The trading price of Guess Inc. (NYSE:GES) closed higher on Monday, April 01, closing at $33.40, 6.13% higher than its previous close.
The company’s P/E ratio in the trailing 12-month period was 11.51, while its 5Y monthly beta was 1.97. In examining the 52-week price action we see that the stock hit a 52-week high of $32.52 and a 52-week low of $17.21. Over the past month, the stock has gained 31.60% in value.
Guess Inc., whose market valuation is $1.79 billion at the time of this writing, is expected to release its quarterly earnings report May 22, 2024 – May 27, 2024. The dividend yield on the company stock is 2.69%, while its Forward Dividend ratio is 0.90. Investors’ optimism about the company’s current quarter earnings report is understandable. Analysts have predicted the quarterly earnings per share to grow by -$0.39 per share this quarter, however they have predicted annual earnings per share of $2.85 for 2025 and $3.12 for 2026. It means analysts are expecting annual earnings per share growth of -9.20% this year and 9.50% next year.
Analysts have forecast the company to bring in revenue of $576.57 million for the current quarter, with the likely lows of $576 million and highs of $578 million. From the analysts’ viewpoint, the consensus estimate for the company’s annual revenue in 2025 is $3.12 billion. The company’s revenue is forecast to grow by 12.40% over what it did in 2025.
A company’s earnings reviews provide a brief indication of a stock’s direction in the short term, where in the case of Guess Inc. No upward and no downward comments were posted in the last 7 days. On the technical side, indicators suggest GES has a 100% Buy on average for the short term. According to the data of the stock’s medium term indicators, the stock is currently averaging as a 100% Buy, while an average of long term indicators suggests that the stock is currently 100% Buy.
If we dig deeper into the stock’s outlook, we see that the stock’s PEG is 2.62, which symbolizes a positive outlook. A quick review shows that GES’s price is currently 23.30% off the SMA20 and 33.68% off the SMA50. The RSI metric on the 14-day chart is currently showing 79.75, and weekly volatility stands at 3.38%. When measured over the past 30 days, the indicator reaches 2.82%. Guess Inc. (NYSE:GES)’s beta value is currently sitting at 1.99, while the Average True Range indicator is currently displaying 1.15.
To see how Guess Inc. stock has been performing in comparison to its peers in the industry, here are the numbers: GES stock’s performance was 6.13% in the latest trading, and 76.16% in the past year. Guess Inc. has a P/E ratio of 11.51.
An evaluation of the daily trading volume of Guess Inc. (NYSE:GES) indicates that the 3-month average is 1.03 million. However, this figure has increased over the past 10 days to an average of 2.47 million.
Currently, records show that 54.61 million of the company’s shares remain outstanding. The insiders hold 49.58% of outstanding shares, whereas institutions hold 67.30%. The stats also highlight that short interest as of Mar 15, 2024, stood at 7.1 million shares, resulting in a short ratio of 7.34 at that time. From this, we can conclude that short interest is 13.22% of the company’s total outstanding shares. It is noteworthy that short shares in March were down slightly from the previous month’s figure, which was 7.22 million. However, since the stock’s price has seen 44.84% year-to-date, investors’ interest is likely to be reignited due to its potential to move even higher.
