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GES vs. CROX, GIII, LULU, PVH, BKE, FL, AEO, SCVL, CAL, and CTRN

Should you be buying Guess? stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Guess? include Crocs (CROX), G-III Apparel Group (GIII), lululemon athletica (LULU), PVH (PVH), Buckle (BKE), Foot Locker (FL), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Shoe Carnival (SCVL), Caleres (CAL), and Citi Trends (CTRN).

Guess? vs. Its Competitors

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

In the previous week, Crocs had 10 more articles in the media than Guess?. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Crocs and 3 mentions for Guess?. Guess?'s average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Crocs' score of 0.50 indicating that Guess? is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Crocs
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Guess?
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Crocs currently has a consensus price target of $135.13, indicating a potential upside of 30.25%. Guess? has a consensus price target of $12.50, indicating a potential downside of 2.82%. Given Crocs' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Crocs is more favorable than Guess?.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Crocs
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.73
Guess?
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Crocs$4.10B1.42$950.07M$16.326.36
Guess?$3.05B0.22$60.42M-$0.24-53.60

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
Crocs23.35% 43.07% 16.02%
Guess? 0.47%18.25%3.43%

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

93.4% of Crocs shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.7% of Guess? shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Crocs shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 33.7% of Guess? shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Crocs beats Guess? on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding GES and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

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.
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GES vs. The Competition

MetricGuess?TEXTILE IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$667.38M$12.30B$8.23B$20.62B
Dividend Yield9.08%3.03%3.14%3.72%
P/E Ratio-53.5913.9321.3327.81
Price / Sales0.221.054.0340.78
Price / Cash3.7212.7316.7422.32
Price / Book1.214.284.654.57
Net Income$60.42M$600.99M$214.95M$989.30M
7 Day Performance-1.81%0.32%36.31%0.20%
1 Month Performance12.39%6.60%45.20%5.53%
1 Year Performance-43.63%0.47%16.07%10.30%

Guess? Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GES
Guess?
2.3176 of 5 stars
$12.86
-2.7%
$12.50
-2.8%
-43.7%$667.38M$3.05B-53.5913,000
CROX
Crocs
3.5487 of 5 stars
$106.35
-0.9%
$135.13
+27.1%
-25.5%$5.96B$4.10B6.527,910
GIII
G-III Apparel Group
2.7878 of 5 stars
$23.54
+1.3%
$27.80
+18.1%
-8.1%$1.02B$3.18B5.454,600Positive News
LULU
lululemon athletica
4.8476 of 5 stars
$237.51
-4.1%
$338.73
+42.6%
-18.7%$28.46B$10.75B16.0939,000
PVH
PVH
4.9039 of 5 stars
$73.02
+0.8%
$98.27
+34.6%
-31.5%$3.51B$8.68B10.3028,000Analyst Forecast
BKE
Buckle
2.9658 of 5 stars
$46.92
-1.6%
$41.00
-12.6%
+21.1%$2.40B$1.22B12.068,000News Coverage
FL
Foot Locker
3.7489 of 5 stars
$24.75
+0.1%
$21.20
-14.3%
+1.3%$2.36B$7.99B-6.5647,306
AEO
American Eagle Outfitters
4.5535 of 5 stars
$9.90
-3.7%
$14.70
+48.5%
-53.1%$1.72B$5.33B10.1044,000
SCVL
Shoe Carnival
4.6773 of 5 stars
$20.77
-2.7%
$51.00
+145.5%
-45.5%$567.85M$1.20B8.695,500Positive News
CAL
Caleres
3.4552 of 5 stars
$13.27
-5.4%
$14.00
+5.5%
-55.5%$448.53M$2.72B5.539,400
CTRN
Citi Trends
0.5945 of 5 stars
$32.16
-2.4%
$32.50
+1.1%
+61.8%$266.61M$753.08M-6.894,600News Coverage

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This page (NYSE:GES) was last updated on 7/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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