Guess Inc.’s Third-quarter Earnings Present Slight Enhance Over Final Yr

Guess Inc. confirmed modest enchancment in gross sales and earnings in its third-quarter monetary outcomes reported on Tuesday. However the Los Angeles-based way of life clothes firm scaled again on its fiscal 2024 outlook.

Internet revenues for the interval ending Oct. 28 have been $651.2 million, up 1 % in fixed foreign money from the year-ago interval once they got here in at $633.4 million. The corporate’s internet earnings have been $55.7 million, up 155 perent from final 12 months’s third quarter. This was helped by a $31.2 million discrete tax adjustment associated primarily to the consolidation of sure enterprise capabilities into Switzerland.

“Total, a powerful licensing enterprise mixed with a disciplined method to value administration offset softness in a few of our direct-to-consumer companies and drove earnings from operations for the corporate that have been flat to final 12 months’s efficiency,” stated Carlos Alberini, Guess’ chief govt officer since 2019.

European revenues continued to be sturdy. Revenues elevated 5 % in fixed foreign money, and same-store gross sales, together with e-commerce, have been up a wholesome 7 % over the identical interval final 12 months. European wholesale revenues have been strong however offset by a decline in client visitors.

As had been true up to now, gross sales within the Americas continued to be weak, on account of gradual buyer visitors, exhibiting an 8 % income decline within the third quarter over final 12 months. Identical-store gross sales, together with e-commerce, have been off by 5 %. “We noticed contractions on males’s and girls’s attire and equipment,” the CEO stated.

One vivid spot in total revenues this quarter was licensing revenues, which climbed 19 % over final 12 months’s third quarter. Greatest-performing licensing classes, Alberini stated, have been fragrances, purses, watches, eyewear and footwear.

The corporate’s revenues in Asia remained flat in fixed foreign money though sturdy performers have been males’s and girls’s sweaters, skirts and shorts, helped by a hotter quarter in Asia.

Alberini stated revenues benefited from the corporate’s advert marketing campaign using Georgina Rodriguez, and Guess was already taking pictures subsequent 12 months’s promoting and advertising and marketing marketing campaign along with her because the principal mannequin. For the vacations, Guess signed up Matteo Bocelli, son of Italian singer Andrea Bocelli, because the lead mannequin for its marketing campaign. “For the vacation, we really feel the shopper can be searching for worth and can be delicate to this,” Alberini stated.

For the primary 9 months of fiscal 2024, internet income got here in at $1.89 billion, up 1 % from $1.87 billion seen the earlier 12 months. Internet earnings have been up 54 % to $82.9 million.

Nonetheless, Guess’ full-year steering for fiscal 2024 was downsized. As an alternative of a 2.5 to 4 % progress in internet revenues, the corporate now expects to see a 1.8 to 2.4 %.

Guess was based in 1981 by 4 Marciano brothers. The model launched in Bloomingdale’s with the 3-Zip Marilyn denims, a slim-fitting silhouette impressed by Marilyn Monroe.

Guess has turned itself into a worldwide firm, which final 12 months had whole revenues of $2.7 billion.