Genesco Inc. (GCO) Key Metrics
GCO valuation today
Trailing 12 months · as of October 17, 2026- Market cap
- $401.4M
- Enterprise value
- $907.2M
- P/E (TTM)
- 9.6 10-yr median 10.0
- Forward P/E
- 14.6
- PEG ratio
- 0.68
- Price / sales
- 0.2 10-yr median 0.3
- Price / book
- 0.7 10-yr median 1.0
- EV / EBITDA
- 9.1 10-yr median 8.4
- Dividend yield
- —
- Beta
- 1.81
GCO key metrics, FY2017–FY2026
Fiscal year ended January 31, 2026 · U.S. dollarsGCO valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.
GCO returns How much profit the business earns on the capital it uses.
GCO per-share figures Results divided by the shares outstanding at year-end.
GCO financial health Debt, liquidity and how easily interest is covered.
GCO efficiency & capital use Working capital cycle and where the cash goes.
GCO valuation history
GCO returns on capital
Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.
GCO debt vs cash
Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.
GCO cash returned to shareholders
GCO price vs earnings per share
GCO key metrics
FY2017–FY2026| FY2026 | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 | FY2019 | FY2018 | FY2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valuation | ||||||||||
| Market capitalization | $307.4M | $451.3M | $312.3M | $613.6M | $933.4M | $551.7M | $616.2M | $880.8M | $672.0M | $1.21B |
| Enterprise value | $723.3M | $902.4M | $800.1M | $1.15B | $1.25B | $1.07B | $1.34B | $779.2M | $720.4M | $1.25B |
| P/E ratio | 23.2 | — | — | 8.5 | 8.1 | — | 10.0 | — | — | 12.5 |
| Price / sales | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.6 |
| Price / book | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.3 |
| Price / free cash flow | 3.7 | 9.7 | 9.1 | — | 5.0 | 4.1 | 7.0 | 4.9 | 18.3 | 18.0 |
| Price / operating cash flow | 2.1 | 5.1 | 3.3 | — | 3.9 | 3.5 | 5.3 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 7.5 |
| EV / sales | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.6 |
| EV / EBITDA | 10.2 | 13.5 | 22.3 | 8.4 | 6.3 | — | 10.1 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 6.4 |
| EV / free cash flow | 8.6 | 19.3 | 23.2 | — | 6.7 | 8.0 | 15.3 | 4.3 | 19.6 | 18.5 |
| Earnings yield | 4.3% | −4.2% | −5.4% | 11.7% | 12.3% | −10.2% | 10.0% | −5.9% | −16.6% | 8.0% |
| Free cash flow yield | 27.2% | 10.4% | 11.0% | −36.6% | 19.9% | 24.2% | 14.2% | 20.4% | 5.5% | 5.6% |
| Dividend yield | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) | 4.1% | 2.2% | 10.3% | 12.6% | 8.4% | 0.2% | 30.9% | 5.1% | 2.4% | 11.6% |
| Share price at fiscal year-end | $28.93 | $41.65 | $27.78 | $48.29 | $64.33 | $38.81 | $39.32 | $45.18 | $34.85 | $60.20 |
| Per share | ||||||||||
| Revenue per share | $229.30 | $214.57 | $206.76 | $187.68 | $166.94 | $125.67 | $140.20 | $112.26 | $110.34 | $100.18 |
| Earnings per share | $1.25 | −$1.74 | −$1.50 | $5.66 | $7.92 | −$3.97 | $3.92 | −$2.66 | −$5.80 | $4.83 |
| Operating cash flow per share | $13.72 | $8.11 | $8.43 | −$12.98 | $16.53 | $11.10 | $7.48 | $12.16 | $8.54 | $8.01 |
| Free cash flow per share | $7.88 | $4.31 | $3.07 | −$17.69 | $12.82 | $9.40 | $5.58 | $9.23 | $1.91 | $3.35 |
| Cash per share | $9.92 | $3.14 | $3.13 | $3.78 | $22.09 | $15.13 | $5.20 | $8.58 | $2.07 | $2.39 |
| Book value per share | $53.37 | $50.48 | $50.81 | $47.77 | $41.52 | $39.87 | $39.52 | $37.83 | $43.08 | $45.73 |
| Tangible book value per share | $49.86 | $47.25 | $47.53 | $42.61 | $36.81 | $34.98 | $29.40 | $31.42 | $33.23 | $27.99 |
| Dividends per share | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Capex per share | $5.84 | $3.80 | $5.36 | $4.72 | $3.72 | $1.70 | $1.90 | $2.94 | $6.63 | $4.66 |
