NYSE:GCOGenesco Stock Price, Forecast & News

Genesco's stock was trading at $24.11 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, GCO stock has decreased by 0.2% and is now trading at $24.05. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Genesco in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Genesco.

Genesco is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, June 9th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Genesco.

Genesco will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, June 9th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Genesco Inc. (NYSE:GCO) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, March, 12th. The company reported $3.09 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.74 by $0.35. The business earned $677.60 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $679.70 million. Genesco had a net margin of 2.79% and a return on equity of 11.79%. The business's quarterly revenue was up .3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $2.18 earnings per share. View Genesco's earnings history.

Genesco declared that its board has authorized a share buyback program on Friday, May 3rd 2019, which permits the company to repurchase $100,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 11.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Genesco updated its FY21 earnings guidance on Thursday, March, 12th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $4.90-5.40 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $4.80. The company issued revenue guidance of +3-6% to $2.26-2.33 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.24 billion.

4 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Genesco's shares. Their forecasts range from $19.00 to $53.00. On average, they expect Genesco's stock price to reach $32.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 33.1% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Genesco.

News headlines about GCO stock have trended somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Genesco earned a coverage optimism score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news aboutGenesco.

Genesco saw a increase in short interest in April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 2,700,000 shares, an increase of 5.9% from the April 15th total of 2,550,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 498,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 5.4 days. Approximately 19.6% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Genesco's Current Options Chain.

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Genesco trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "GCO."

Genesco's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (14.86%), Eagle Asset Management Inc. (4.89%), State Street Corp (3.93%), Carillon Tower Advisers Inc. (3.11%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.58%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.41%). Company insiders that own Genesco stock include Daniel E Ewoldsen, Kathleen Mason, Mario Gallione, Marty G Dickens, Robert J Dennis and Thurgood Marshall Jr. View institutional ownership trends for Genesco.

GCO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Public Sector Pension Investment Board, Deutsche Bank AG, BlackRock Inc., Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC, AQR Capital Management LLC, Morgan Stanley, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, and Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.. Company insiders that have sold Genesco company stock in the last year include Daniel E Ewoldsen, Kathleen Mason, Mario Gallione, and Thurgood Marshall Jr. View insider buying and selling activity for Genesco.

GCO stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Eagle Asset Management Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Foundry Partners LLC, Invesco Ltd., GSA Capital Partners LLP, Carillon Tower Advisers Inc., Squarepoint Ops LLC, and FDx Advisors Inc.. View insider buying and selling activity for Genesco.

Shares of GCO can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of GCO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $24.05.

Genesco has a market capitalization of $353.13 million and generates $2.20 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $61.38 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.58 on an earnings per share basis. Genesco employs 22,050 workers across the globe.

The official website for Genesco is www.genesco.com.

Genesco's mailing address is Genesco Park 1415 Murfreesboro Pike, NASHVILLE TN, 37217. The company can be reached via phone at 615-367-7000 or via email at http://genesco.gcs-web.com.