Based on the aggregated intelligence of 170,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, apparel retailer Guess? (NYSE: GES ) has earned a respected four-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Guess?'s business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Guess? facts
| Headquarters (Founded) |
Los Angeles (1981) |
| Market Cap |
$4.35 billion |
| Industry |
Apparel retail |
| Trailing-12-Month Revenue |
$2.37 billion |
| Management |
CEO Paul Marciano (since 2007)
CFO Dennis Secor (since 2006)
|
| Return on Equity (Average, Past 3 Years) |
27.5% |
| Cash/Debt |
$469 million / $15.2 million |
| Dividend Yield |
1.7% |
| Competitors |
Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF )
Gap (NYSE: GPS )
Ralph Lauren (NYSE: RL )
|
Sources: Capital IQ (a division of Standard & Poor's) and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 90% of the 630 members who have rated Guess? believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include mainlinetramp and All-Star FoolSolo, who is ranked in the top 10% of our community.
Late last month, mainlinetramp touched on the big drivers of Guess?'s recent success: "European & Asian divisions show strong sales/profit."
Guess?'s remarkably strong brand and global growth prospects (especially in Europe and Asia) continue to support its four-star CAPS status. Thanks in large part to an increasing number of capital-light, brand-extending licenses, Guess?'s three-year average return on equity (27.5%) tops that of rivals Abercrombie (13%), Gap (23%), and Ralph Lauren (17.4%), as well as other apparel retail plays like American Eagle (NYSE: AEO ) (13.6%) and Limited Brands (NYSE: LTD ) (11.9%).
CAPS All-Star FoolSolo expands on the stock as a particularly stylish selection:
I hate that my wife and daughter willfully pay a premium for GUESS? branded products, from stylish shirts, to shoes, sunglasses, wallets, etc. I mean, why is GUESS? so much more than say ... good old [Gap]? Well, if you can't beat them ... get a piece of their pie by investing in their stock. ...
I like the prospects, and I believe the risk/reward ratio is positive. On the value scale, I think [Guess?] is slightly undervalued, but the more impressive aspect of [Guess?] is their growth story.
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