Guess? (GES) Competitors

Guess? (NYSE:GES) and American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, risk, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and valuation.

Do analysts rate GES or AEO?

Guess? presently has a consensus price target of $22.33, suggesting a potential upside of 90.15%. American Eagle Outfitters has a consensus price target of $16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 25.37%. Given Guess?'s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Guess? is more favorable than American Eagle Outfitters.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Guess?	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
American Eagle Outfitters	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.09

Does the media refer more to GES or AEO?

In the previous week, Guess? and Guess? both had 16 articles in the media. Guess?'s average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat American Eagle Outfitters' score of 0.59 indicating that Guess? is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Guess?	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
American Eagle Outfitters	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, GES or AEO?

Guess? has higher earnings, but lower revenue than American Eagle Outfitters. American Eagle Outfitters is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Guess?, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Guess?	$2.95B	0.20	$198.20M	$1.19	9.87
American Eagle Outfitters	$5.33B	0.46	$170.04M	$1.68	7.60

Is GES or AEO more profitable?

American Eagle Outfitters has a net margin of 4.28% compared to Guess?'s net margin of 3.19%. Guess?'s return on equity of 23.29% beat American Eagle Outfitters' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Guess?	3.19%	23.29%	5.05%
American Eagle Outfitters	4.28%	20.75%	9.99%

Is GES or AEO a better dividend stock?

Guess? pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.2%. American Eagle Outfitters pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Guess? pays out 100.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. American Eagle Outfitters pays out 29.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in GES or AEO?

61.7% of Guess? shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.3% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are held by institutional investors. 30.3% of Guess? shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, GES or AEO?

Guess? has a beta of 1.87, meaning that its share price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Eagle Outfitters has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GES or AEO?

American Eagle Outfitters received 674 more outperform votes than Guess? when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.30% of users gave American Eagle Outfitters an outperform vote while only 53.77% of users gave Guess? an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Guess?	Outperform Votes 478 53.77%	Underperform Votes 411 46.23%
American Eagle Outfitters	Outperform Votes 1152 63.30%	Underperform Votes 668 36.70%

Summary

American Eagle Outfitters beats Guess? on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.