Guess? (NYSE:GES) Releases FY25 Earnings Guidance

Guess? (NYSE:GES) updated its FY25 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.56-3.00 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.97. The company issued revenue guidance of $3.096-3.151 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.84 billion. Guess? also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 2.560-3.000 EPS.

Guess? Stock Down 2.4 %

Shares of NYSE GES opened at $30.58 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 1.55, a quick ratio of 0.80 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.53. The company has a 50-day moving average of $24.39 and a 200 day moving average of $23.10. Guess? has a 12-month low of $17.21 and a 12-month high of $32.22. The stock has a market cap of $1.64 billion, a PE ratio of 10.54 and a beta of 1.96.

Guess? (NYSE:GES) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, March 20th. The company reported $2.01 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.55 by $0.46. Guess? had a return on equity of 30.68% and a net margin of 7.14%. The business had revenue of $891.05 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $855.54 million. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.74 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 9.0% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that Guess? will post 2.82 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Guess? Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 3rd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, April 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.30 per share. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.92%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, April 16th. Guess?’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 41.38%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

GES has been the subject of several research analyst reports. B. Riley restated a buy rating and set a $33.00 price target (up from $31.00) on shares of Guess? in a research report on Wednesday, February 21st. StockNews.com upgraded shares of Guess? from a hold rating to a buy rating in a report on Friday. Jefferies Financial Group upped their price target on Guess? from $24.00 to $29.00 and gave the company a hold rating in a report on Thursday. Finally, Telsey Advisory Group lifted their target price on Guess? from $23.00 to $30.00 and gave the stock a market perform rating in a research report on Thursday. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Guess? currently has a consensus rating of Moderate Buy and an average target price of $28.50.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Guess?

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Coppell Advisory Solutions Corp. acquired a new position in Guess? during the fourth quarter worth $40,000. Quarry LP purchased a new stake in shares of Guess? during the 1st quarter worth approximately $45,000. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC increased its stake in Guess? by 732.9% in the 1st quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 2,807 shares of the company’s stock valued at $55,000 after purchasing an additional 2,470 shares in the last quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. raised its holdings in Guess? by 27.5% during the first quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 2,692 shares of the company’s stock worth $59,000 after purchasing an additional 581 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada grew its holdings in Guess? by 40.6% in the third quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 7,545 shares of the company’s stock valued at $111,000 after purchasing an additional 2,180 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 61.74% of the company’s stock.

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.