UBS Group Boosts Guess? (NYSE:GES) Price Target to $13.00

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Guess? (NYSE:GES - Free Report) had its target price raised by UBS Group from $12.00 to $13.00 in a report published on Tuesday morning,Benzinga reports. The brokerage currently has a neutral rating on the stock.

Separately, Telsey Advisory Group reissued a "market perform" rating and issued a $13.00 price target on shares of Guess? in a report on Monday, June 2nd. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Hold rating, Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Guess? currently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $14.88.

Guess? Price Performance

Shares of Guess? stock traded up $0.0150 on Tuesday, reaching $16.8450. The stock had a trading volume of 2,873,421 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,256,206. Guess? has a 1 year low of $8.48 and a 1 year high of $21.81. The company has a market cap of $876.28 million, a P/E ratio of -70.18 and a beta of 1.24. The company has a current ratio of 1.57, a quick ratio of 0.76 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.08. The business's 50 day moving average is $13.12 and its two-hundred day moving average is $11.83.

Guess? (NYSE:GES - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, June 5th. The company reported ($0.44) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.70) by $0.26. Guess? had a net margin of 0.47% and a return on equity of 18.25%. The firm had revenue of $647.80 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $630.61 million. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted ($0.27) earnings per share. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 9.4% on a year-over-year basis. Guess? has set its FY 2026 guidance at 1.320-1.640 EPS. Q2 2026 guidance at 0.110-0.210 EPS. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Guess? will post 1.92 EPS for the current year.

Guess? Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, July 3rd. Investors of record on Wednesday, June 18th were paid a $0.30 dividend. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 7.1%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, June 18th. Guess?'s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently -500.00%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in GES. Guggenheim Capital LLC grew its holdings in shares of Guess? by 123.8% in the fourth quarter. Guggenheim Capital LLC now owns 42,022 shares of the company's stock worth $591,000 after purchasing an additional 23,247 shares during the last quarter. Jump Financial LLC bought a new position in shares of Guess? in the fourth quarter worth approximately $191,000. First Trust Advisors LP grew its holdings in shares of Guess? by 4.5% in the fourth quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 216,136 shares of the company's stock worth $3,039,000 after purchasing an additional 9,211 shares during the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP grew its holdings in shares of Guess? by 7.5% in the fourth quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 3,290,336 shares of the company's stock worth $46,261,000 after purchasing an additional 228,601 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Natixis grew its holdings in shares of Guess? by 743.5% in the fourth quarter. Natixis now owns 285,100 shares of the company's stock worth $4,009,000 after purchasing an additional 251,300 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors 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.