Guess (GES) Is Strong On High Volume Today

Trade-Ideas LLC identified Guess (GES) as a strong on high relative volume candidate
By TheStreet Wire ,

Trade-Ideas LLC identified

Guess

(

GES

) as a strong on high relative volume candidate. In addition to specific proprietary factors, Trade-Ideas identified Guess as such a stock due to the following factors:

  • GES has an average dollar-volume (as measured by average daily share volume multiplied by share price) of $23.3 million.
  • GES has traded 365,256 shares today.
  • GES is trading at 9.98 times the normal volume for the stock at this time of day.
  • GES is trading at a new high 5.01% above yesterday's close.

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More details on GES:

Guess , Inc. designs, markets, distributes, and licenses lifestyle collections of contemporary apparel and accessories for men, women, and children that reflect the American lifestyle and European fashion sensibilities. The stock currently has a dividend yield of 4.8%. GES has a PE ratio of 17. Currently there are 2 analysts that rate Guess a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 8 rate it a hold.

The average volume for Guess has been 1.2 million shares per day over the past 30 days. Guess has a market cap of $1.6 billion and is part of the services sector and retail industry. The stock has a beta of 0.65 and a short float of 27% with 8.88 days to cover. Shares are down 14.8% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Thursday.

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TheStreetRatings.com

Analysis:

TheStreet Quant Ratings

rates Guess as a

hold

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, reasonable valuation levels and good cash flow from operations. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including feeble growth in the company's earnings per share, deteriorating net income and disappointing return on equity.

Highlights from the ratings report include:

  • GES's debt-to-equity ratio is very low at 0.01 and is currently below that of the industry average, implying that there has been very successful management of debt levels. To add to this, GES has a quick ratio of 2.10, which demonstrates the ability of the company to cover short-term liquidity needs.
  • 36.65% is the gross profit margin for GUESS INC which we consider to be strong. It has increased from the same quarter the previous year. Regardless of the strong results of the gross profit margin, the net profit margin of 3.51% trails the industry average.
  • The company, on the basis of change in net income from the same quarter one year ago, has significantly underperformed compared to the Specialty Retail industry average, but is greater than that of the S&P 500. The net income has decreased by 16.7% when compared to the same quarter one year ago, dropping from $21.95 million to $18.29 million.
  • The company's current return on equity has slightly decreased from the same quarter one year prior. This implies a minor weakness in the organization. In comparison to the other companies in the Specialty Retail industry and the overall market, GUESS INC's return on equity is significantly below that of the industry average and is below that of the S&P 500.

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