Forensic Analysis · Retail / Consumer Discretionary · as of Aug 12, 2026

Genesco Inc (GCO)

A forensic read on Genesco Inc built from its complete SEC filings — financial-health screens, earnings quality, red flags and a price-aware rating. Reproducible math, not opinion.

D · Weak — demands caution

Forensic grade

Grey Zone

Financial health

2.4

Distress distance

Clean

Earnings quality

Forensic signals

21.6

P / E (ttm)

2.3%

ROE

$409M

Market cap

4.8%

Revenue growth

This free snapshot doesn't read filing or proxy text, so the auditor-quality and governance checks that can lower a grade were not evaluated (red flags, auditor quality, say on pay, board independence). Those checks only ever lower a grade, so the full analysis can land below the grade above but never above it — treat it as the most favourable reading, not the settled one.

Genesco Inc earns a D (Weak — demands caution) forensic quality grade, and its balance-sheet distress test reads 2.4, placing it in the Grey zone. 2 forensic signals were flagged in its latest SEC filings, led by return on invested capital.

What the filings flag

1.7%

FY2026

Return on invested capital. Return on invested capital is 1.7% in the latest fiscal year and slipping from 7% — well below its ~9% cost of capital, so reinvested dollars may be destroying value, not building it.

$108M

FY2021–FY2024

Goodwill impairments. Took $108M of goodwill writedowns across 2 years (FY2021 ($79M), FY2024 ($28M)) — about 95% of net income over the span. A large writedown means an acquisition turned out worth far less than was paid — a real mark against M&A discipline.

Key fundamentals

Latest Revenue$2.44B

Revenue Growth YoY+4.8%

Revenue CAGR (3yr)+0.7%

Net Margin0.5%

Free Cash Flow$83.7M

Return on Equity2.3%

Debt / Equity0.01x

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Data from SEC EDGAR public filings · metrics as of Aug 12, 2026. Forensic signals flag probability, not certainty.