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GENESCO INC
GCO
$379M
Mkt Cap
$35.69
+2.23%
GENESCO INC (GCO) has a 5-year average return on invested capital (ROIC) of 10.7%. This indicates solid capital allocation.
GENESCO INC (GCO) has a market capitalization of $379M. It is classified as a small-cap stock.
GENESCO INC (GCO) does not currently pay a regular dividend. However, the company returns capital to shareholders through share buybacks, with a buyback yield of 3.32%.
GENESCO INC (GCO) operates in the Retail-Shoe Stores industry, within the Consumer Cyclical sector.
GENESCO INC (GCO) reported annual revenue of $2.4 billion in its most recent fiscal year, based on SEC EDGAR filings.
GENESCO INC (GCO) has a net profit margin of 0.5%. This is a modest margin.
GENESCO INC (GCO) generated $84 million in free cash flow in its most recent fiscal year. Positive free cash flow supports dividends, buybacks, and debt reduction.
Genesco Inc., incorporated in 1934 in the State of Tennessee, is a leading retailer and wholesaler of branded footwear, apparel and accessories with net sales for Fiscal 2025 of $2.3 billion. During Fiscal 2025, we operated four reportable business segments (not including corporate): (i) Journeys Group, comprised of the Journeys®, Journeys Kidz® and Little Burgundy® retail footwear chains and e-commerce operations; (ii) Schuh Group, comprised of the Schuh retail footwear chain and e-commerce operations; (iii) Johnston & Murphy Group, comprised of Johnston & Murphy® retail operations, e-commerce operations and wholesale distribution of products under the Johnston & Murphy® brand; and (iv) Genesco Brands Group, comprised of the licensed Dockers®, Levi's®, and G.H. Bass® brands, as well as other brands we license for footwear. We also source, design, market and distribute footwear under our Johnston & Murphy brand and the licensed Levi's, Dockers and G.H.
| Metric | TTM | FY2026 | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 2.4B | 2.4B | 2.3B | 2.3B | 2.4B | 2.4B |
| Net Income | 13M | 13M | -19M | -17M | 72M | 115M |
| EPS | $1.25 | $1.25 | $-1.74 | $-1.50 | $5.66 | $7.92 |
| Free Cash Flow | 84M | 84M | 47M | 34M | -225M | 186M |
| ROIC | 3.9% | 3.5% | 1.5% | -2.7% | 16.6% | 34.3% |
| Gross Margin | 46.3% | 46.3% | 47.2% | 47.3% | 47.6% | 48.8% |
| Debt/Equity | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.03 |
| Dividends/Share | $0.00 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Operating Income | 17M | 17M | 14M | -13M | 93M | 156M |
| Operating Margin | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.6% | -0.6% | 3.9% | 6.4% |
| ROE | 2.3% | 2.4% | -3.4% | -2.9% | 11.9% | 19.6% |
| Shares Outstanding | 11M | 11M | 11M | 11M | 13M | 15M |
| Metric | |||||||||||||
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| Income Statement | |||||||||||||
| Revenue | N/A | N/A | 2.0B | 2.1B | 2.2B | 2.2B | 1.8B | 2.4B | 2.4B | 2.3B | 2.3B | 2.4B | 2.4B |
| Gross Margin | N/A | N/A | 70.1% | 47.5% | 47.8% | 48.4% | 45.0% | 48.8% | 47.6% | 47.3% | 47.2% | 46.3% | 46.3% |
| R&D | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| SG&A | 1.2B | 1.3B | 876M | 929M | 962M | 966M | 814M | 1.0B | 1.0B | 1.1B | 1.1B | 1.1B | 1.1B |
