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Genesco (GCO) Competitors

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$35.88 +0.35 (+0.99%)
(As of 12:54 PM ET)

GCO vs. CAL, SCVL, GES, ZUMZ, DBI, PLCE, CTRN, TLYS, CATO, and EXPR

Should you be buying Genesco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Genesco include Caleres (CAL), Shoe Carnival (SCVL), Guess? (GES), Zumiez (ZUMZ), Designer Brands (DBI), Children's Place (PLCE), Citi Trends (CTRN), Tilly's (TLYS), Cato (CATO), and Express (EXPR). These companies are all part of the "apparel retail" industry.

Genesco vs.

Genesco (NYSE:GCO) and Caleres (NYSE:CAL) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk.

Caleres has higher revenue and earnings than Genesco. Genesco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Caleres, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Genesco$2.32B0.17-$16.83M-$0.07-508.78
Caleres$2.80B0.41$171.39M$4.627.00

Genesco presently has a consensus target price of $31.00, indicating a potential downside of 12.97%. Caleres has a consensus target price of $32.50, indicating a potential upside of 0.46%. Given Caleres' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Caleres is more favorable than Genesco.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Genesco
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Caleres
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Genesco has a beta of 2.41, suggesting that its share price is 141% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Caleres has a beta of 1.93, suggesting that its share price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Caleres has a net margin of 5.84% compared to Genesco's net margin of -0.03%. Caleres' return on equity of 24.63% beat Genesco's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Genesco-0.03% 0.49% 0.19%
Caleres 5.84%24.63%7.47%

94.5% of Genesco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.4% of Caleres shares are held by institutional investors. 7.1% of Genesco shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Caleres shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Caleres had 3 more articles in the media than Genesco. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Caleres and 6 mentions for Genesco. Genesco's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Caleres' score of -0.07 indicating that Genesco is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Genesco
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Caleres
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Genesco received 48 more outperform votes than Caleres when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.42% of users gave Caleres an outperform vote while only 57.09% of users gave Genesco an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
GenescoOutperform Votes
455
57.09%
Underperform Votes
342
42.91%
CaleresOutperform Votes
407
62.42%
Underperform Votes
245
37.58%

Summary

Caleres beats Genesco on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GCO vs. The Competition

MetricGenescoShoe stores IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$399.66M$1.70B$23.83B$20.36B
Dividend YieldN/A2.82%168.57%3.45%
P/E Ratio-508.7820.31119.9144.58
Price / Sales0.170.816.6820.33
Price / Cash4.588.7921.7522.41
Price / Book0.721.667.264.76
Net Income-$16.83M-$19.48M$672.40M$984.70M
7 Day Performance8.04%7.43%2.09%0.64%
1 Month Performance42.94%15.51%5.64%6.66%
1 Year Performance13.58%14.07%19.35%24.58%

Genesco Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GCO
Genesco
3.6834 of 5 stars
$35.88
+1.0%
$31.00
-13.6%
+13.6%$402.65M$2.30B-512.5018,000Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
CAL
Caleres
3.6936 of 5 stars
$32.64
+5.1%
$32.50
-0.4%
+3.7%$1.15B$2.80B6.759,200Upcoming Earnings
SCVL
Shoe Carnival
4.1301 of 5 stars
$35.38
+4.8%
$42.00
+18.7%
+41.5%$961.28M$1.18B12.755,300Analyst Upgrade
GES
Guess?
4.1163 of 5 stars
$17.18
+4.4%
$25.00
+45.5%
-24.2%$883.43M$2.95B13.8312,000Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
ZUMZ
Zumiez
2.1752 of 5 stars
$23.23
+5.3%
$22.00
-5.3%
+10.5%$444.62M$875.49M-8.098,900Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
DBI
Designer Brands
4.7576 of 5 stars
$5.31
+7.1%
$7.83
+47.5%
-55.5%$294.71M$3.07B-50.0014,000
PLCE
Children's Place
0.463 of 5 stars
$15.78
-0.9%
$11.00
-30.3%
-30.9%$200.69M$1.52B-1.308,390Positive News
Gap Down
CTRN
Citi Trends
0.7976 of 5 stars
$19.92
-0.2%
$23.00
+15.5%
-12.3%$171.71M$747.94M-7.384,800News Coverage
Gap Up
TLYS
Tilly's
2.2074 of 5 stars
$4.72
+5.6%
$6.00
+27.1%
-42.6%$142.31M$623.08M-3.266,048Upcoming Earnings
CATO
Cato
2.1825 of 5 stars
$3.33
+4.4%
N/A-55.5%$68.50M$708.06M-2.367,300Short Interest ↓
High Trading Volume
EXPR
Express
N/A$0.01
flat
N/A-99.9%$19,000.00$1.79B0.0210,000Gap Up

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This page (NYSE:GCO) was last updated on 12/3/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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