Guess? (GES) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend GES or BKE?

Guess? currently has a consensus price target of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 73.61%. Buckle has a consensus price target of $46.00, suggesting a potential downside of 9.59%. Given Guess?'s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Guess? is more favorable than Buckle.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Guess?	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Buckle	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is GES or BKE a better dividend stock?

Guess? pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. Buckle pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. 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. Buckle pays out 35.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has more risk and volatility, GES or BKE?

Guess? has a beta of 1.89, indicating that its stock price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Buckle has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in GES or BKE?

61.7% of Guess? shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.9% of Buckle shares are held by institutional investors. 30.3% of Guess? shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 39.8% of Buckle shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GES or BKE?

Guess? received 99 more outperform votes than Buckle when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.08% of users gave Buckle an outperform vote while only 53.89% of users gave Guess? an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Guess?	Outperform Votes 478 53.89%	Underperform Votes 409 46.11%
Buckle	Outperform Votes 379 57.08%	Underperform Votes 285 42.92%

Is GES or BKE more profitable?

Buckle has a net margin of 16.21% compared to Guess?'s net margin of 3.19%. Buckle's return on equity of 44.11% beat Guess?'s return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Guess?	3.19%	23.29%	5.05%
Buckle	16.21%	44.11%	21.32%

Does the media favor GES or BKE?

In the previous week, Buckle had 5 more articles in the media than Guess?. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Buckle and 2 mentions for Guess?. Buckle's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Guess?'s score of 0.12 indicating that Buckle is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Guess?	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Buckle	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, GES or BKE?

Buckle has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Guess?. Guess? is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Buckle, 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	0.25	$198.20M	$1.19	12.10
Buckle	$1.22B	2.12	$219.92M	$3.94	12.91

Summary

Buckle beats Guess? on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.