Guess? (GES) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

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. It also grants licenses to design, manufacture, and distribute various products that complement its apparel lines, such as eyewear, watches, handbags, footwear, kids' and infants' apparel, outerwear, fragrance, jewelry, and other fashion accessories, as well as to wholesale partners to operate and sell products through licensed retail stores. The company markets its products under the GUESS, GUESS?, GUESS U.S.A., GUESS Jeans, GUESS? and Triangle Design, MARCIANO, Question Mark and Triangle Design, a stylized G and a stylized M, GUESS Kids, Baby GUESS, YES, G by GUESS, GUESS by MARCIANO, and Gc brand names. It sells its products through direct-to-consumer, wholesale, and licensing distribution channels, as well as through its retail websites. Guess?, Inc. was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $19.48 to $20.09
• 50-Day Range: $18.65 to $24.05
• 52-Week Range: $18.52 to $33.50
• Volume: 500,516 shs
• Average Volume: 1.20 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.05 billion
• P/E Ratio: 5.83
• Dividend Yield: 6.14%
• Price Target: $27.25
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Guess? Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Guess? scored higher than 84% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 69th out of 297 stocks in the consumer discretionary sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Guess? has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.25, and is based on 1 buy rating, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Guess? has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 9.13%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Guess? are expected to grow by 9.13% in the coming year, from $2.63 to $2.87 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Guess? is 5.83, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 139.50.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Guess? is 5.83, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 16.27.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Guess? has a P/B Ratio of 1.89. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

34.73% of the float of Guess? has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Guess? has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 7.2.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Guess? has recently increased by 0.54%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Leadership

Guess? is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 6.16%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Guess? does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Guess? is 35.82%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Guess? will have a dividend payout ratio of 41.81% next year. This indicates that Guess? will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

34.73% of the float of Guess? has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Guess? has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 7.2.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Guess? has recently increased by 0.54%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.89

News Sentiment

Guess? has a news sentiment score of 0.89. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.53 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Guess? this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

25 people have searched for GES on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 733% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Guess? insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

30.30% of the stock of Guess? is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

61.74% of the stock of Guess? is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

GES Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have GES shares performed this year?

Guess?'s stock was trading at $23.06 at the beginning of the year. Since then, GES stock has decreased by 15.3% and is now trading at $19.53.
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How were Guess?'s earnings last quarter?

Guess?, Inc. (NYSE:GES) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August, 28th. The company reported $0.42 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.43 by $0.01. The company's revenue was up 10.2% on a year-over-year basis.

How will Guess?'s stock buyback program work?

Guess?'s Board of Directors approved a share buyback program on Monday, April 1st 2024, which authorizes the company to buy back $200,000,000 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This means that the company could reacquire up to 14.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are usually a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Who are Guess?'s major shareholders?

Top institutional investors of Guess? include Pacer Advisors Inc. (7.54%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (6.01%), Hennessy Advisors Inc. (3.02%) and LSV Asset Management (2.72%). Insiders that own company stock include Paul Marciano, Maurice Marciano, Anthony Chidoni, Deborah Weinswig and Kathryn Low Anderson.
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How do I buy shares of Guess??

Shares of GES stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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What other stocks do shareholders of Guess? own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Guess? investors own include Coty (COTY), CVS Health (CVS), Energy Transfer (ET), AT&T (T), Ford Motor (F), Intel (INTC) and Carnival Co. & (CCL).

Company Calendar

• Ex-Dividend for 6/28 Dividend: 6/12/2024
• Dividend Payable: 6/28/2024
• Last Earnings: 8/28/2024
• Ex-Dividend for 9/27 Dividend: 9/11/2024
• Today: 9/19/2024
• Dividend Payable: 9/27/2024
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/19/2024
• Fiscal Year End: 1/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Womens', misses', childrens', & infants' undergarments
• Sub-Industry: Apparel Retail
• Current Symbol: NYSE:GES
• Previous Symbol: NYSE:GES
• CUSIP: 40161710
• CIK: 912463
• Web: www.guess.com
• Phone: (213) 765-3100
• Fax: 302-636-5454
• Employees: 12,000
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $27.25
• High Stock Price Target: $37.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $21.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +38.5%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.25
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $3.35
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 5.87
• Forward P/E Ratio: 7.48
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $198.20 million
• Net Margins: 6.05%
• Pretax Margin: 7.20%
• Return on Equity: 24.18%
• Return on Assets: 5.55%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.01
• Current Ratio: 1.47
• Quick Ratio: 0.76

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $2.87 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.37
• Cash Flow: $4.57 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 4.30
• Book Value: $10.34 per share
• Price / Book: 1.90

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 53,526,000
• Free Float: 37,308,000
• Market Cap: $1.05 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.92