Guess? Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:GES)

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Guess? in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" GES shares.
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4 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Guess?'s shares. Their GES share price targets range from $22.00 to $31.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $25.33 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 11.0% from the stock's current price.
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Guess?'s stock was trading at $20.69 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, GES shares have increased by 10.3% and is now trading at $22.82.
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Guess? saw a increase in short interest during the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totaling 8,340,000 shares, an increase of 5.2% from the October 15th total of 7,930,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,020,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 8.2 days. Currently, 31.4% of the company's stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, March 12th 2024.
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Guess?, Inc. (NYSE:GES) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November, 21st. The company reported $0.49 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.62 by $0.13. The firm earned $651 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $655.52 million. Guess? had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 30.55% and a net margin of 6.61%. The company's revenue was up 2.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.44 EPS.

Guess? announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, November 21st. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, December 6th will be paid a dividend of $0.30 per share on Friday, December 22nd. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.26%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, December 5th.
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Guess? (NYSE:GES) pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 5.26%. GES has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 45.98%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, GES will have a dividend payout ratio of 40.13% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Guess? (NYSE:GES) stock in their portfolio include LeaderShares Activist Leaders ETF (ACTV).Small Cap US Equity Select ETF (RNSC).

Guess? declared that its board has authorized a stock buyback plan on Monday, March 21st 2022, which permits the company to repurchase $175,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 12.4% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are generally an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Guess? issued an update on its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Tuesday, November, 21st. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.53-$1.60 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.68.

82 employees have rated Guess? Chief Executive Officer Carlos Alberini on Glassdoor.com. Carlos Alberini has an approval rating of 69% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Guess? investors own include Coty (COTY), CVS Health (CVS), Energy Transfer (ET), AT&T (T), Ford Motor (F), Intel (INTC), Carnival Co. & (CCL), Micron Technology (MU), American Airlines Group (AAL) and Invesco Mortgage Capital (IVR).

Guess?'s stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include LSV Asset Management (2.57%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (1.93%), Barclays PLC (1.56%), Nomura Holdings Inc. (1.32%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.21%) and Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. (1.15%). Insiders that own company stock include Anthony Chidoni, Deborah Weinswig, Gianluca Bolla, Kathryn Low Anderson and Paul Marciano.
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