Designer Brands vs Genesco
DBI and GCO side by side, both in apparel and accessory stores. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How DBI and GCO compare
Genesco is the larger company, worth 1.2 times as much as Designer Brands ($407M against $345M).
Genesco grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (3.0% versus −0.84% for Designer Brands).
Genesco keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 1.7% compared with 0.59% at Designer Brands.
Designer Brands pays a dividend yielding 3.0%; Genesco does not pay one.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | DBI | GCO |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $345M | $407M |
| Share price | $6.74 | $37.65 |
| Change, 1 year | 83.2% | 26.9% |
| Change, 5 years | −54.9% | −46.6% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.40 | 1.57 |
| Employees | 13K | 16K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 10 | 10 |
| Valuation score | 4 (better) | 3 |
| Growth score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Performance score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Health score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Dividend score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 27.0× | – |
| P/S | 0.1× (better) | 0.2× |
| P/B | – | 0.7× |
| EV/EBITDA | 1.9× (better) | 3.6× |
| P/FCF | 2.9× (better) | 5.5× |
| FCF yield | 34.8% (better) | 18.1% |
| Fair value | $10.76 | $55.03 |
| Margin of safety | 37.4% (better) | 31.6% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −0.84% | 3.0% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 5.3% | 6.4% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 45.7% | 47.5% (better) |
| Operating margin | 3.5% (better) | 2.0% |
| Net margin | 0.59% | 1.7% (better) |
| FCF margin | 4.1% (better) | 3.0% |
| Return on equity | – | 7.8% |
| Return on invested capital | – | 8.3% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 0.03 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −0.28 | −0.41 |
| Current ratio | 1.22 | 1.58 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 1.86 | 2.41 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 7 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 3.0% | – |
| Payout ratio | 57.9% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | – |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 14.9% | – |
| Buyback yield | – | 0.00% |
| Shareholder yield | 3.0% (better) | 0.00% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 70.3% | 88.7% |
| Held by insiders | 48.4% | 30.6% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$1.8M | $110K (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 21.2% | 16.8% |
Go deeper
- DBI stock overview
- DBI income statement
- DBI valuation and score
- GCO stock overview
- GCO income statement
- GCO valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.