Genesco Inc. (GCO)Consumer Cyclical | Apparel Retail | Nashville, United States | NYSE
36.00 USD
+1.50
(4.348%)
⇧
(April 17, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 36.00 Short-term: ☆☆☆☆☆ | Long-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Dividends: ★★☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 19, 2026, 1:07 a.m. EDT
The $13.13 forward P/E and 38% earnings growth suggest decent long-term fundamentals, but the ~14% auto-regressive crash model combined with massive 'long put' volume at deep discounts (-65% strikes) signals a high probability of mean reversion and a short-term sell. Current price is likely a top based on options speculation. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.093575 |
| AutoETS | 0.139018 |
| AutoTheta | 0.140095 |
| MSTL | 0.149716 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 61% |
| H-stat | 1.94 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.372 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.02 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Consumer Cyclical |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1973-04-08 |
| Last Dividend Date | 1973-04-08 |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 91.948 |
| Revenue per Share | 235.008 |
| Market Cap | 390,896,064 |
| Trailing P/E | 28.80 |
| Forward P/E | 13.14 |
| Beta | 1.78 |
| Profit Margins | 0.55% |
| Website | https://www.genesco.com |
As of April 19, 2026, 1:07 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning heavily for downside protection despite the recent price surge to $36.0. Long put activity is concentrated entirely out-of-the-money (OTM) at deep discounts (12.5, 15, 17.5) with significant volume (over 1000 contracts combined across Feb-June expirations), indicating a strong contagion or crash play. Conversely, call flow is sparse above current price, with volume concentrated at the money (ATM) or slightly ITM ($30-$35 strikes), suggesting a bullish bias limited to range-bound upside rather than a momentum breakout. The disparity between massive OTM put volume and lighter OTM call volume suggests a bet on a sharp drop (e.g., -13.5% as per model) rather than a significant rally.
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 1973-04-09 | 0.153846 | 1.478259 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.87695515 |
| Address1 | 535 Marriott Drive |
| All Time High | 89.58 |
| All Time Low | 1.470588 |
| Ask | 36.51 |
| Ask Size | 100 |
| Audit Risk | 1 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 367,160 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 265,870 |
| Average Volume | 265,870 |
| Average Volume10Days | 367,160 |
| Beta | 1.777 |
| Bid | 35.56 |
| Bid Size | 200 |
| Board Risk | 3 |
| Book Value | 52.481 |
| City | Nashville |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 3 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 36.0 |
| Current Ratio | 1.643 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 36.72 |
| Day Low | 35.005 |
| Debt To Equity | 91.948 |
| Display Name | Genesco |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,772,803,800 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,772,803,800 |
| Earnings Growth | 0.416 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | 0.385 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,772,803,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,780,489,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,780,489,800 |
| Ebitda | 78,114,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.03207 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 10.34 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 0.332 |
| Enterprise Value | 807,709,056 |
| Eps Current Year | 2.135 |
| Eps Forward | 2.74 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 1.25 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 103,161,600 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 28.1496 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 7.850401 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.27888146 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 87.69552 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 38.95 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -2.9500008 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.07573815 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 18.28 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 17.72 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.96936536 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 18.28 - 38.95 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 99,153,000,000 |
| Float Shares | 8,426,742 |
| Forward Eps | 2.74 |
| Forward P E | 13.138686 |
| Free Cashflow | 81,757,376 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 4,800 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.46256 |
| Gross Profits | 1,126,850,048 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.13311 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.98689 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 10,858,224 |
| Industry | Apparel Retail |
| Industry Disp | Apparel Retail |
| Industry Key | apparel-retail |
| Ir Website | http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=75042&p=irol-IRHome |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Dividend Date | 103,161,600 |
| Last Dividend Value | 0.153846 |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,769,817,600 |
| Long Business Summary | Genesco Inc. operates as a retailer and wholesaler of footwear, apparel, and accessories. The company operates through four segments: Journeys Group, Schuh Group, Johnston & Murphy Group, and Genesco Brands Group. The Journeys Group segment offers footwear and accessories for young men, women, and children through the Journeys, Journeys Kidz, and Little Burgundy retail chains, as well as through e-commerce operations. The Schuh Group segment operates Schuh retail footwear stores that offer casual and athletic footwear, as well as sells footwear through e-commerce. The Johnston & Murphy Group segment is involved in the retail and e-commerce operations; and wholesale distribution of footwear, apparel, and accessories primarily for men. The Genesco Brands Group segment markets footwear under the Levi's, Dockers, and other brands. The company provides its products through catalogs and e-commerce websites, including journeys.com, journeyskidz.com, journeys.ca, schuh.co.uk, schuh.ie, schuh.eu, littleburgundyshoes.com, johnstonmurphy.com, and nashvilleshoewarehouse.com. It operates retail stores in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the Republic of Ireland primarily under the Journeys, Journeys Kidz, Schuh, Little Burgundy, and Johnston & Murphy brands. Genesco Inc. was incorporated in 1934 and is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. |
| Long Name | Genesco Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 390,896,064 |
| Market State | PREPRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_274846 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,769,817,600 |
| Net Income To Common | 13,276,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,801,353,600 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 390,896,064 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 4 |
| Open | 35.42 |
| Operating Cashflow | 145,760,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.06969 |
| Overall Risk | 2 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 0.68 |
| Phone | 615 367 7000 |
| Post Market Change | 0.0 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.0 |
| Post Market Price | 36.0 |
| Post Market Time | 1,776,464,581 |
| Previous Close | 34.5 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 16.861826 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 0.68596256 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.16046004 |
| Profit Margins | 0.00545 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.386 |
| Quote Source Name | Delayed Quote |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 1.5 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 4.34783 |
| Regular Market Day High | 36.72 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 35.005 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 35.005 - 36.72 |
| Regular Market Open | 35.42 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 34.5 |
| Regular Market Price | 36.0 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,456,002 |
| Regular Market Volume | 260,668 |
| Return On Assets | 0.011360001 |
| Return On Equity | 0.023829998 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.072 |
| Revenue Per Share | 235.008 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.38150132 |
| Sector | Consumer Cyclical |
| Sector Disp | Consumer Cyclical |
| Sector Key | consumer-cyclical |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 4 |
| Shares Outstanding | 10,858,224 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0743 |
| Shares Short | 806,463 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 791,488 |
| Short Name | Genesco Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.1079 |
| Short Ratio | 3.18 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | TN |
| Symbol | GCO |
| Target High Price | 43.0 |
| Target Low Price | 29.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 36.0 |
| Target Median Price | 36.0 |
| Total Cash | 105,405,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 9.707 |
| Total Debt | 521,383,008 |
| Total Revenue | 2,436,096,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 1.25 |
| Trailing P E | 28.8 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 28.54525 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 7.45475 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.26115555 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 260,668 |
| Website | https://www.genesco.com |
| Zip | 37,214 |