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Reminder - GUESS ?, Inc. (GES) Goes Ex-Dividend 9/2/11

By Dividend Channel Staff, Wednesday, August 31, 9:56 AM ET
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On 9/2/11, GUESS ?, Inc. (NYSE:GES) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.20, payable on 9/23/11. As a percentage of GES's recent stock price of $35.02, this dividend works out to approximately 0.57%.

Below is a dividend history chart for GES, showing historical dividends prior to the most recent $0.20 declared by GUESS ?, Inc.:

GES Dividend History
Date Div*
06/06/11 0.200
03/28/11 0.200
12/06/10 2.200
09/03/10 0.160
06/07/10 0.160
03/29/10 0.160
12/14/09 0.125
09/04/09 0.125
06/15/09 0.100
03/30/09 0.100
12/15/08 0.100
09/15/08 0.100
06/16/08 0.080
12/17/07 0.080
09/17/07 0.080
06/18/07 0.060
02/22/07 0.060
* Data may be adjusted for splits; we are not responsible for data errors; always verify data with the company.

In general, dividends are not always predictable; but looking at the history above can help in judging whether the most recent dividend from GES is likely to continue, and whether the current estimated yield of 2.28% on annualized basis is a reasonable expectation of annual yield going forward.

According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, GES makes up 1.30% of the SPDR S&P Retail ETF (AMEX:XRT) which is trading higher by about 1.6% on the day Wednesday.

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GES operates in the Apparel Stores sector, among companies like New York & Company Inc (NYSE:NWY) which is down about 0.5% today, and Body Central Corp. (NASDAQ:BODY) trading up by about 1.5%. Below is a three month price history chart comparing the stock performance of GES, versus NWY and BODY.

GES,NWY,BODY Relative Performance Chart

In Wednesday trading, GUESS ?, Inc. shares are currently up about 0.9% on the day.


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