Guess? (NYSE:GES) Issues Q1 2026 Earnings Guidance

Guess? (NYSE:GES) updated its first quarter 2026 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided EPS guidance of -0.740–0.650 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of -0.230. The company issued revenue guidance of $626.3 million-$636.3 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $629.2 million. Guess? also updated its FY 2026 guidance to 1.320-1.760 EPS.

Guess? Stock Up 8.6 %

GES opened at $10.91 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $561.14 million, a PE ratio of 9.16 and a beta of 1.43. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $11.60 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $14.85. The company has a quick ratio of 0.74, a current ratio of 1.54 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.18. Guess? has a 52 week low of $9.24 and a 52 week high of $31.04.

Guess? (NYSE:GES) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 3rd. The company reported $1.48 earnings per share 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 business had revenue of $932.25 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $916.75 million. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $2.01 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 4.6% compared to the same quarter last year. Analysts forecast that Guess? will post 1.92 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Guess? Announces Dividend

The firm 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 dividend of $0.30 per share. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 11.00%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, April 16th. Guess?’s dividend payout ratio is 100.84%.

Guess? announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback program on Tuesday, March 25th that authorizes the company to buyback $200.00 million in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase up to 38.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are typically a sign that the company’s board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

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

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.