| Debt per share | $49.08 | $44.77 | $46.51 | $45.68 | $43.60 | $51.63 | $51.37 | $3.37 | $4.58 | $4.11 |
| Shares outstanding | 10.6M | 10.8M | 11.2M | 12.7M | 14.5M | 14.2M | 15.7M | 19.5M | 19.3M | 20.2M |
| Change in shares outstanding | −2.0% | −3.6% | −11.5% | −12.4% | +2.1% | −9.3% | −19.6% | +1.1% | −4.4% | −12.3% |
| Returns & profitability | ||||||||||
| Return on equity (ROE) | 2.4% | −3.4% | −2.9% | 11.9% | 19.6% | −9.5% | 9.0% | −6.6% | −12.8% | 10.4% |
| Return on invested capital (ROIC) | 2.6% | 0.8% | 1.2% | 7.3% | 11.1% | −7.0% | 6.3% | 7.1% | 4.3% | 7.4% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 1.0% | −1.4% | −1.2% | 4.8% | 7.3% | −3.5% | 4.3% | −4.1% | −8.1% | 6.5% |
| Return on tangible assets | 1.0% | −1.5% | −1.3% | 5.2% | 7.7% | −3.7% | 4.0% | −4.9% | −9.9% | 9.0% |
| Free cash flow margin | 3.4% | 2.0% | 1.5% | −9.4% | 7.7% | 7.5% | 4.0% | 8.2% | 1.7% | 3.3% |
| Income quality (OCF / net income) | 10.99 | — | — | −2.29 | 2.09 | — | 1.91 | — | — | 1.66 |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Total debt | $521.4M | $485.1M | $522.9M | $580.4M | $632.6M | $734.0M | $805.0M | $65.7M | $88.4M | $82.9M |
| Cash & short-term investments | $105.4M | $34.0M | $35.2M | $48.0M | $320.5M | $215.1M | $81.4M | $167.4M | $39.9M | $48.3M |
| Net debt | $416.0M | $451.1M | $487.8M | $532.4M | $312.1M | $518.9M | $723.6M | −$101.6M | $48.4M | $34.6M |
| Debt / equity | 0.92 | 0.89 | 0.92 | 0.96 | 1.05 | 1.30 | 1.30 | 0.09 | 0.11 | 0.09 |
| Debt / assets | 0.37 | 0.36 | 0.39 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.46 | 0.48 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.06 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 5.88 | 6.76 | 13.61 | 3.91 | 1.57 | — | 5.43 | −0.64 | 0.32 | 0.18 |
| Current ratio | 1.64 | 1.60 | 1.59 | 1.59 | 1.64 | 1.66 | 1.40 | 2.66 | 2.73 | 2.32 |
| Quick ratio | 0.49 | 0.48 | 0.40 | 0.32 | 1.00 | 0.93 | 0.39 | 1.33 | 1.21 | 0.50 |
| Interest coverage | 5.3 | 3.5 | 2.1 | 29.2 | 60.3 | -21.1 | 25.0 | 19.9 | 13.7 | 20.4 |
| Working capital | $242.2M | $229.0M | $187.8M | $211.9M | $278.1M | $264.7M | $146.2M | $458.9M | $441.3M | $407.6M |
| Invested capital | $983.0M | $998.1M | $1.06B | $1.14B | $914.6M | $1.09B | $1.34B | $635.9M | $879.2M | $957.1M |
| Tangible asset value | $529.7M | $512.0M | $534.4M | $541.4M | $534.1M | $497.3M | $460.8M | $616.7M | $644.0M | $556.7M |
| Net current asset value | −$207.4M | −$179.8M | −$251.3M | −$276.8M | −$249.8M | −$353.0M | −$553.0M | $291.6M | $211.7M | $190.6M |
| Graham number | $38.73 | — | — | $77.99 | $86.00 | — | $59.02 | — | — | $70.50 |
| Graham net-net per share | −$44.59 | −$46.63 | −$43.92 | −$42.64 | −$32.42 | −$44.77 | −$49.47 | −$3.22 | −$11.68 | −$8.11 |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Dividends paid | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $0 | $0 |
| Share buybacks (net) | $12.6M | $9.8M | $32.0M | $77.5M | $78.1M | $1.2M | $190.4M | $44.9M | $16.2M | $140.5M |
| Dividend payout ratio | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0% |
| Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow | 15.0% | 20.9% | 92.9% | — | 42.0% | 0.9% | 217.8% | 25.0% | 44.0% | 208.1% |
| Capex / revenue | 2.5% | 1.8% | 2.6% | 2.5% | 2.2% | 1.4% | 1.4% | 2.6% | 6.0% | 4.7% |
| Capex / operating cash flow | 42.6% | 46.8% | 63.6% | — | 22.5% | 15.3% | 25.4% | 24.1% | 77.7% | 58.2% |
| Capex / depreciation | 1.16 | 0.78 | 1.22 | 1.40 | 1.25 | 0.52 | 0.60 | 0.74 | 1.63 | 1.24 |
| Stock-based compensation / revenue | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.6% |
