Guess? (NYSE:GES) Issues Q1 2026 Earnings Guidance

Guess? (NYSE:GES) updated its first quarter 2026 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided EPS guidance of -0.740–0.650 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of -0.230. The company issued revenue guidance of $626.3 million-$636.3 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $629.2 million. Guess? also updated its FY 2026 guidance to 1.320-1.760 EPS.

Guess? Trading Up 8.6 %

NYSE GES opened at $10.91 on Friday. 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 current ratio of 1.54, a quick ratio of 0.74 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.18. Guess? has a 12 month low of $9.24 and a 12 month high of $31.04. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $11.60 and its 200-day moving average price is $14.85.

Guess? (NYSE:GES) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 3rd. The company reported $1.48 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping 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 company had revenue of $932.25 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $916.75 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $2.01 earnings per share. Guess?’s revenue was up 4.6% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities research analysts forecast that Guess? will post 1.92 earnings per share for the current year.

Guess? Announces Dividend

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

Guess? announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase program on Tuesday, March 25th that allows the company to repurchase $200.00 million in shares. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy up to 38.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are often a sign that the company’s board believes its shares are undervalued.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

GES has been the topic of several research reports. UBS Group cut their price objective on shares of Guess? from $15.00 to $12.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, March 11th. Telsey Advisory Group reaffirmed a “market perform” rating and issued a $13.00 price objective on shares of Guess? in a research report on Friday.

Guess? Company Profile

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.