Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Apparel - Retail
Genesco Inc. GCO
$35.66 +2.47% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $386.5M
Strong trendInexpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Dec 3, 2026
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Three things to know
- Net debt is 6.5× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 130 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $2.43B, up 3.0% from a year earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Cyclical sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 6, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 46%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 1%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 44%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 24%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 30%
- Gross marginTop 27%
- Operating marginBottom 21%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 12%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 46%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 20%
- Interest coverTop 27%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 8%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 2%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 41%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 6%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 27%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 32%
- 6-month returnTop 25%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 24%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 31%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 8%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 46%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 38%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 10%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 23%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 44%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 40%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 9%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 20%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 4.6% | 3.0% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 46.8% | 46.6% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 0.7% | 1.3% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 0.8% | 5.6% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 3.0% | 4.6% | ↓ | Bottom 46% |
| Gross margin | 46.6% | 46.8% | ↓ | Top 27% |
| Operating margin | 1.3% | 0.7% | ↑ | Bottom 21% |
| Net margin | 1.7% | -1.0% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 5.6% | 0.8% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 2.5% | — | Bottom 30% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 0.7% | — | Bottom 44% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 3.00×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -6.1%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- -0.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -29.9 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 6.49×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 11.2×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.36%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.36%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.9%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -2.6%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Aug 1, 2026 (filed Sep 10, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 3
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 6 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +11.5%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -4.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $40.00
- Target vs current price
- +12.2%
- Analysts with a rating
- 21
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 24%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 2026 | +39.4% | +2.7% | -0.6% | +3.8% | — |
| May 29, 2026 | +15.5% | +5.5% | +9.7% | -0.5% | -3.6% |
| Mar 6, 2026 | +0.3% | +1.6% | -3.9% | +8.8% | +42.8% |
| Dec 4, 2025 | -9.2% | -30.8% | -32.5% | -29.8% | -26.2% |
| Aug 28, 2025 | +8.8% | -5.9% | +2.1% | -6.9% | -8.3% |
| Jun 4, 2025 | +1.9% | -0.3% | +3.2% | +0.1% | +38.9% |
| Mar 7, 2025 | -1.5% | -16.3% | -35.2% | -42.7% | -34.2% |
| Dec 6, 2024 | +177.3% | +9.5% | +15.4% | +15.0% | -13.4% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 2026 | -$0.83 | -$1.37 | +39.4% | $529.9M |
| May 29, 2026 | -$2.18 | -$2.58 | +15.5% | $487.0M |
| Mar 6, 2026 | $3.74 | $3.73 | +0.3% | $799.9M |
| Dec 4, 2025 | $0.79 | $0.87 | -9.2% | $616.2M |
| Aug 28, 2025 | -$1.14 | -$1.25 | +8.8% | $546.0M |
| Jun 4, 2025 | -$2.05 | -$2.09 | +1.9% | $474.0M |
| Mar 7, 2025 | $3.26 | $3.31 | -1.5% | $745.9M |
| Dec 6, 2024 | $0.61 | $0.22 | +177.3% | $596.3M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 9.3× | 7.5× | 75th | Top 8% |
| P/E (forward) | 15.1× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 11.3× | — | — | Top 41% |
| EV / Sales | 0.38× | — | — | Top 6% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 35.16% | — | — | Top 2% |
| Earnings yield | 10.77% | — | — | Top 8% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 5.6× – 65.3× since Jul 31, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 1
- Days above the 200-day average
- 130
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.6%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.6%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +0.9%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +9.3%
- RSI (14)
- 56.6
- Relative volume
- 0.74×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 39.2%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 1th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.88
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.41
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -16.5%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -60.9%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 2021 | Apr 8, 2025 | -76.6% | 848 days | Not yet recovered |
| Oct 2, 2020 | Oct 30, 2020 | -22.0% | 20 days | 6 days (Nov 9, 2020) |
| Nov 24, 2020 | Dec 18, 2020 | -21.4% | 17 days | 14 days (Jan 11, 2021) |
| Jul 1, 2021 | Aug 4, 2021 | -18.1% | 23 days | 14 days (Aug 24, 2021) |
| Mar 10, 2021 | Mar 24, 2021 | -17.1% | 10 days | 12 days (Apr 12, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $386.5M
- P/E (TTM)
- 9.3
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $3.84
- Revenue (TTM)
- $2.43B
- 52-week range
- $21.93 – $43.60
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.42B | $2.38B | $2.32B | $2.33B | $2.44B |
| Gross profit | $1.18B | $1.14B | $1.10B | $1.10B | $1.13B |
| Operating income | $147.5M | $94.1M | $16.8M | $17.2M | $25.4M |
| Net income | $114.8M | $71.9M | -$16.8M | -$18.9M | $13.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | $7.92 | $5.66 | -$1.50 | -$1.80 | $1.25 |
| Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | Q1 2027 | Q2 2027 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $596.3M | $745.9M | $474.0M | $546.0M | $616.2M | $799.9M | $487.0M | $529.9M |
| Net income | -$18.9M | $34.4M | -$21.2M | -$18.5M | $5.4M | $47.6M | -$14.8M | $3.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$1.76 | $3.13 | -$2.02 | -$1.79 | $0.50 | $4.44 | -$1.42 | $0.32 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $239.9M | -$164.9M | $94.8M | $87.9M | $145.8M |
| Capital expenditure | -$53.9M | -$59.9M | -$60.3M | -$41.1M | -$62.1M |
| Free cash flow | $186.0M | -$224.8M | $34.5M | $46.8M | $83.7M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$78.1M | -$77.5M | -$32.0M | -$9.8M | -$12.6M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $57.1M
- Total assets
- $1.50B
- Total liabilities
- $947.3M
- Total debt
- $583.9M
- Net debt
- $526.8M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $557.0M
As of Aug 1, 2026 (filed Sep 10, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 1973 | $0.17 | — |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 1,282,363
- Days to cover
- 4.68
- Change vs previous report
- +16.7%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.