Gap Inc Stock Short Ratio

GPSDelisted Stock  USD 23.28  0.18  0.78%   
Gap Inc fundamentals help investors to digest information that contributes to Gap's financial success or failures. It also enables traders to predict the movement of Gap Stock. The fundamental analysis module provides a way to measure Gap's intrinsic value by examining its available economic and financial indicators, including the cash flow records, the balance sheet account changes, the income statement patterns, and various microeconomic indicators and financial ratios related to Gap stock.
  
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Gap Inc Company Short Ratio Analysis

Gap's Short Ratio is typically used by traders and speculators to identify trends in current market sentiment for a particular equity instrument. In its simple terms this ratio shows how many days it will take all current short sellers to cover their positions if the price of a stock begins to rise.

Short Ratio

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Short Interest

Average Trading Volume

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Current Gap Short Ratio

    
  5.74 X  
Most of Gap's fundamental indicators, such as Short Ratio, are part of a valuation analysis module that helps investors searching for stocks that are currently trading at higher or lower prices than their real value. If the real value is higher than the market price, Gap Inc is considered to be undervalued, and we provide a buy recommendation. Otherwise, we render a sell signal.
The higher the Short Ratio, the longer it would take to buy back the borrowed shares. In theory, the more short positions are currently outstanding, the faster it will be to cover shorted positions.
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Based on the latest financial disclosure, Gap Inc has a Short Ratio of 5.74 times. This indicator is about the same for the Specialty Retail average (which is currently at 5.84) sector and significantly higher than that of the Consumer Discretionary industry. The short ratio for all United States stocks is 43.5% lower than that of the firm.

Gap Short Ratio Peer Comparison

Stock peer comparison is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It analyses Gap's direct or indirect competition against its Short Ratio to detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics or determine the stocks which would be a good addition to a portfolio. Peer analysis of Gap could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Gap by comparing valuation metrics of similar companies.
Gap is currently under evaluation in short ratio category among its peers.

Gap Fundamentals

About Gap Fundamental Analysis

The Macroaxis Fundamental Analysis modules help investors analyze Gap Inc's financials across various querterly and yearly statements, indicators and fundamental ratios. We help investors to determine the real value of Gap using virtually all public information available. We use both quantitative as well as qualitative analysis to arrive at the intrinsic value of Gap Inc based on its fundamental data. In general, a quantitative approach, as applied to this company, focuses on analyzing financial statements comparatively, whereas a qaualitative method uses data that is important to a company's growth but cannot be measured and presented in a numerical way.
Please read more on our fundamental analysis page.

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Other Consideration for investing in Gap Stock

If you are still planning to invest in Gap Inc check if it may still be traded through OTC markets such as Pink Sheets or OTC Bulletin Board. You may also purchase it directly from the company, but this is not always possible and may require contacting the company directly. Please note that delisted stocks are often considered to be more risky investments, as they are no longer subject to the same regulatory and reporting requirements as listed stocks. Therefore, it is essential to carefully research the Gap's history and understand the potential risks before investing.
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