Guess? (NYSE:GES) Releases Quarterly Earnings Results

Guess? (NYSE:GES) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday. The company reported ($0.44) EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.70) by $0.26, Zacks reports. The business had revenue of $647.80 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $630.61 million. Guess? had a net margin of 3.19% and a return on equity of 23.29%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 9.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted ($0.27) earnings per share. Guess? updated its FY 2026 guidance to 1.320-1.640 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance to 0.110-0.210 EPS.

Guess? Stock Performance

NYSE GES opened at $11.08 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.18, a current ratio of 1.54 and a quick ratio of 0.74. Guess? has a 1 year low of $8.48 and a 1 year high of $24.64. The company has a market capitalization of $576.49 million, a PE ratio of 9.31 and a beta of 1.20. The company has a fifty day moving average of $10.84 and a two-hundred day moving average of $12.44.

Guess? Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, May 2nd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, April 16th were paid a $0.30 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, April 16th. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 10.83%. Guess?’s dividend payout ratio is presently 187.50%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Guess?

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Empowered Funds LLC boosted its stake in Guess? by 3.0% in the first quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 271,920 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,010,000 after acquiring an additional 7,959 shares in the last quarter. Royal Bank of Canada boosted its stake in Guess? by 49.3% in the first quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 28,031 shares of the company’s stock valued at $310,000 after acquiring an additional 9,260 shares in the last quarter. Finally, AQR Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in Guess? by 82.2% in the first quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 282,196 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,124,000 after acquiring an additional 127,274 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 61.74% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts recently commented on GES shares. Telsey Advisory Group reiterated a “market perform” rating and set a $13.00 target price on shares of Guess? in a research note on Monday. UBS Group boosted their target price on shares of Guess? from $11.00 to $12.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 22nd.

Guess? declared that its board has initiated a stock repurchase plan on Tuesday, March 25th that authorizes the company to repurchase $200.00 million in shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 38.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are usually a sign that the company’s board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

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.