| EBIT | 167M | 151M | 108M | 74M | 82M | 83M | -107M | 156M | 93M | -13M | 14M | 17M | 17M |
| Op. Margin | N/A | N/A | 5.3% | 3.5% | 3.7% | 3.8% | -6.0% | 6.4% | 3.9% | -0.6% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.7% |
| Net Income | 98M | 95M | 73M | -112M | 51M | 61M | -56M | 115M | 72M | -17M | -19M | 13M | 13M |
| Net Margin | N/A | N/A | 3.6% | -5.3% | 2.3% | 2.8% | -3.2% | 4.7% | 3.0% | -0.7% | -0.8% | 0.5% | 0.5% |
| Non-Recurring | 1.9M | 4.7M | 15M | 182M | -126M | 600K | 79M | 0 | 0 | 28M | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Returns on Capital | |||||||||||||
| ROIC | 11.5% | 9.9% | 6.9% | 4.9% | 7.1% | 10.6% | -9.1% | 34.3% | 16.6% | -2.7% | 1.5% | 3.5% | 3.9% |
| ROE | 10.2% | 9.8% | 7.8% | -12.8% | 6.5% | 9.0% | -9.5% | 19.6% | 11.9% | -2.9% | -3.4% | 2.4% | 2.3% |
| ROA | 6.5% | 6.1% | 4.9% | -8.1% | 4.1% | 4.3% | -3.5% | 7.3% | 4.8% | -1.2% | -1.4% | 1.0% | 1.0% |
| Cash Flow | |||||||||||||
| Op. Cash Flow | 190M | 150M | 165M | 165M | 237M | 117M | 158M | 240M | -165M | 95M | 88M | 146M | 146M |
| Free Cash Flow | 87M | 49M | 71M | 37M | 180M | 87M | 134M | 186M | -225M | 34M | 47M | 84M | 84M |
| Owner Earnings | 112M | 66M | 86M | 85M | 157M | 65M | 103M | 188M | -222M | 31M | 23M | 80M | 80M |
| CapEx | 103M | 101M | 94M | 128M | 57M | 30M | 24M | 54M | 60M | 60M | 41M | 62M | 62M |
| Maint. CapEx | 74M | 79M | 76M | 78M | 77M | 50M | 46M | 43M | 43M | 49M | 52M | 53M | 53M |
| Growth CapEx | 29M | 22M | 18M | 50M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11M | 17M | 11M | 0 | 8.7M | 8.7M |
| D&A | 74M | 79M | 76M | 78M | 77M | 50M | 46M | 43M | 43M | 49M | 52M | 53M | 53M |
| CapEx/OCF | 54.3% | 69.4% | 56.9% | 77.7% | 24.1% | 25.4% | 15.3% | 22.5% | N/A | 63.6% | 46.8% | N/A | 42.6% |
| Capital Allocation | |||||||||||||
| Dividends Paid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dividend Yield | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Share Buybacks | 4.6M | 142M | 140M | 16M | 45M | 190M | 0 | 78M | 77M | 32M | 9.8M | 13M | 13M |
| Buyback Yield | 0.3% | 9.0% | 12.2% | 2.1% | 4.8% | 35.3% | N/A | 8.4% | 13.6% | 9.2% | 2.5% | 0.0% | 3.3% |
| Stock-Based Comp | 3.1M | 4.4M | 3.4M | 1.7M | 2.9M | 2.4M | 8.5M | 9.1M | 14M | 14M | 13M | 12M | 12M |
| Debt Repayment | 281M | 311M | 358M | 509M | 300M | 135M | 205M | 47M | 309M | 488M | 457M | 442M | 442M |
| Balance Sheet | |||||||||||||
| Net Debt | -84M | -22M | 35M | 48M | -102M | -67M | -182M | -305M | -3.1M | -473K | -34M | -102M | -102M |
| Cash & Equiv. | 113M | 133M | 48M | 40M | 167M | 81M | 215M | 321M | 48M | 35M | 34M | 105M | 105M |
| Long-Term Debt | 16M | 98M | 74M | 87M | 57M | 14M | 33M | 16M | 45M | 35M | 0 | 3.4M | 3.4M |
| Debt/Equity | 0.03 | 0.12 | 0.09 | 0.11 | 0.09 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Interest Coverage | 50.1 | 34.3 | 20.4 | 13.7 | 19.9 | 65.2 | -21.1 | 63.5 | 31.9 | -1.7 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| Equity | 997M | 955M | 921M | 831M | 738M | 619M | 567M | 602M | 607M | 571M | 547M | 567M | 567M |
| Total Assets | 1.6B | 1.5B | 1.4B | 1.3B | 1.2B | 1.7B | 1.6B | 1.6B | 1.5B | 1.3B | 1.3B | 1.4B | 1.4B |
| Total Liabilities | 584M | 584M | 518M | 485M | 444M | 1.1B | 1.0B | 960M | 849M | 759M | 789M | 826M | 826M |
