Lanvin Group (NYSE:LANV) vs. Guess? (NYSE:GES) Critical Survey

Lanvin Group (NYSE:LANV) and Guess? (NYSE:GES) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and risk.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

86.4% of Lanvin Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.7% of Guess? shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Lanvin Group 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, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

Lanvin Group has a beta of -0.24, meaning that its share price is 124% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Guess? has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Lanvin Group and Guess?, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lanvin Group	1	0	0	0	1.00
Guess?	0	4	0	0	2.00

Guess? has a consensus target price of $16.75, indicating a potential upside of 0.18%. Given Guess?’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Guess? is more favorable than Lanvin Group.

Profitability

This table compares Lanvin Group and Guess?’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lanvin Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Guess?	1.01%	16.44%	3.05%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Lanvin Group and Guess?”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lanvin Group	$355.62 million	0.79	-$178.82 million	N/A	N/A
Guess?	$3.00 billion	0.29	$60.42 million	$0.16	104.50

Guess? has higher revenue and earnings than Lanvin Group.

Summary

Guess? beats Lanvin Group on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Lanvin Group

Lanvin Group Holdings Limited operates as a couture house in the Europe, the Middle East, Africa, North America, China, and other Asian countries. It operates through five segments: Lanvin, Wolford, St. John, Sergio Rossi, and Caruso. The company offers ready-to-wear, made to measure, footwear, leather goods, costume jewelry, accessories, eyewear, and childrenswear under the Lanvin brand name; ready-to-wear, legwear, lingerie and beachwear, athleisure, and accessories under the Wolford brand; footwear under the Sergio Rossi brand name; luxury womenswear, footwear, handbags, jewelry, and leather goods under the St. John brand; and leisurewear and formalwear for men under the Caruso brand name. The company was founded in 1889 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China. Lanvin Group Holdings Limited is a subsidiary of Fosun International Limited.

About Guess?

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. It also grants licenses to design, manufacture, and distribute various products that complement its apparel lines, such as eyewear, watches, handbags, footwear, kids’ and infants’ apparel, outerwear, fragrance, jewelry, and other fashion accessories, as well as to wholesale partners to operate and sell products through licensed retail stores. The company markets its products under the GUESS, GUESS?, GUESS U.S.A., GUESS Jeans, GUESS? and Triangle Design, MARCIANO, Question Mark and Triangle Design, a stylized G and a stylized M, GUESS Kids, Baby GUESS, YES, G by GUESS, GUESS by MARCIANO, and Gc brand names. It sells its products through direct-to-consumer, wholesale, and licensing distribution channels, as well as through its retail websites. Guess?, Inc. was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.