Guess? (GES) Competitors

Guess? (NYSE:GES) and Crocs (NASDAQ:CROX) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Do analysts prefer GES or CROX?

Guess? presently has a consensus price target of $12.50, indicating a potential downside of 1.65%. Crocs has a consensus price target of $135.13, indicating a potential upside of 28.48%. Given Crocs' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Crocs 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)	2.00
Crocs	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73

Which has more risk and volatility, GES or CROX?

Guess? has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crocs has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to GES or CROX?

In the previous week, Crocs had 11 more articles in the media than Guess?. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Crocs and 0 mentions for Guess?. Crocs' average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Guess?'s score of 0.30 indicating that Crocs is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Guess?	Neutral
Crocs	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in GES or CROX?

61.7% of Guess? shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.4% of Crocs shares are owned by institutional investors. 33.7% of Guess? shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Crocs shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is GES or CROX more profitable?

Crocs has a net margin of 23.35% compared to Guess?'s net margin of 0.47%. Crocs' return on equity of 43.07% beat Guess?'s return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Guess?	0.47%	18.25%	3.43%
Crocs	23.35%	43.07%	16.02%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, GES or CROX?

Crocs has higher revenue and earnings than Guess?. Guess? is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Crocs, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Guess?	$3.00B	0.22	$60.42M	-$0.24	-52.96
Crocs	$4.10B	1.44	$950.07M	$16.32	6.44

Summary

Crocs beats Guess? on 15 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.