Genesco (GCO) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026)

Genesco's Operating Margin history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 6.42% for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, Operating Margin rose 23.0% year-over-year to 6.42%; the TTM figure through Jan 2026 stood at 0.71% (up 11.0% YoY), while the FY2026 annual figure was 0.71%, up 11.0% from the prior year.
• Operating Margin was 6.42% for Q1 2026 at Genesco, up from 1.39% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 11.46% in Q1 2022 to a low of 7.39% in Q3 2023.
• Historically, Operating Margin has averaged 1.11% across 5 years, with a median of 1.7% in 2022.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Operating Margin sank 908 bps in 2023, then jumped 543 bps in 2024.
• A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 4.32% in 2022, then tumbled by 57 bps to 1.87% in 2023, then slipped by 9 bps to 1.71% in 2024, then dropped by 19 bps to 1.39% in 2025, then jumped by 361 bps to 6.42% in 2026.
• The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 6.42% (Q1 2026), 1.39% (Q4 2025), and 2.64% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.