVIDEND YIELD
1.55%
K = Thousands  M = Millions  B = Billions
BUSINESS EXCHANGE RELATED TOPICGap Inc.

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GPS Details

The Gap, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as a specialty retailing company. The company offers clothing, accessories, and personal care products for men, women, children, and babies under the Gap, Old Navy, Banana Republic, Piperlime, and Athleta brand names. Its products include wardrobe basics, such as denim, khakis, and T-shirts; fashion apparel; casual apparel and accessories; maternity apparel; women’s underwear, sleepwear, loungewear, and sports and active apparel; shoes and accessories; and personal care products. The company also franchises agreements with unaffiliated franchisees to operate Gap and Banana Republic stores worldwide. As of January 31, 2009, it operated approximately 3,149 store locations primarily in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Ireland, and Japan. The company also offers its products through catalogs, as well as gap.com, bananarepublic.com, oldnavy.com, piperlime.com, and athleta.com Web sites. The Gap, Inc. was founded in 1969 and is based in San Francisco, California.

134,000 Employees
Founded in 1969

GPS Top Compensated Officers

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Key developments for Gap Inc. (GPS)

Gap Inc. Reports Sales Results for the Month and Thirteen Weeks Ended October 31, 2009; Provides Earnings Guidance for the Third Quarter of 2009

Gap Inc. reported sales results for the month and thirteen weeks ended October 31, 2009. For the month, the company reported net sales of $1.14 billion which is an increase of 5% as compared with net sales of $1.08 billion for the same period ended November 1, 2008. Comparable store sales increased 4% compared with a 16% decrease for October 2008. For the thirteen weeks ended October 31, 2009, total company net sales were $3.59 billion, which is an increase of 1% as compared with net sales of $3.56 billion for the thirteen weeks ended November 1, 2008. The company's third quarter comparable store sales were flat compared with a decrease of 12% in the third quarter of the prior year. The company provided earnings guidance for the third quarter of 2009. For the quarter, the company expects to deliver diluted earnings per share about 20% above last year. The company expects diluted earnings per share for the third quarter of fiscal year 2009 to be $0.42 to $0.44 compared with $0.35 for the third quarter last year.

Gap Inc., Q3 2009 Earnings Call, Nov-19-2009

Gap Inc., Q3 2009 Earnings Call, Nov-19-2009

Gap Inc. Announces Expansion Plans

Gap Inc. announced that it will open its first Gap store in China next year, expand its outlet store presence abroad, and launch online businesses in Canada and the U.K., also in 2010.

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