Guess?, Inc. $GES Shares Sold by American Century Companies Inc.

American Century Companies Inc. trimmed its position in Guess?, Inc. (NYSE:GES) by 9.1% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 1,139,373 shares of the company’s stock after selling 113,779 shares during the period. American Century Companies Inc. owned about 2.20% of Guess? worth $12,613,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP boosted its holdings in Guess? by 7.5% in the 4th quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 3,290,336 shares of the company’s stock worth $46,261,000 after buying an additional 228,601 shares during the last quarter. Millennium Management LLC boosted its holdings in Guess? by 160.2% in the 4th quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 1,159,249 shares of the company’s stock worth $16,299,000 after buying an additional 713,666 shares during the last quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets boosted its holdings in Guess? by 8.6% in the 4th quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 1,020,538 shares of the company’s stock worth $14,349,000 after buying an additional 80,944 shares during the last quarter. Allianz Asset Management GmbH boosted its holdings in Guess? by 38.4% in the 1st quarter. Allianz Asset Management GmbH now owns 644,308 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,132,000 after buying an additional 178,848 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Invesco Ltd. boosted its holdings in Guess? by 10.5% in the 1st quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 596,459 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,603,000 after buying an additional 56,479 shares during the last quarter. 61.74% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research analysts have recently weighed in on GES shares. Telsey Advisory Group boosted their target price on Guess? from $13.00 to $16.75 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a report on Thursday, August 21st. UBS Group boosted their target price on Guess? from $12.00 to $13.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, August 19th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Hold rating, According to data from MarketBeat, Guess? has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $14.88.

Guess? Trading Down 0.2%

Shares of Guess? stock opened at $16.81 on Tuesday. Guess?, Inc. has a 1-year low of $8.48 and a 1-year high of $21.81. The stock has a market cap of $874.41 million, a P/E ratio of -70.04 and a beta of 1.24. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $13.21 and its 200-day simple moving average is $11.86. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.08, a current ratio of 1.57 and a quick ratio of 0.76.

Guess? (NYSE:GES) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, June 5th. The company reported ($0.44) EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.70) by $0.26. Guess? had a return on equity of 18.25% and a net margin of 0.47%.The firm had revenue of $647.80 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $630.61 million. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted ($0.27) earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 9.4% on a year-over-year basis. Guess? has set its FY 2026 guidance at 1.320-1.640 EPS. Q2 2026 guidance at 0.110-0.210 EPS. Analysts predict that Guess?, Inc. will post 1.92 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Guess? Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, July 3rd. Investors of record on Wednesday, June 18th were issued a $0.30 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, June 18th. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 7.1%. Guess?’s dividend payout ratio is currently -500.00%.

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.