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GCO vs. SCVL, ZUMZ, ARCO, CAL, TPR, GES, CTRN, DBI, PLCE, and CATO

Should you be buying Genesco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Genesco include Shoe Carnival (SCVL), Zumiez (ZUMZ), Arcos Dorados (ARCO), Caleres (CAL), Tapestry (TPR), Guess? (GES), Citi Trends (CTRN), Designer Brands (DBI), Children's Place (PLCE), and Cato (CATO).

Genesco vs. Its Competitors

Shoe Carnival (NASDAQ:SCVL) and Genesco (NYSE:GCO) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.

Shoe Carnival has a net margin of 5.58% compared to Genesco's net margin of -0.67%. Shoe Carnival's return on equity of 10.43% beat Genesco's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Shoe Carnival5.58% 10.43% 5.92%
Genesco -0.67%2.22%0.84%

In the previous week, Shoe Carnival had 5 more articles in the media than Genesco. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Shoe Carnival and 2 mentions for Genesco. Shoe Carnival's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Genesco's score of 0.00 indicating that Shoe Carnival is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Shoe Carnival
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Genesco
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Shoe Carnival currently has a consensus price target of $51.00, indicating a potential upside of 141.94%. Genesco has a consensus price target of $24.50, indicating a potential upside of 9.82%. Given Shoe Carnival's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Shoe Carnival is more favorable than Genesco.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Shoe Carnival
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Genesco
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Shoe Carnival has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Genesco. Genesco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shoe Carnival, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Shoe Carnival$1.20B0.48$73.77M$2.398.82
Genesco$2.33B0.10-$18.89M-$1.56-14.30

66.1% of Shoe Carnival shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.5% of Genesco shares are held by institutional investors. 35.5% of Shoe Carnival shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.1% of Genesco shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Shoe Carnival has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Genesco has a beta of 2.11, indicating that its stock price is 111% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Shoe Carnival beats Genesco on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding GCO and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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GCO vs. The Competition

MetricGenescoRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$240.50M$7.59B$26.31B$20.52B
Dividend YieldN/A3.04%175.66%3.76%
P/E Ratio-14.3066.6129.7627.84
Price / Sales0.101.124.7037.43
Price / Cash3.5216.2345.3021.79
Price / Book0.464.665.894.55
Net Income-$18.89M$369.65M$872.48M$984.95M
7 Day Performance8.41%6.96%4.91%3.58%
1 Month Performance4.45%3.38%6.14%6.04%
1 Year Performance-4.86%-2.52%21.95%14.49%

Genesco Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GCO
Genesco
2.9246 of 5 stars
$22.31
+4.3%
$24.50
+9.8%
-12.5%$240.50M$2.33B-14.3018,000
SCVL
Shoe Carnival
4.7091 of 5 stars
$18.71
-2.8%
$51.00
+172.6%
-44.2%$511.46M$1.18B7.835,500Dividend Announcement
ZUMZ
Zumiez
2.897 of 5 stars
$13.26
+2.8%
$25.00
+88.5%
-25.2%$235.63M$889.20M1,327.338,700
ARCO
Arcos Dorados
3.7229 of 5 stars
$7.91
+1.7%
$12.00
+51.7%
-11.5%$1.67B$4.47B12.1798,615News Coverage
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CAL
Caleres
3.7266 of 5 stars
$12.27
-2.2%
$14.00
+14.1%
-59.4%$414.73M$2.72B5.119,400
TPR
Tapestry
4.432 of 5 stars
$87.90
+0.9%
$88.78
+1.0%
+107.2%$18.26B$6.67B23.1318,600Positive News
GES
Guess?
1.9928 of 5 stars
$12.08
-0.3%
$12.50
+3.5%
-36.5%$628.40M$3.00B-50.3313,000
CTRN
Citi Trends
0.6834 of 5 stars
$33.39
+0.5%
$32.50
-2.7%
+68.2%$276.80M$753.08M-7.154,600
DBI
Designer Brands
4.1303 of 5 stars
$2.40
-2.4%
$3.50
+45.8%
-59.8%$117.17M$3.01B-3.5314,000
PLCE
Children's Place
1.3528 of 5 stars
$4.43
flat
$6.00
+35.4%
-43.7%$98.21M$1.39B-1.427,900Positive News
CATO
Cato
0.5416 of 5 stars
$2.78
+0.7%
N/A-45.7%$54.88M$649.81M-2.067,000

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This page (NYSE:GCO) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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