Guess? (NYSE:GES) Releases FY26 Earnings Guidance

Guess? (NYSE:GES) issued an update on its FY26 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.32-1.76 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $2.02. The company issued revenue guidance of $3.12-3.19 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.04 billion. Guess? also updated its FY 2026 guidance to 1.320-1.760 EPS.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

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

Guess? Trading Up 8.6 %

Shares of NYSE:GES opened at $10.91 on Friday. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $11.60 and its 200-day moving average price is $14.85. Guess? has a 1 year low of $9.24 and a 1 year high of $31.04. The firm has a market capitalization of $561.14 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.16 and a beta of 1.43. 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? (NYSE:GES) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, April 3rd. The company reported $1.48 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.41 by $0.07. The business had revenue of $932.25 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $916.75 million. Guess? had a net margin of 3.19% and a return on equity of 23.29%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 4.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $2.01 earnings per share. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Guess? will post 1.92 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Guess? Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 2nd. Stockholders 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 dividend yield of 11.00%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, April 16th. Guess?’s dividend payout ratio is presently 100.84%.

Guess? declared that its board has approved a stock buyback plan on Tuesday, March 25th that permits the company to repurchase $200.00 million in shares. This repurchase authorization permits the company to purchase up to 38.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are generally an indication that the company’s board 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.