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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 Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.093575
AutoETS0.139018
AutoTheta0.140095
MSTL0.149716

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.


Dividend Data

Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
1973-04-09 0.153846 1.478259
Additional Data
exDividendDate 1973-04-09
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
lastDividendValue 0.153846
lastDividendDate 1973-04-09

Info Dump

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