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Genesco Inc (NYSE: GCO) closed the day trading at $18.55 down -16.25% from the previous closing price of $22.15. In other words, the price has decreased by -$16.25 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.7 million shares were traded. GCO stock price reached its highest trading level at $19.74 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $18.33.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of GCO, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 6.02 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 4.38. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.48 and its Current Ratio is at 1.60. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.89 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.66.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for the company, B. Riley Securities on March 05, 2024, Downgraded its rating to Neutral and sets its target price to $31 from $43 previously.
On December 15, 2023, B. Riley Securities started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $43.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Mar 28 ’25 when Fund 1 Investments, LLC sold 12,000 shares for $20.73 per share. The transaction valued at 248,759 led to the insider holds 1,097,850 shares of the business.
SANDFORT GREGORY A bought 10,974 shares of GCO for $251,524 on Mar 20 ’25. The Director now owns 26,754 shares after completing the transaction at $22.92 per share. On Jan 23 ’25, another insider, GEORGE THOMAS, who serves as the Retired Officer of the company, bought 25,184 shares for $42.84 each.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, GCO now has a Market Capitalization of 204760464 and an Enterprise Value of 656677696. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.09 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.38. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.282 whereas that against EBITDA is 9.487.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for GCO is 2.13, which has changed by -0.29360247 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.036926866 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, GCO has reached a high of $44.80, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $20.09. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -42.30%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -40.68%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, GCO traded about 294.23K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, GCO traded about 403680 shares per day. A total of 11.28M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 10.24M. Insiders hold about 7.27% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 101.48% stake in the company. Shares short for GCO as of 1741910400 were 708553 with a Short Ratio of 2.41, compared to 1739491200 on 553972. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 708553 and a Short% of Float of 7.8600004000000006.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0