Guess? (NYSE:GES) Releases FY25 Earnings Guidance

Guess? (NYSE:GES) issued an update on its FY25 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.42-2.70 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $2.79. The company issued revenue guidance of ~$3.04-3.08 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.09 billion. Guess? also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 2.420-2.700 EPS.

Guess? Stock Performance

Shares of GES stock opened at $20.51 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.85, a current ratio of 1.57 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.92. Guess? has a 52-week low of $19.58 and a 52-week high of $33.50. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $21.85 and a 200-day simple moving average of $24.48. The stock has a market cap of $1.10 billion, a PE ratio of 6.12 and a beta of 1.91.

Guess? (NYSE:GES) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 28th. The company reported $0.42 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.44 by ($0.02). The business had revenue of $732.60 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $729.96 million. Guess? had a net margin of 7.97% and a return on equity of 26.92%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 10.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.72 earnings per share. On average, equities analysts expect that Guess? will post 2.88 EPS for the current year.

Guess? Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, September 27th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, September 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.30 per share. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, September 11th. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.85%. Guess?’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 35.82%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

GES has been the topic of a number of research reports. UBS Group decreased their price objective on Guess? from $32.00 to $29.00 and set a neutral rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, May 23rd. Telsey Advisory Group lowered their price target on shares of Guess? from $26.00 to $21.00 and set a market perform rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday. Finally, StockNews.com downgraded shares of Guess? from a buy rating to a hold rating in a report on Monday, June 3rd. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Guess? presently has an average rating of Hold and an average target price of $29.00.

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.