Venture Visionary Partners LLC Buys Shares of 46,212 Guess?, Inc. (NYSE:GES)

Venture Visionary Partners LLC purchased a new stake in Guess?, Inc. (NYSE:GES - Free Report) during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor purchased 46,212 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $1,066,000. Venture Visionary Partners LLC owned 0.09% of Guess? as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its holdings in Guess? by 4.2% in the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 4,555,857 shares of the company's stock valued at $99,546,000 after acquiring an additional 184,983 shares during the period. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP increased its holdings in shares of Guess? by 1.3% during the first quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 3,970,545 shares of the company's stock worth $86,760,000 after purchasing an additional 50,371 shares during the period. State Street Corp increased its holdings in shares of Guess? by 2.2% during the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 1,499,678 shares of the company's stock worth $29,169,000 after purchasing an additional 32,367 shares during the period. Marshall Wace LLP increased its holdings in shares of Guess? by 134.2% during the second quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 1,439,324 shares of the company's stock worth $27,995,000 after purchasing an additional 824,836 shares during the period. Finally, LSV Asset Management increased its holdings in shares of Guess? by 147.8% during the third quarter. LSV Asset Management now owns 1,378,389 shares of the company's stock worth $29,828,000 after purchasing an additional 822,089 shares during the period. 61.74% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Guess? Trading Down 1.9 %

NYSE GES traded down $0.59 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $30.39. 1,327,346 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,744,310. Guess?, Inc. has a one year low of $17.21 and a one year high of $33.50. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $26.08 and a 200-day simple moving average of $23.68. The stock has a market cap of $1.62 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.48 and a beta of 1.98. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.50, a current ratio of 1.55 and a quick ratio of 0.96.

Guess? (NYSE:GES - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, March 20th. The company reported $2.01 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.55 by $0.46. Guess? had a net margin of 7.14% and a return on equity of 30.02%. The firm had revenue of $891.05 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $855.54 million. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.74 earnings per share. The business's revenue was up 9.0% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, analysts anticipate that Guess?, Inc. will post 2.91 EPS for the current year.

Guess? Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 3rd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, April 17th will be paid a $0.30 dividend. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.95%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, April 16th. Guess?'s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 41.38%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

GES has been the topic of several recent research reports. B. Riley reaffirmed a "buy" rating and set a $33.00 target price (up from $31.00) on shares of Guess? in a report on Wednesday, February 21st. StockNews.com upgraded shares of Guess? from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research report on Friday, March 22nd. Telsey Advisory Group raised their price target 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. Jefferies Financial Group raised their price target on shares of Guess? from $24.00 to $29.00 and gave the company a "hold" rating in a research note on Thursday, March 21st. Finally, UBS Group raised their price target on shares of Guess? from $26.00 to $32.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research note on Monday, March 25th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $31.00.

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.