Telsey Advisory Group Lowers Guess? (NYSE:GES) Price Target to $18.00

Guess? (NYSE:GES) had its price target reduced by Telsey Advisory Group from $21.00 to $18.00 in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, Marketbeat.com reports. They currently have a market perform rating on the stock. Telsey Advisory Group also issued estimates for Guess?’s Q2 2026 earnings at $0.42 EPS.

Separately, UBS Group reduced their price objective on Guess? from $24.00 to $22.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, August 30th. 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 data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $25.00.

Guess? Stock Performance

Shares of GES stock opened at $16.46 on Wednesday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.76, a current ratio of 1.54 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.28. The business has a 50 day moving average of $18.14 and a two-hundred day moving average of $20.64. Guess? has a 52 week low of $15.24 and a 52 week high of $33.50. The company has a market cap of $846.37 million, a P/E ratio of 13.83 and a beta of 1.94.

Guess? (NYSE:GES) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, November 26th. The company reported $0.34 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.37 by ($0.03). Guess? had a net margin of 3.19% and a return on equity of 23.68%. The company had revenue of $738.52 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $747.36 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.49 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 13.4% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, analysts anticipate that Guess? will post 1.93 EPS for the current year.

Guess? Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 27th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, December 11th will be given a dividend of $0.30 per share. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, December 11th. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 7.29%. Guess?’s dividend payout ratio is presently 100.84%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Guess?

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in GES. Sanctuary Advisors LLC raised its holdings in Guess? by 8,708.5% during the third quarter. Sanctuary Advisors LLC now owns 691,030 shares of the company’s stock worth $13,910,000 after purchasing an additional 683,185 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in Guess? by 6.8% during the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 311,496 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,274,000 after purchasing an additional 19,750 shares in the last quarter. Quarry LP raised its holdings in Guess? by 216.9% during the third quarter. Quarry LP now owns 3,359 shares of the company’s stock worth $68,000 after purchasing an additional 2,299 shares in the last quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets raised its holdings in Guess? by 2.2% during the third quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 939,594 shares of the company’s stock worth $18,914,000 after purchasing an additional 20,054 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Quantbot Technologies LP raised its holdings in Guess? by 4.0% during the third quarter. Quantbot Technologies LP now owns 112,139 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,257,000 after purchasing an additional 4,284 shares in the last quarter. 61.74% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.