GCO vs. GES, CAL, SCVL, ZUMZ, DBI, CTRN, TLYS, CATO, PLCE, and EXPR
Should you be buying Genesco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Genesco include Guess? (GES), Caleres (CAL), Shoe Carnival (SCVL), Zumiez (ZUMZ), Designer Brands (DBI), Citi Trends (CTRN), Tilly's (TLYS), Cato (CATO), Children's Place (PLCE), and Express (EXPR). These companies are all part of the "apparel retail" industry.
Genesco (NYSE:GCO) and Guess? (NYSE:GES) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, profitability, earnings, valuation and media sentiment.
Genesco has a beta of 2.42, suggesting that its stock price is 142% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Guess? has a beta of 1.92, suggesting that its stock price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Guess? has a net margin of 7.97% compared to Genesco's net margin of -0.97%. Guess?'s return on equity of 26.92% beat Genesco's return on equity.
Genesco currently has a consensus target price of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.06%. Guess? has a consensus target price of $31.25, indicating a potential upside of 32.58%. Given Guess?'s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Guess? is more favorable than Genesco.
94.5% of Genesco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.7% of Guess? shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.1% of Genesco shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 30.3% of Guess? shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Guess? had 2 more articles in the media than Genesco. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Guess? and 2 mentions for Genesco. Guess?'s average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Genesco's score of -0.10 indicating that Guess? is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Guess? has higher revenue and earnings than Genesco. Genesco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Guess?, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Guess? received 28 more outperform votes than Genesco when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.18% of users gave Genesco an outperform vote while only 54.20% of users gave Guess? an outperform vote.
Summary
Guess? beats Genesco on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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