Guess? (GES) Competitors $11.07 -0.34 (-3.00%) Closing price 05/21/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$11.24 +0.18 (+1.60%) As of 05/21/2025 07:38 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock GES vs. AEO, BKE, FL, CAL, SCVL, GCO, ZUMZ, CTRN, DBI, and PLCEShould you be buying Guess? stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Guess? include American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Buckle (BKE), Foot Locker (FL), Caleres (CAL), Shoe Carnival (SCVL), Genesco (GCO), Zumiez (ZUMZ), Citi Trends (CTRN), Designer Brands (DBI), and Children's Place (PLCE). These companies are all part of the "apparel retail" industry. Guess? vs. American Eagle Outfitters Buckle Foot Locker Caleres Shoe Carnival Genesco Zumiez Citi Trends Designer Brands Children's Place Guess? (NYSE:GES) and American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation. Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in GES or AEO? 61.7% of Guess? shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.3% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are owned by institutional investors. 30.3% of Guess? shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. Which has more risk and volatility, GES or AEO? Guess? has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Eagle Outfitters has a beta of 1.56, indicating that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Do analysts recommend GES or AEO? Guess? currently has a consensus target price of $12.50, indicating a potential upside of 12.94%. American Eagle Outfitters has a consensus target price of $14.80, indicating a potential upside of 38.51%. Given American Eagle Outfitters' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe American Eagle Outfitters is more favorable than Guess?.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Guess? 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00American Eagle Outfitters 1 Sell rating(s) 9 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00 Does the media prefer GES or AEO? In the previous week, American Eagle Outfitters had 18 more articles in the media than Guess?. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for American Eagle Outfitters and 3 mentions for Guess?. Guess?'s average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat American Eagle Outfitters' score of -0.04 indicating that Guess? is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Guess? 3 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive American Eagle Outfitters 7 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 4 Neutral mention(s) 2 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Which has higher valuation & earnings, GES or AEO? Guess? has higher earnings, but lower revenue than American Eagle Outfitters. American Eagle Outfitters is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Guess?, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioGuess?$3.00B0.19$198.20M$0.6417.29American Eagle Outfitters$5.33B0.35$170.04M$1.686.36 Is GES or AEO more profitable? American Eagle Outfitters has a net margin of 4.28% compared to Guess?'s net margin of 3.19%. Guess?'s return on equity of 23.29% beat American Eagle Outfitters' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Guess?3.19% 23.29% 5.05% American Eagle Outfitters 4.28%20.75%9.99% Does the MarketBeat Community favor GES or AEO? American Eagle Outfitters received 674 more outperform votes than Guess? when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.12% of users gave American Eagle Outfitters an outperform vote while only 53.65% of users gave Guess? an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformGuess?Outperform Votes47853.65% Underperform Votes41346.35% American Eagle OutfittersOutperform Votes115263.12% Underperform Votes67336.88% Is GES or AEO a better dividend stock? Guess? pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.8%. American Eagle Outfitters pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Guess? pays out 187.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. American Eagle Outfitters pays out 29.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Guess? has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and American Eagle Outfitters has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Guess? is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth. SummaryAmerican Eagle Outfitters beats Guess? on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Guess? News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for GES and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart GES vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricGuess?Womens', misses', childrens', & infants' undergarments IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$573.74M$824.58M$7.91B$19.41BDividend Yield9.97%3.91%3.24%3.83%P/E Ratio9.3027.3715.0934.23Price / Sales0.190.617.7734.85Price / Cash2.8018.2816.3717.51Price / Book0.811.244.734.69Net Income$198.20M$51.87M$257.85M$1.02B7 Day Performance-8.15%-2.04%-1.06%-1.74%1 Month Performance10.29%-0.70%7.59%7.46%1 Year Performance-55.33%1.99%-3.47%3.96% Guess? Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)GESGuess?3.714 of 5 stars$11.07-3.0%$12.50+12.9%-56.4%$573.74M$3.00B9.3012,500Positive NewsUpcoming EarningsAEOAmerican Eagle Outfitters4.8516 of 5 stars$12.10+8.6%$15.30+26.5%-54.7%$2.09B$5.33B10.3440,800Upcoming EarningsGap DownBKEBuckle3.098 of 5 stars$39.26+6.4%$41.00+4.4%+6.7%$2.01B$1.22B9.968,300Upcoming EarningsFLFoot Locker3.503 of 5 stars$13.33+11.0%$20.63+54.7%+4.3%$1.27B$7.99B-2.9649,900Upcoming EarningsOptions VolumeCALCaleres3.6143 of 5 stars$17.46+15.9%$16.00-8.4%-55.5%$586.87M$2.72B3.899,200Positive NewsGap DownHigh Trading VolumeSCVLShoe Carnival4.5864 of 5 stars$19.58+8.9%$51.00+160.5%-43.6%$532.09M$1.20B7.205,800Positive NewsGCOGenesco3.9923 of 5 stars$23.87+13.0%N/A-22.3%$263.48M$2.33B-9.8218,000Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastGap UpZUMZZumiez2.787 of 5 stars$13.31+10.5%$22.00+65.3%-34.2%$260.44M$889.20M-5.189,500News CoveragePositive NewsGap UpCTRNCiti Trends1.4753 of 5 stars$23.95+4.4%$33.33+39.2%+13.6%$198.26M$753.08M-7.805,400News CoveragePositive NewsGap UpDBIDesigner Brands4.6248 of 5 stars$3.79+14.7%$4.75+25.5%-66.5%$181.59M$3.01B-126.1213,500Dividend AnnouncementGap UpPLCEChildren's Place0.5575 of 5 stars$6.75+18.2%$9.00+33.3%-48.6%$86.30M$1.39B-0.4811,900Gap Down Related Companies and Tools Related Companies American Eagle Outfitters Competitors Buckle Competitors Foot Locker Competitors Caleres Competitors Shoe Carnival Competitors Genesco Competitors Zumiez Competitors Citi Trends Competitors Designer Brands Competitors Children's Place Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:GES) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersJuly 2025 Rule Change to Impact Retirement InvestorsThere's a massive change from a new rule going into effect this July. 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