Guess? (NYSE:GES) Updates FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Guess? (NYSE:GES) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 2.420-2.700 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 2.790. The company issued revenue guidance of $3.0 billion-$3.1 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.1 billion. Guess? also updated its FY25 guidance to $2.42-2.70 EPS.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research analysts have commented on the company. StockNews.com lowered Guess? from a buy rating to a hold rating in a research report on Monday, June 3rd. UBS Group decreased their price target on Guess? from $32.00 to $29.00 and set a neutral rating for the company in a report on Thursday, May 23rd. Finally, Telsey Advisory Group reduced their target price on shares of Guess? from $26.00 to $21.00 and set a market perform rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of Hold and an average price target of $29.00.

Guess? Stock Performance

Shares of GES stock traded up $0.65 on Thursday, hitting $20.87. 375,792 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,215,331. The company has a market capitalization of $1.12 billion, a PE ratio of 6.03 and a beta of 1.91. The company’s fifty day moving average is $21.85 and its 200 day moving average is $24.50. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.92, a current ratio of 1.57 and a quick ratio of 0.85. Guess? has a 1-year low of $19.58 and a 1-year high of $33.50.

Guess? (NYSE:GES) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 28th. The company reported $0.42 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.44 by ($0.02). Guess? had a net margin of 7.97% and a return on equity of 26.92%. The business had revenue of $732.60 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $729.96 million. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.72 EPS. Guess?’s quarterly revenue was up 10.2% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities research analysts predict that Guess? will post 2.88 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Guess? Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, September 27th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, September 11th will be issued a dividend of $0.30 per share. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.75%. Guess?’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 35.82%.

About Guess?

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.