Genesco (GCO) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend CAL or GCO?

Caleres currently has a consensus price target of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.50%. Given Caleres' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Caleres is more favorable than Genesco.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Caleres	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Genesco	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CAL or GCO?

Genesco received 50 more outperform votes than Caleres when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.23% of users gave Caleres an outperform vote while only 56.98% of users gave Genesco an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Caleres	Outperform Votes 407 62.23%	Underperform Votes 247 37.77%
Genesco	Outperform Votes 457 56.98%	Underperform Votes 345 43.02%

Which has more volatility and risk, CAL or GCO?

Caleres has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Genesco has a beta of 2.25, indicating that its share price is 125% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CAL or GCO more profitable?

Caleres has a net margin of 5.69% compared to Genesco's net margin of -1.13%. Caleres' return on equity of 22.71% beat Genesco's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Caleres	5.69%	22.71%	7.03%
Genesco	-1.13%	0.56%	0.22%

Does the media prefer CAL or GCO?

In the previous week, Genesco had 3 more articles in the media than Caleres. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Genesco and 1 mentions for Caleres. Caleres' average media sentiment score of 1.79 beat Genesco's score of 0.64 indicating that Caleres is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Caleres	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Genesco	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CAL or GCO?

98.4% of Caleres shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.5% of Genesco shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of Caleres shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.1% of Genesco shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, CAL or GCO?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Caleres	$2.72B	0.20	$171.39M	$3.07	5.19
Genesco	$2.33B	0.10	-$16.83M	-$1.77	-11.55

Summary

Caleres beats Genesco on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.