Guess? (NYSE:GES) Releases FY 2026 Earnings Guidance

Guess? (NYSE:GES - Get Free Report) issued an update on its FY 2026 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 1.320-1.640 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 1.360. The company issued revenue guidance of $3.1 billion-$3.2 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.1 billion. Guess? also updated its Q2 2026 guidance to 0.110-0.210 EPS.

Guess? Trading Up 9.2%

Shares of GES stock traded up $1.01 on Friday, reaching $12.00. The company had a trading volume of 1,951,586 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,215,801. The company has a 50-day moving average of $10.86 and a 200-day moving average of $12.41. Guess? has a 12 month low of $8.48 and a 12 month high of $24.64. The company has a current ratio of 1.54, a quick ratio of 0.74 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.18. The stock has a market cap of $624.13 million, a PE ratio of 10.08 and a beta of 1.20.

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, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.70) by $0.26. Guess? had a return on equity of 23.29% and a net margin of 3.19%. The business had revenue of $647.80 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $630.61 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted ($0.27) EPS. The company's quarterly revenue was up 9.4% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities analysts forecast that Guess? will post 1.92 earnings per share for the current year.

Guess? Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, July 3rd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, June 18th will be issued a dividend of $0.30 per share. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 10.00%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, June 18th. Guess?'s dividend payout ratio is currently 187.50%.

Guess? announced that its board has authorized a share buyback program on Tuesday, March 25th that permits the company to buyback $200.00 million in shares. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire up to 38.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are typically a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms have recently weighed in on GES. UBS Group lifted their target price on Guess? from $11.00 to $12.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a report on Thursday, May 22nd. Telsey Advisory Group reissued a "market perform" rating and set a $13.00 target price on shares of Guess? in a report on Monday.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Royal Bank of Canada increased its position 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 worth $310,000 after purchasing an additional 9,260 shares during the period. Empowered Funds LLC increased its position in shares of Guess? by 3.0% in the first quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 271,920 shares of the company's stock worth $3,010,000 after purchasing an additional 7,959 shares during the period. Finally, AQR Capital Management LLC increased its position in shares of Guess? by 82.2% in the first quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 282,196 shares of the company's stock worth $3,124,000 after purchasing an additional 127,274 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 61.74% of the company's stock.

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.