Guess? (NYSE:GES) Issues FY26 Earnings Guidance

Guess? (NYSE:GES) updated its FY26 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.32-1.76 for the period, compared to the consensus 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.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

GES has been the subject of several analyst reports. Telsey Advisory Group reissued a “market perform” rating and set a $13.00 price target on shares of Guess? in a research report on Friday. 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 report on Tuesday, March 11th.

Guess? Trading Up 8.6 %

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

Guess? (NYSE:GES) last released 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. Guess? had a return on equity of 23.29% and a net margin of 3.19%. The firm had revenue of $932.25 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $916.75 million. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $2.01 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 4.6% on a year-over-year basis. On average, research analysts anticipate that Guess? will post 1.92 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Guess? Announces Dividend

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

Guess? announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase plan on Tuesday, March 25th that allows the company to buyback $200.00 million in shares. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase up to 38.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are generally an indication that the company’s management believes its stock is 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.