12:40 PM EDT, 03/21/2024 (MT Newswires) -- (Updates with Thursday's stock price movement in the headline and first paragraph.)

Guess? (GES) shares were up more than 22% in recent Thursday trading following its better-than-expected Q4 performance and a special dividend payout.

Late Wednesday, the company reported fiscal Q4 adjusted earnings of $2.01 per diluted share, up from $1.74 a year earlier.

Analysts polled by Capital IQ expected $1.57.

Revenue for the quarter that ended Feb. 3 was $891.1 million, up from $817.8 million a year earlier.

Analysts surveyed by Capital IQ expected $854.6 million.

The company expects a Q1 adjusted loss of $0.41 to $0.37 per share on revenue growth of 1% to 2%. Analysts polled by Capital IQ expected a loss of $0.02 on sales of $573.1 million.

The company expects fiscal 2025 adjusted EPS of $2.56 to $3.00 on revenue growth of 11.5% to 13.5%. Analysts polled by Capital IQ expected earnings of $2.97 on sales of $2.84 billion.

The company said its board has approved a special dividend of $2.25 per share and a quarterly dividend of $0.30 per share, both payable on May 3 to shareholders of record April 17.

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