Guess? (NYSE:GES) Stock Price Expected to Rise, Telsey Advisory Group Analyst Says

Guess? (NYSE:GES) had its price target lifted by Telsey Advisory Group from $13.00 to $16.75 in a research note released on Thursday, Marketbeat.com reports. They currently have a market perform rating on the stock.

Separately, UBS Group lifted their price target on Guess? from $12.00 to $13.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Hold rating, Based on data from MarketBeat, Guess? has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $14.88.

Guess? Price Performance

Shares of NYSE GES opened at $16.8650 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $877.32 million, a PE ratio of -70.27 and a beta of 1.24. Guess? has a fifty-two week low of $8.48 and a fifty-two week high of $21.81. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.08, a quick ratio of 0.76 and a current ratio of 1.57. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $13.01 and a 200-day moving average of $11.80.

Guess? (NYSE:GES) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, June 5th. The company reported ($0.44) earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.70) by $0.26. The company had revenue of $647.80 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $630.61 million. Guess? had a return on equity of 18.25% and a net margin of 0.47%.The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 9.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned ($0.27) earnings per share. Guess? has set its FY 2026 guidance at 1.320-1.640 EPS. Q2 2026 guidance at 0.110-0.210 EPS. Equities research analysts anticipate that Guess? will post 1.92 earnings per share for the current year.

Guess? Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, July 3rd. Investors of record on Wednesday, June 18th were paid a dividend of $0.30 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, June 18th. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 7.1%. Guess?’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently -500.00%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Guess?

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP boosted its stake in Guess? by 7.5% during the fourth quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 3,290,336 shares of the company’s stock valued at $46,261,000 after buying an additional 228,601 shares during the period. Millennium Management LLC boosted its stake in Guess? by 160.2% during the fourth quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 1,159,249 shares of the company’s stock valued at $16,299,000 after buying an additional 713,666 shares during the period. BNP Paribas Financial Markets boosted its stake in Guess? by 8.6% during the fourth quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 1,020,538 shares of the company’s stock valued at $14,349,000 after buying an additional 80,944 shares during the period. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. bought a new stake in Guess? during the second quarter worth about $11,727,000. Finally, Senvest Management LLC bought a new stake in Guess? during the second quarter worth about $8,251,000. Institutional investors own 61.74% of the company’s stock.

Guess? Company Profile

Guess?, Inc designs, markets, distributes, and licenses lifestyle collections of apparel and accessories for men, women, and children. It operates through five segments: Americas Retail, Americas Wholesale, Europe, Asia, and Licensing. The company’s clothing collection includes jeans, pants, skirts, dresses, shorts, blouses, shirts, jackets, activewear, knitwear, and intimate apparel.