| SG&A / revenue | 45.2% | 46.4% | 46.7% | 43.7% | 42.7% | 45.6% | 44.0% | 44.0% | 61.8% | 19.8% |
| Efficiency | ||||||||||
| Days sales outstanding | 6.6 | 8.0 | 7.4 | 6.1 | 5.3 | 6.2 | 5.6 | 6.0 | 6.6 | 8.2 |
| Days of inventory on hand | 119.8 | 119.5 | 124.6 | 107.6 | 83.7 | 122.0 | 118.1 | 121.1 | 155.7 | 191.1 |
| Days payables outstanding | 45.3 | 42.0 | 38.7 | 43.5 | 44.5 | 53.2 | 47.4 | 45.1 | 48.1 | 56.8 |
| Cash conversion cycle (days) | 81.1 | 85.5 | 93.4 | 70.3 | 44.5 | 75.0 | 76.4 | 82.0 | 114.2 | 142.6 |
| Receivables turnover | 54.94 | 45.37 | 49.23 | 59.38 | 68.31 | 58.96 | 64.82 | 60.62 | 55.16 | 44.52 |
| Payables turnover | 8.06 | 8.69 | 9.44 | 8.40 | 8.19 | 6.86 | 7.70 | 8.10 | 7.59 | 6.43 |
| Inventory turnover | 3.05 | 3.05 | 2.93 | 3.39 | 4.36 | 2.99 | 3.09 | 3.01 | 2.34 | 1.91 |
| Asset turnover | 1.79 | 1.74 | 1.67 | 1.58 | 1.54 | 1.09 | 1.53 | 1.75 | 1.54 | 1.35 |
| Average receivables | $44.3M | $51.2M | $47.2M | $40.2M | $35.5M | $30.3M | $33.9M | $36.1M | $38.6M | $45.4M |
| Average payables | $162.4M | $141.3M | $129.8M | $148.7M | $151.5M | $143.1M | $147.2M | $140.9M | $147.0M | $162.5M |
| Average inventory | $429.6M | $402.1M | $418.5M | $368.1M | $284.6M | $328.1M | $367.1M | $378.6M | $476.0M | $547.1M |
| Intangibles / total assets | 2.7% | 2.6% | 2.8% | 4.5% | 4.4% | 4.4% | 9.4% | 10.5% | 14.4% | 24.8% |
Computed from GCO's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed March 25, 2026) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.
GCO valuation and financial ratios
At the end of fiscal 2026 (January 31, 2026), Genesco traded at 23.2 times earnings, against a 10-year median of 10.0. Based on the latest twelve months, the trailing P/E is 9.6 and the forward P/E is 14.6. Genesco earned a return on equity of 2.4% and a return on invested capital of 2.6% in fiscal 2026. It ended the year with $521.4 million of debt and $105.4 million in cash and short-term investments, net debt of $416.0 million. It returned $12.6 million to shareholders: $0 in dividends and $12.6 million in share buybacks, 15% of free cash flow. The share count fell 47.3% from 20.2M to 10.6M over 9 years.
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GCO key metrics FAQ
What is Genesco's P/E ratio?
Genesco's trailing P/E ratio is 9.6 based on the last twelve months of earnings (as of October 17, 2026), and its forward P/E is 14.6. At the end of fiscal 2026 it was 23.2, compared with a 10-year median of 10.0.
What is Genesco's EV/EBITDA?
Genesco's enterprise value was 10.2 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2026 (enterprise value $723.3 million, EBITDA $70.7 million); the current EV/EBITDA is 9.1.
What is Genesco's return on equity?
Genesco's return on equity (ROE) was 2.4% in fiscal 2026: net income of $13.3 million on average shareholders' equity of $557.0 million.
What is Genesco's ROIC?
Genesco's return on invested capital was 2.6% in fiscal 2026, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.
How much debt does Genesco have?
Genesco had total debt of $521.4 million at the end of fiscal 2026, a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.92 and $416.0 million of net debt (5.88 times EBITDA).
Does Genesco buy back its shares?
Yes. Genesco spent $12.6 million on net share repurchases in fiscal 2026 Shares outstanding changed −2.0% over the year, to 10.6M..
What is Genesco's free cash flow yield?
Genesco generated $83.7 million of free cash flow in fiscal 2026, a free cash flow yield of 27.2% on its market value at year-end ($307.4 million).
What is Genesco's current ratio?
Genesco's current ratio was 1.64 at the end of fiscal 2026: current assets were 1.64 times current liabilities.