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The price of Genesco Inc (NYSE: GCO) closed at $17.92 in the last session, down -1.54% from day before closing price of $18.20. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.54 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.69 million shares were traded. GCO stock price reached its highest trading level at $18.685 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $17.54.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at GCO’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 5.82 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 4.23. 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:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. 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 197806336 and an Enterprise Value of 649723520. 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 0.37. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.279 whereas that against EBITDA is 9.386.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for GCO is 2.15, which has changed by -0.2944882 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.07455289 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 $16.19. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -36.85%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -42.24%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, GCO traded on average about 344.06K shares per day over the past 3-months and 563320 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 11.28M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 10.05M. Insiders hold about 8.92% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 101.56% stake in the company. Shares short for GCO as of 1743379200 were 971303 with a Short Ratio of 2.82, compared to 1740700800 on 622728. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 971303 and a Short% of Float of 10.7700005.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0
