GES vs. BKE, FL, SCVL, CAL, GCO, ZUMZ, DBI, CTRN, PLCE, and TLYS
Should you be buying Guess? stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Guess? include Buckle (BKE), Foot Locker (FL), Shoe Carnival (SCVL), Caleres (CAL), Genesco (GCO), Zumiez (ZUMZ), Designer Brands (DBI), Citi Trends (CTRN), Children's Place (PLCE), and Tilly's (TLYS). These companies are all part of the "apparel retail" industry.
Guess? vs.
Buckle (NYSE:BKE) and Guess? (NYSE:GES) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, dividends and community ranking.
Guess? received 98 more outperform votes than Buckle when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.06% of users gave Buckle an outperform vote while only 53.89% of users gave Guess? an outperform vote.
Buckle has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Guess? has a beta of 1.9, suggesting that its share price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Guess? had 2 more articles in the media than Buckle. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Guess? and 1 mentions for Buckle. Buckle's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Guess?'s score of -0.03 indicating that Buckle is being referred to more favorably in the media.
53.9% of Buckle shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.7% of Guess? shares are held by institutional investors. 39.8% of Buckle shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 30.3% of Guess? shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Buckle has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
Buckle pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Guess? pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.3%. Buckle pays out 35.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 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.
Buckle presently has a consensus target price of $46.00, indicating a potential downside of 4.75%. Guess? has a consensus target price of $25.00, indicating a potential upside of 93.14%. Given Guess?'s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Guess? is more favorable than Buckle.
Summary
Buckle beats Guess? on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:GES) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
