Guess? (GES) Competitors $12.46 +0.00 (+0.03%) As of 11:22 AM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock GES vs. FL, BKE, AEO, SCVL, CAL, CTRN, GCO, ZUMZ, DBI, and PLCEShould you be buying Guess? stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Guess? include Foot Locker (FL), Buckle (BKE), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Shoe Carnival (SCVL), Caleres (CAL), Citi Trends (CTRN), Genesco (GCO), Zumiez (ZUMZ), Designer Brands (DBI), and Children's Place (PLCE). These companies are all part of the "apparel retail" industry. Guess? vs. Foot Locker Buckle American Eagle Outfitters Shoe Carnival Caleres Citi Trends Genesco Zumiez Designer Brands Children's Place Foot Locker (NYSE:FL) and Guess? (NYSE:GES) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, earnings and profitability. Is FL or GES a better dividend stock? Foot Locker pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Guess? pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.6%. Foot Locker pays out -42.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Guess? pays out -500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Guess? has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Guess? is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth. Does the media favor FL or GES? In the previous week, Guess? had 29 more articles in the media than Foot Locker. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Guess? and 1 mentions for Foot Locker. Guess?'s average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Foot Locker's score of -0.39 indicating that Guess? is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Foot Locker 0 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Guess? 7 Very Positive mention(s) 4 Positive mention(s) 6 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 1 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FL or GES? Foot Locker received 1015 more outperform votes than Guess? when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.36% of users gave Foot Locker an outperform vote while only 53.53% of users gave Guess? an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformFoot LockerOutperform Votes149368.36% Underperform Votes69131.64% Guess?Outperform Votes47853.53% Underperform Votes41546.47% Do analysts rate FL or GES? Foot Locker currently has a consensus target price of $21.44, indicating a potential downside of 11.56%. Guess? has a consensus target price of $12.50, indicating a potential downside of 0.16%. Given Guess?'s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Guess? is more favorable than Foot Locker.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Foot Locker 2 Sell rating(s) 12 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00Guess? 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00 Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of FL or GES? 61.7% of Guess? shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Foot Locker shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 33.7% of Guess? shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Which has more risk and volatility, FL or GES? Foot Locker has a beta of 1.74, meaning that its stock price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Guess? has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Is FL or GES more profitable? Guess? has a net margin of 3.19% compared to Foot Locker's net margin of -5.24%. Guess?'s return on equity of 23.29% beat Foot Locker's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Foot Locker-5.24% 2.91% 1.22% Guess? 3.19%23.29%5.05% Which has better valuation and earnings, FL or GES? Guess? has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Foot Locker. Guess? is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Foot Locker, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioFoot Locker$7.90B0.29-$330M-$3.77-6.43Guess?$3.05B0.21$198.20M-$0.24-52.17 SummaryGuess? beats Foot Locker on 14 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$651.18M$831.21M$8.01B$19.84BDividend Yield10.92%3.96%3.19%3.84%P/E Ratio10.5227.2615.3235.80Price / Sales0.210.603.7947.60Price / Cash2.8018.2816.3717.52Price / Book0.921.264.894.85Net Income$198.20M$51.87M$257.27M$1.02B7 Day Performance12.29%2.96%1.73%2.49%1 Month Performance8.96%-1.78%7.43%6.10%1 Year Performance-44.60%0.52%1.92%11.30% Guess? Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)GESGuess?3.402 of 5 stars$12.46+0.0%$12.50+0.3%-45.6%$648.27M$3.05B10.4712,500Earnings ReportDividend AnnouncementAnalyst RevisionFLFoot Locker3.4115 of 5 stars$24.060.0%$21.44-10.9%-3.2%$2.29B$7.90B-5.3349,900BKEBuckle3.4155 of 5 stars$43.84+1.2%$41.00-6.5%+20.6%$2.24B$1.23B11.138,300Dividend AnnouncementAEOAmerican Eagle Outfitters4.855 of 5 stars$10.36+2.0%$14.70+41.9%-49.9%$1.80B$5.27B8.8640,800Dividend AnnouncementSCVLShoe Carnival4.5099 of 5 stars$20.08+2.5%$51.00+154.0%-44.5%$548.83M$1.18B7.385,800CALCaleres3.6976 of 5 stars$14.29+5.3%$14.00-2.0%-56.4%$480.25M$2.68B3.189,200CTRNCiti Trends0.5516 of 5 stars$33.96+0.4%$32.50-4.3%+52.9%$281.12M$768.52M-11.065,400GCOGenesco3.5355 of 5 stars$22.74+0.3%$24.50+7.7%-10.3%$245.13M$2.33B-9.3618,000Earnings ReportAnalyst RevisionZUMZZumiez2.7402 of 5 stars$11.91+2.8%$25.00+109.9%-32.9%$233.04M$896.16M-4.639,500Earnings ReportBuyback AnnouncementAnalyst RevisionDBIDesigner Brands4.4584 of 5 stars$3.73-2.5%$4.75+27.5%-57.2%$178.71M$3.01B-124.1313,500Trending NewsEarnings ReportAnalyst ForecastPLCEChildren's Place0.6917 of 5 stars$4.65-32.2%$9.00+93.5%-57.8%$59.45M$1.39B-0.3311,900Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastHigh Trading Volume Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Foot Locker Competitors Buckle Competitors American Eagle Outfitters Competitors Shoe Carnival Competitors Caleres Competitors Citi Trends Competitors Genesco Competitors Zumiez 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 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersYour Bank Account Is No Longer SafeWhat If Washington Declared That: YOUR Money ISN'T Actually Yours? 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