Guess? (GES) Expected to Announce Quarterly Earnings on Thursday

Guess? (NYSE:GES - Get Free Report) is expected to be issuing its Q1 2026 quarterly earnings data before the market opens on Thursday, May 29th. Analysts expect the company to announce earnings of ($0.30) per share and revenue of $630.61 million for the quarter.

Guess? (NYSE:GES - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 3rd. The company reported $1.48 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.41 by $0.07. The firm had revenue of $932.25 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $916.75 million. Guess? had a return on equity of 23.29% and a net margin of 3.19%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 4.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $2.01 EPS. On average, analysts expect Guess? to post $2 EPS for the current fiscal year and $2 EPS for the next fiscal year.

Guess? Stock Up 0.7%

NYSE:GES traded up $0.08 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, hitting $11.12. 470,270 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,226,285. The company has a fifty day moving average of $10.93 and a 200 day moving average of $12.70. Guess? has a twelve month low of $8.48 and a twelve month high of $24.64. The company has a market capitalization of $578.36 million, a P/E ratio of 9.34 and a beta of 1.25. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.18, a quick ratio of 0.74 and a current ratio of 1.54.

Guess? declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback plan on Tuesday, March 25th that allows the company to buyback $200.00 million in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase up to 38.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are often a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Guess? Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, May 2nd. Investors of record on Wednesday, April 16th were given a dividend of $0.30 per share. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 10.79%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, April 16th. Guess?'s dividend payout ratio is currently 187.50%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

GES has been the topic of a number of research reports. UBS Group increased their price objective on Guess? from $11.00 to $12.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a report on Thursday, May 22nd. Telsey Advisory Group reissued a "market perform" rating and issued a $13.00 price objective on shares of Guess? in a report on Friday, April 4th.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Guess?

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in GES. Royal Bank of Canada increased its holdings in shares of 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 purchasing an additional 9,260 shares during the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC increased its stake in Guess? by 82.2% during the first quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 282,196 shares of the company's stock worth $3,124,000 after acquiring an additional 127,274 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Empowered Funds LLC increased its stake in Guess? by 3.0% during the first quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 271,920 shares of the company's stock worth $3,010,000 after acquiring an additional 7,959 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 61.74% of the company's stock.

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.