Guess? (NYSE:GES) Releases FY 2026 Earnings Guidance

Guess? (NYSE:GES) issued an update on its FY 2026 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 1.320-1.760 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 2.020. The company issued revenue guidance of $3.1 billion-$3.2 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.0 billion. Guess? also updated its FY26 guidance to $1.32-1.76 EPS.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts recently weighed in on GES shares. Telsey Advisory Group reissued a “market perform” rating and set a $13.00 price objective on shares of Guess? in a report on Friday. UBS Group decreased their price target on shares of Guess? from $15.00 to $12.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, March 11th.

Guess? Trading Up 8.6 %

Shares of GES stock opened at $10.91 on Friday. The business has a 50-day moving average of $11.60 and a 200 day moving average of $14.85. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.18, a current ratio of 1.54 and a quick ratio of 0.74. Guess? has a 1-year low of $9.24 and a 1-year high of $31.04. The stock has a market capitalization of $561.14 million, a PE ratio of 9.16 and a beta of 1.43.

Guess? (NYSE:GES) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 3rd. The company reported $1.48 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.41 by $0.07. Guess? had a net margin of 3.19% and a return on equity of 23.29%. The business had revenue of $932.25 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $916.75 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $2.01 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 4.6% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Guess? will post 1.92 earnings per share for the current year.

Guess? Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 2nd. Investors of record on Wednesday, April 16th will be paid a $0.30 dividend. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 11.00%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, April 16th. Guess?’s payout ratio is 100.84%.

Guess? declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback plan on Tuesday, March 25th that authorizes the company to buyback $200.00 million in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase up to 38.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are generally an indication that the company’s management believes its shares are undervalued.

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.