Guess? (NYSE:GES) Updates FY 2026 Earnings Guidance

Guess? (NYSE:GES - Get Free Report) issued an update on its FY 2026 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 1.320-1.760 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 2.020. The company issued revenue guidance of $3.1 billion-$3.2 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.0 billion. Guess? also updated its FY26 guidance to $1.32-1.76 EPS.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

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

Guess? Trading Down 10.9 %

GES traded down $1.07 during midday trading on Tuesday, reaching $8.68. 2,551,493 shares of the company's stock traded hands, 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 company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.18, a current ratio of 1.54 and a quick ratio of 0.74. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $11.35 and a two-hundred day moving average of $14.60. The stock has a market capitalization of $446.39 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.29 and a beta of 1.43.

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

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Guess? Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced 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 is Wednesday, April 16th. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 13.83%. Guess?'s dividend payout ratio is 100.84%.

Guess? declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock repurchase plan on Tuesday, March 25th that authorizes the company to buyback $200.00 million in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 38.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are 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.