| Intangibles | 12M | 3.6M | 2.4M | 1.3M | 943K | 36M | 31M | 30M | 27M | 27M | 26M | 28M | 28M |
| Retained Earnings | 821M | 768M | 731M | 604M | 509M | 379M | 321M | 350M | 347M | 297M | 266M | 266M | 266M |
| Working Capital | 442M | 476M | 408M | 438M | 455M | 146M | 265M | 278M | 212M | 188M | 229M | 242M | 242M |
| Current Assets | 848M | 800M | 717M | 693M | 731M | 508M | 668M | 710M | 573M | 507M | 609M | 619M | 619M |
| Current Liabilities | 406M | 324M | 309M | 255M | 276M | 362M | 403M | 432M | 361M | 320M | 380M | 376M | 376M |
| Per Share Data | |||||||||||||
| EPS | 4.12 | 4.11 | 4.83 | -5.80 | -2.66 | 3.92 | -3.97 | 7.92 | 5.66 | -1.50 | -1.74 | 1.25 | 1.25 |
| Owner EPS | 4.74 | 2.86 | 5.70 | 4.38 | N/A | 4.17 | 7.23 | 12.95 | -17.45 | 2.79 | 2.08 | 7.55 | 7.55 |
| Book Value | 42.02 | 41.16 | 61.04 | 43.08 | N/A | 39.55 | 39.87 | 41.55 | 47.77 | 50.92 | 50.38 | 53.42 | 53.42 |
| Cash Flow/Share | 8.00 | 6.45 | 10.95 | 8.54 | N/A | 7.48 | 11.10 | 16.54 | -12.98 | 8.45 | 8.10 | 13.73 | 6.27 |
| Dividends/Share | 0.00 | 0.00 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.00 |
| Shares Out. | 23.7M | 23.2M | 15.1M | 19.3M | N/A | 15.7M | 14.2M | 14.5M | 12.7M | 11.2M | 10.9M | 10.6M | 10.6M |
| Valuation | |||||||||||||
| P/E Ratio | 17.8 | 16.1 | 12.1 | N/A | N/A | 8.8 | N/A | 8.1 | 7.9 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 28.6 |
| P/FCF | 20.1 | 31.4 | 12.3 | 20.6 | N/A | 6.2 | 4.8 | 5.0 | N/A | 10.1 | 8.5 | N/A | 4.5 |
| EV/EBIT | 9.9 | 9.9 | 8.5 | 10.8 | 10.3 | 5.7 | N/A | 6.1 | 6.6 | N/A | 26.1 | N/A | 16.0 |
| Price/Book | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.7 | N/A | 0.7 |
| Price/Sales | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | N/A | 0.2 |
| FCF Yield | 5.0% | 3.2% | 6.1% | 4.8% | 19.1% | 16.2% | 20.9% | 20.0% | -39.3% | 9.9% | 11.8% | N/A | 22.1% |
| Market Cap | 1.7B | 1.5B | 1.2B | 758M | 942M | 539M | 639M | 930M | 571M | 348M | 397M | 0 | 379M |
| Avg. Price | 76.59 | 63.42 | 63.46 | 36.11 | 43.39 | 41.66 | 23.98 | 58.78 | 53.21 | 30.39 | 30.62 | 0.00 | 35.69 |
| Year-End Price | 73.43 | 66.27 | 58.30 | 39.30 | 48.27 | 34.41 | 44.94 | 64.15 | 44.97 | 30.98 | 36.57 | 0.00 | 35.69 |
GENESCO INC passes 2 of 9 quality checks, indicating weak fundamentals.
On a free-cash-flow basis, the stock trades at 16.4x vs a median of 8.5x. The company's 5-year average ROIC is 10.7% with a gross margin of 47.4%. Total shareholder yield (buybacks) is 3.3%. At current prices, the estimated annualized return to fair value is -17.0%.
GENESCO INC (GCO) has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01. This indicates a conservatively financed balance sheet.
GENESCO INC (GCO) reported earnings per share (EPS) of $1.25 in its most recent fiscal year.
GENESCO INC (GCO) has a return on equity (ROE) of 2.4%. This indicates moderate shareholder returns.
GENESCO INC (GCO) has a 5-year average gross margin of 47.4%. This indicates decent pricing power.
The Ledger Terminal provides 17 years of financial data for GENESCO INC (GCO), sourced directly from SEC EDGAR filings. This includes income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and key financial ratios.
GENESCO INC (GCO) has a book value per share of $53.42, based on its most recent annual SEC filing.