Guess? (GES) Stock Price, News & Analysis

5 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Guess? in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" GES shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in GES, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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5 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Guess?'s shares. Their GES share price targets range from $22.00 to $31.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $25.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.0% from the stock's current price.
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Guess?'s stock was trading at $23.06 at the start of the year. Since then, GES shares have increased by 1.3% and is now trading at $23.36.
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Guess? saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 8,410,000 shares, an increase of 16.6% from the December 31st total of 7,210,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 931,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 9.0 days. Approximately 30.9% of the company's shares are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, March 12th 2024.
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Guess?, Inc. (NYSE:GES) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November, 21st. The company reported $0.49 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.62 by $0.13. The firm had revenue of $651 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $655.52 million. Guess? had a net margin of 6.61% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 29.94%. The company's revenue was up 2.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.44 earnings per share.

Guess? announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, November 21st. Investors of record on Wednesday, December 6th will be given a dividend of $0.30 per share on Friday, December 22nd. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.14%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, December 5th.
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Guess? (NYSE:GES) pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 5.14%. GES has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 45.98%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, GES will have a dividend payout ratio of 40.82% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Guess? (NYSE:GES) stock in their portfolio include LeaderShares Activist Leaders ETF (ACTV).Small Cap US Equity Select ETF (RNSC).

Guess? announced that its board has initiated a stock buyback plan on Monday, March 21st 2022, which authorizes the company to buyback $175,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase up to 12.4% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are usually a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Guess? issued an update on its fourth quarter 2024 earnings guidance on Monday, December, 11th. The company provided EPS guidance of 1.530-1.600 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 1.680. The company issued revenue guidance of $850.5 million-$866.9 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $877.4 million.

82 employees have rated Guess? Chief Executive Officer Carlos Alberini on Glassdoor.com. Carlos Alberini has an approval rating of 69% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Guess? investors own include Coty (COTY), CVS Health (CVS), Energy Transfer (ET), AT&T (T), Ford Motor (F), Intel (INTC), Carnival Co. & (CCL), Micron Technology (MU), American Airlines Group (AAL) and Invesco Mortgage Capital (IVR).

Guess?'s stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (6.52%), LSV Asset Management (2.70%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (1.85%), BNP Paribas Financial Markets (0.82%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (0.60%) and Foundry Partners LLC (0.48%). Insiders that own company stock include Anthony Chidoni, Deborah Weinswig, Gianluca Bolla, Kathryn Low Anderson, Maurice Marciano and Paul Marciano.
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Shares of GES stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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