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Guess? Valuation

Q: What is the Fair Price of GES when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

GES ($16.81) is trading above our estimate of [[future cash flow value]] ($11.69)

Is GES undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

Below Future Cash Flow Value
Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value
Price-To-Earnings vs Peers
Price-To-Earnings vs Industry
Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio
Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Future Cash Flow Value

What is the Fair Price of GES when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

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Below Future Cash Flow Value: GES ($16.81) is trading above our estimate of future cash flow value ($11.69)

Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value: GES is trading above our estimate of future cash flow value.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for GES?

Key metric: As GES is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for GES. This is calculated by dividing GES's market cap by their current earnings.
What is GES's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio	11x
Earnings	US$79.63m
Market Cap	US$879.28m

GES key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue	0.8x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA	12.4x
PEG Ratio	n/a

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does GES's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for GES vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
Company	Forward PE	Estimated Growth	Market Cap
Peer Average	18.4x
LUXE LuxExperience B.V	2.1x	-101.03%	US$1.3b
SCVL Shoe Carnival	9.2x	-9.83%	US$543.9m
ZUMZ Zumiez	44.4x	53.77%	US$413.4m
CAL Caleres	17.7x	n/a	US$382.3m
GES Guess?	11x	n/a	US$879.3m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: GES is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (11x) compared to the peer average (17.8x).

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio compares a stock's price to its earnings over time. Higher ratios indicate that investors are willing to pay more for the stock.

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Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does GES's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Specialty Retail Industry?

6 Companies	Price / Earnings	Estimated Growth	Market Cap
LUXE LuxExperience B.V	2.1x	-101.03%	US$1.29b
UXIN Uxin	3x	-9.85%	US$705.10m
TLF Tandy Leather Factory	2.1x	n/a	US$19.21m
TKLF Tokyo Lifestyle	2.7x	n/a	US$12.15m

6 Companies		Estimated Growth	Market Cap

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: GES is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (11x) compared to the US Specialty Retail industry average (20.7x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is GES's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

GES PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio	11x
Fair PE Ratio	n/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate GES's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

AnalystPriceTarget

Community Contributor

US$16.75

Fair Value

0.4% overvalued

Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Insufficient data to show price forecast.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2026/01/22 06:29
End of Day Share Price	2026/01/22 00:00
Earnings	2025/11/01
Annual Earnings	2025/02/01

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

Guess?, Inc. is covered by 14 analysts. 2 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Jeff Black	Barclays
Robert Ohmes	BofA Global Research
Jeffrey Lick	B. Riley Securities, Inc.