Tilly's (TLYS) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in GCO or TLYS?

94.5% of Genesco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.4% of Tilly's shares are held by institutional investors. 7.1% of Genesco shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 27.1% of Tilly's shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend GCO or TLYS?

Genesco currently has a consensus price target of $31.00, indicating a potential downside of 17.38%. Tilly's has a consensus price target of $5.50, indicating a potential upside of 49.82%. Given Tilly's' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Tilly's 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
Tilly's	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media favor GCO or TLYS?

In the previous week, Tilly's had 1 more articles in the media than Genesco. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Tilly's and 1 mentions for Genesco. Genesco's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Tilly's' score of 0.18 indicating that Genesco is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Genesco	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Tilly's	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GCO or TLYS?

Tilly's received 10 more outperform votes than Genesco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.99% of users gave Tilly's an outperform vote while only 57.14% of users gave Genesco an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Genesco	Outperform Votes 456 57.14%	Underperform Votes 342 42.86%
Tilly's	Outperform Votes 466 60.99%	Underperform Votes 298 39.01%

Which has more risk and volatility, GCO or TLYS?

Genesco has a beta of 2.35, meaning that its share price is 135% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tilly's has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, GCO or TLYS?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Genesco	$2.32B	0.18	-$16.83M	-$2.43	-15.44
Tilly's	$623.08M	0.18	-$34.49M	-$1.77	-2.07

Is GCO or TLYS more profitable?

Genesco has a net margin of -1.13% compared to Tilly's' net margin of -8.92%. Genesco's return on equity of 0.56% beat Tilly's' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Genesco	-1.13%	0.56%	0.22%
Tilly's	-8.92%	-25.44%	-7.86%

Summary

Genesco beats Tilly's on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.