Genesco Inc. (GCO) vs Shoe Station Group Inc. (SHOE)

Genesco Inc. and Shoe Station Group Inc. are both Apparel Retail companies. Genesco Inc. and Shoe Station Group Inc. are of similar size ($372.8M and $359.4M). Genesco Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 8.6× against 14.7×. Genesco Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 3.00% against −4.13%. Shoe Station Group Inc. has the higher net margin (2.20% vs 1.71%) and the lower return on invested capital (3.57% vs 5.83%). Both pay a dividend; Genesco Inc. yields more (6.59% vs 1.60%). Across the 23 metrics below, Genesco Inc. leads on 16 and Shoe Station Group Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric GCO SHOE Apparel Retail median
P/E 8.62 14.65 12.56
P/S 0.15 0.32 0.35
P/B 0.66 0.52 1.57
Price to free cash flow 4.95 5.32 11.15
EV/EBITDA 3.41 8.06 7.42
EV/Sales 0.14 0.48 0.51
Earnings yield 11.61% 6.83% 5.76%
Free cash flow yield 20.18% 18.79% 4.34%

Profitability

Metric GCO SHOE Apparel Retail median
Gross margin 47.54% 34.47% 41.90%
Operating margin 1.98% 2.82% 2.50%
Net margin 1.71% 2.20% 3.41%
Free cash flow margin 3.03% 6.02% 2.86%
Return on equity 7.84% 3.61% 7.71%
Return on assets 2.85% 2.09% 2.85%
Return on invested capital 5.83% 3.57% 6.41%

Growth

Metric GCO SHOE Apparel Retail median
Revenue growth (TTM) 3.00% (4.13%) 4.14%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 171.84% (29.10%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 6.40% 3.05% 5.92%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 26.73% 0.00%

Health

Metric GCO SHOE Apparel Retail median
Debt to equity 0.03 0.00 0.01
Current ratio 1.58 4.04 1.54
Net debt to EBITDA (1.44) (1.29) (0.29)

Dividend

Metric GCO SHOE Apparel Retail median
Dividend yield 6.59% 1.60% 2.94%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.12 0.00

Size

Metric GCO SHOE Apparel Retail median
Market cap 372.75m 359.37m 358.41m

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