---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-22-025971"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GCO"
cik: "0000018498"
company_name: "GENESCO INC"
filed_at: "2022-12-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T10:25:52.000748+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Genesco Q3 adj. EPS falls to $1.65 from $2.36; lowers FY23 guidance to $5.50-$5.90

## Summary
- Revenue $604M, +1% YoY; comps +3%; e-commerce 18% of retail sales.
- GAAP EPS from cont ops $1.66; non-GAAP EPS $1.65 vs $2.36 last year and $1.33 pre-pandemic.
- Gross margin 48.7% (-50 bps YoY); adj. operating margin 4.4% vs 7.5% last year.
- Repurchased $20.8M stock in Q3; $34.1M remaining on authorization.
- FY23 adj. EPS guidance cut to $5.50-$5.90 (mid $5.70) from $6.25-$7.00; sales -1% to -2%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-22-025971
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GCO
- cik: 0000018498
- company_name: GENESCO INC
- filed_at: 2022-12-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18498/000095017022025971/0000950170-22-025971-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18498/000095017022025971/gco-20221202.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-22-025971
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-22-025971.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-22-025971.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  GENESCO INC reported Fiscal year 2023 results: EPS $5.50 to $5.90. Guidance lowered.
  - Period: Fiscal year 2023
  - EPS: $5.50 to $5.90
  - Guidance: lowered
  - Result: guidance update
  source text: we now expect adjusted earnings per share for Fiscal 2023 to range between $5.50 to $5.90.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18498/000095017022025971/0000950170-22-025971-index.htm

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