Genesco (GCO) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate GCO or GES?

Genesco currently has a consensus price target of $24.50, indicating a potential upside of 14.65%. Guess? has a consensus price target of $12.50, indicating a potential upside of 5.49%. Given Genesco's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Genesco is more favorable than Guess?.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Genesco	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Guess?	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has more risk and volatility, GCO or GES?

Genesco has a beta of 2.17, suggesting that its stock price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Guess? has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

94.5% of Genesco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.7% of Guess? shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.1% of Genesco shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 33.7% of Guess? shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is GCO or GES more profitable?

Guess? has a net margin of 3.19% compared to Genesco's net margin of -1.13%. Guess?'s return on equity of 23.29% beat Genesco's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Genesco	-1.13%	0.56%	0.22%
Guess?	3.19%	23.29%	5.05%

Does the media prefer GCO or GES?

In the previous week, Guess? had 3 more articles in the media than Genesco. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Guess? and 15 mentions for Genesco. Genesco's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Guess?'s score of 0.28 indicating that Genesco is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Genesco	2 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Guess?	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has better earnings & valuation, GCO or GES?

Guess? has higher revenue and earnings than Genesco. Guess? is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Genesco, 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	$2.34B	0.10	-$16.83M	-$1.56	-13.70
Guess?	$3.05B	0.20	$198.20M	-$0.24	-49.38

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GCO or GES?

Guess? received 21 more outperform votes than Genesco when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.70% of users gave Genesco an outperform vote while only 53.53% of users gave Guess? an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Genesco	Outperform Votes 457 56.70%	Underperform Votes 349 43.30%
Guess?	Outperform Votes 478 53.53%	Underperform Votes 415 46.47%

Summary

Guess? beats Genesco on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.