Genesco Inc. (GCO) vs J.Jill, Inc. (JILL)

Genesco Inc. and J.Jill, Inc. are both Apparel Retail companies. Genesco Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $400.0M against $342.4M — 1.2× the size. Genesco Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 9.1× against 12.6×. Genesco Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 3.00% against −2.25%. J.Jill, Inc. has the higher net margin (4.62% vs 1.71%) and the higher return on invested capital (22.1% vs 5.83%). Across the 21 metrics below, Genesco Inc. leads on 13 and J.Jill, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric GCO JILL Apparel Retail median
P/E 9.14 12.62 13.45
P/S 0.16 0.58 0.32
P/B 0.70 2.45 1.91
Price to free cash flow 5.26 7.30 11.85
EV/EBITDA 3.63 4.93 8.18
EV/Sales 0.15 0.57 0.55
Earnings yield 10.94% 7.92% 4.97%
Free cash flow yield 19.02% 13.70% 3.74%

Profitability

Metric GCO JILL Apparel Retail median
Gross margin 47.54% 69.99% 41.90%
Operating margin 1.98% 8.13% 2.50%
Net margin 1.71% 4.62% 3.41%
Free cash flow margin 3.03% 7.98% 2.86%
Return on equity 7.84% 20.78% 7.71%
Return on assets 2.85% 6.07% 2.85%
Return on invested capital 5.83% 22.06% 5.83%

Growth

Metric GCO JILL Apparel Retail median
Revenue growth (TTM) 3.00% (2.25%) 4.87%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 171.84% (30.27%) 5.51%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 6.40% 6.93% 6.40%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric GCO JILL Apparel Retail median
Debt to equity 0.03 0.52 0.03
Current ratio 1.58 1.30 1.48
Net debt to EBITDA (1.44) 0.45 (0.37)

Dividend

Metric GCO JILL Apparel Retail median
Dividend yield — 1.52% 2.08%
Payout ratio — 0.20 0.21

Size

Metric GCO JILL Apparel Retail median
Market cap 400.02m 342.44m 425.23m

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