B. Riley Comments on Guess?, Inc.'s Q1 2025 Earnings (NYSE:GES)

Guess?, Inc. (NYSE:GES - Free Report) - B. Riley reduced their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for Guess? in a research note issued on Monday, April 8th. B. Riley analyst J. Lick now forecasts that the company will post earnings per share of ($0.29) for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.10. B. Riley currently has a "Buy" rating and a $37.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Guess?'s current full-year earnings is $2.91 per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for Guess?'s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.54 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.79 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.96 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $2.99 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at ($0.22) EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.67 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.90 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $2.08 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $3.43 EPS.

Guess? (NYSE:GES - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, March 20th. The company reported $2.01 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.55 by $0.46. The company had revenue of $891.05 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $855.54 million. Guess? had a net margin of 7.14% and a return on equity of 30.02%. Guess?'s quarterly revenue was up 9.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.74 earnings per share.

Several other research firms have also commented on GES. Jefferies Financial Group lifted their price objective on shares of Guess? from $24.00 to $29.00 and gave the stock a "hold" rating in a research note on Thursday, March 21st. StockNews.com raised shares of Guess? from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Friday, March 22nd. Telsey Advisory Group boosted their target price on shares of Guess? from $23.00 to $30.00 and gave the company a "market perform" rating in a research note on Thursday, March 21st. Finally, UBS Group lifted their price objective on Guess? from $26.00 to $32.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a report on Monday, March 25th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $32.00.

Guess? Trading Down 3.6 %

NYSE GES traded down $1.07 on Wednesday, hitting $28.60. 1,492,688 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,115,270. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.50, a quick ratio of 0.96 and a current ratio of 1.55. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $26.36 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $23.81. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.52 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.83 and a beta of 1.98. Guess? has a 52-week low of $17.21 and a 52-week high of $33.50.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Guess?

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of GES. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. boosted its position in Guess? by 27.5% in the first quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 2,692 shares of the company's stock valued at $59,000 after buying an additional 581 shares during the last quarter. MetLife Investment Management LLC boosted its position in Guess? by 48.5% in the first quarter. MetLife Investment Management LLC now owns 22,428 shares of the company's stock valued at $490,000 after buying an additional 7,322 shares during the last quarter. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS boosted its position in Guess? by 14.1% in the first quarter. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS now owns 33,609 shares of the company's stock valued at $734,000 after buying an additional 4,152 shares during the last quarter. APG Asset Management N.V. purchased a new stake in Guess? in the first quarter valued at approximately $391,000. Finally, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can boosted its position in Guess? by 6.0% in the first quarter. Great West Life Assurance Co. Can now owns 37,147 shares of the company's stock valued at $833,000 after buying an additional 2,112 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 61.74% of the company's stock.

Insider Transactions at Guess?

In other news, CEO Carlos Alberini sold 138,203 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Monday, April 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $30.53, for a total transaction of $4,219,337.59. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 1,131,575 shares in the company, valued at $34,546,984.75. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Insiders own 41.00% of the company's stock.

Guess? Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 3rd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, April 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.30 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, April 16th. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.20%. Guess?'s payout ratio is 41.38%.

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.