Guess? (NYSE:GES) Releases Q1 Earnings Guidance

Guess? (NYSE:GES - Get Free Report) updated its first quarter earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided EPS guidance of $(0.74)-$(0.65) for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of ($0.23). The company issued revenue guidance of $626.23-636.29 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $629.23 million. Guess? also updated its FY 2026 guidance to 1.320-1.760 EPS.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research analysts recently issued reports on GES shares. UBS Group decreased their price objective on shares of Guess? from $15.00 to $12.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, March 11th. Telsey Advisory Group reissued a "market perform" rating and issued a $13.00 price target on shares of Guess? in a report on Friday.

Guess? Stock Performance

Shares of GES stock traded down $1.07 during midday trading on Tuesday, hitting $8.68. 2,551,493 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,255,307. Guess? has a 52 week low of $8.58 and a 52 week high of $30.78. The firm has a market capitalization of $446.39 million, a P/E ratio of 7.29 and a beta of 1.43. The firm's 50 day moving average price is $11.53 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $14.72. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.18, a quick ratio of 0.74 and a current ratio of 1.54.

Guess? (NYSE:GES - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 3rd. The company reported $1.48 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.41 by $0.07. The business had revenue of $932.25 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $916.75 million. Guess? had a return on equity of 23.29% and a net margin of 3.19%. Guess?'s revenue for the quarter was up 4.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $2.01 earnings per share. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that Guess? will post 1.92 earnings per share for the current year.

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Guess? Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 2nd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, April 16th will be given a $0.30 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, April 16th. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 13.83%. Guess?'s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 100.84%.

Guess? announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback program on Tuesday, March 25th that allows the company to repurchase $200.00 million in shares. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 38.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Guess? Company Profile

Guess?, Inc designs, markets, distributes, and licenses lifestyle collections of apparel and accessories for men, women, and children. It operates through five segments: Americas Retail, Americas Wholesale, Europe, Asia, and Licensing. The company's clothing collection includes jeans, pants, skirts, dresses, shorts, blouses, shirts, jackets, activewear, knitwear, and intimate apparel.