Carter's, Inc. (CRI) vs Genesco Inc. (GCO)

Carter's, Inc. and Genesco Inc. are both Apparel Retail companies. Carter's, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $1.1B against $372.8M — 3.0× the size. Carter's, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 5.9× against 8.6×. Carter's, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 5.17% against 3.00%. Carter's, Inc. has the higher net margin (6.47% vs 1.71%) and the higher return on invested capital (18.7% vs 5.83%). Both pay a dividend; Genesco Inc. yields more (6.59% vs 3.78%). Across the 23 metrics below, Genesco Inc. leads on 12 and Carter's, Inc. on 11.

Valuation

Metric CRI GCO Apparel Retail median
P/E 5.86 8.62 12.56
P/S 0.37 0.15 0.35
P/B 1.08 0.66 1.57
Price to free cash flow 8.28 4.95 11.15
EV/EBITDA 3.43 3.41 7.42
EV/Sales 0.39 0.14 0.51
Earnings yield 17.06% 11.61% 5.76%
Free cash flow yield 12.08% 20.18% 4.34%

Profitability

Metric CRI GCO Apparel Retail median
Gross margin 48.60% 47.54% 41.90%
Operating margin 9.47% 1.98% 2.50%
Net margin 6.47% 1.71% 3.41%
Free cash flow margin 9.83% 3.03% 2.86%
Return on equity 20.50% 7.84% 7.71%
Return on assets 7.43% 2.85% 2.85%
Return on invested capital 18.72% 5.83% 6.41%

Growth

Metric CRI GCO Apparel Retail median
Revenue growth (TTM) 5.17% 3.00% 4.14%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (50.59%) 171.84% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (0.85%) 6.40% 5.92%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (3.99%) 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CRI GCO Apparel Retail median
Debt to equity 0.55 0.03 0.01
Current ratio 2.47 1.58 1.54
Net debt to EBITDA 0.40 (1.44) (0.29)

Dividend

Metric CRI GCO Apparel Retail median
Dividend yield 3.78% 6.59% 2.94%
Payout ratio 0.56 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric CRI GCO Apparel Retail median
Market cap 1.11b 372.75m 358.41m

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