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

Guess? (NYSE:GES) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided EPS guidance of 1.850-2.000 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 2.500. The company issued revenue guidance of $3.0 billion-$3.0 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.1 billion. Guess? also updated its Q4 guidance to $1.37-1.52 EPS.

Guess? Stock Down 3.7 %

Shares of GES traded down $0.67 during trading hours on Tuesday, reaching $17.37. 1,754,193 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,113,588. Guess? has a 52 week low of $16.05 and a 52 week high of $33.50. The company has a current ratio of 1.47, a quick ratio of 0.76 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.01. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $18.36 and a 200 day simple moving average of $20.83. The company has a market cap of $893.17 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 6.99 and a beta of 1.94.

Guess? (NYSE:GES) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, November 26th. The company reported $0.34 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.37 by ($0.03). The business had revenue of $738.52 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $747.36 million. Guess? had a return on equity of 24.18% and a net margin of 6.05%. Guess?’s quarterly revenue was up 13.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.49 EPS. On average, equities analysts forecast that Guess? will post 2.63 EPS for the current year.

Guess? Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 27th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, September 11th were paid a $0.30 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, September 11th. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 6.91%. Guess?’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 48.39%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities analysts recently weighed in on GES shares. UBS Group reduced their price target on shares of Guess? from $24.00 to $22.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, August 30th. Telsey Advisory Group reduced their target price on shares of Guess? from $26.00 to $21.00 and set a “market perform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, August 29th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $27.25.

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.