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(GEN) Gen Digital - Ratings and Ratios

Exchange: NASDAQ • Country: United States • Currency: USD • Type: Common Stock • ISIN: US6687711084

Antivirus, Vpn, Identity, Cleanup, Optimization

GEN EPS (Earnings per Share)

EPS (Earnings per Share) of GEN over the last years for every Quarter: "2020-09": 0.36, "2020-12": 0.38, "2021-03": 0.4, "2021-06": 0.42, "2021-09": 0.43, "2021-12": 0.44, "2022-03": 0.46, "2022-06": 0.45, "2022-09": 0.45, "2022-12": 0.45, "2023-03": 0.46, "2023-06": 0.47, "2023-09": 0.47, "2023-12": 0.49, "2024-03": 0.53, "2024-06": 0.53, "2024-09": 0.54, "2024-12": 0.56, "2025-03": 0.59, "2025-06": 0.64,
EPS Growth (3Y CAGR): 13.66%
EPS Trend (3Y Correlation): 97.0%

GEN Revenue

Revenue of GEN over the last years for every Quarter: 2020-09: 626, 2020-12: 639, 2021-03: 672, 2021-06: 686, 2021-09: 692, 2021-12: 702, 2022-03: 716, 2022-06: 707, 2022-09: 748, 2022-12: 936, 2023-03: 947, 2023-06: 943, 2023-09: 948, 2023-12: 951, 2024-03: 967, 2024-06: 965, 2024-09: 974, 2024-12: 986, 2025-03: 1010, 2025-06: 1257,
Revenue Growth (3Y CAGR): 20.77%
Revenue Trend (3Y Correlation): 77.3%

Description: GEN Gen Digital October 16, 2025

Gen Digital Inc. (NASDAQ: GEN) provides cyber-safety solutions to consumers, families and small businesses through a portfolio that includes Norton, Avast, LifeLock, MoneyLion, Avira, AVG and CCleaner. The firm’s offerings span security and performance management, identity protection, online privacy and a technology platform. Formerly NortonLifeLock, the company rebranded to Gen Digital in November 2022 and is headquartered in Tempe, Arizona.

Key metrics from the most recent fiscal year show revenue of roughly $2.2 billion, with an adjusted EBITDA margin near 15 % and a subscriber base exceeding 50 million paid users. Growth is being driven by rising consumer demand for privacy tools and the broader macro trend of increasing corporate cybersecurity spend, which the IDC forecasts to grow at a CAGR of ~12 % through 2027. A notable sector pressure is the tightening of data-protection regulations (e.g., GDPR, CCPA), which tends to boost demand for identity-theft protection services.

If you want to dig deeper into GEN’s valuation assumptions and scenario analysis, ValueRay’s analytics platform can help you model the impact of different growth and margin trajectories.

GEN Stock Overview

Market Cap in USD 16,333m
Sub-Industry Application Software
IPO / Inception 1990-03-26

GEN Stock Ratings

Growth Rating 33.1%
Fundamental 66.9%
Dividend Rating 12.9%
Return 12m vs S&P 500 -13.4%
Analyst Rating 4.0 of 5

GEN Dividends

Dividend Yield 12m 1.84%
Yield on Cost 5y 2.70%
Annual Growth 5y -55.28%
Payout Consistency 86.5%
Payout Ratio 21.5%

GEN Growth Ratios

Growth Correlation 3m -76.8%
Growth Correlation 12m 23.9%
Growth Correlation 5y 49.2%
CAGR 5y 8.85%
CAGR/Max DD 3y (Calmar Ratio) 0.26
CAGR/Mean DD 3y (Pain Ratio) 0.81
Sharpe Ratio 12m -0.44
Alpha -14.51
Beta 0.934
Volatility 27.26%
Current Volume 2169.5k
Average Volume 20d 3053.4k
Stop Loss 26.4 (-3%)
Signal 0.34

Piotroski VR‑10 (Strict, 0-10) 2.5

Net Income (597.0m TTM) > 0 and > 6% of Revenue (6% = 253.6m TTM)
FCFTA 0.08 (>2.0%) and ΔFCFTA -5.26pp (YES ≥ +1.0pp, WARN ≥ +0.5pp)
NWC/Revenue -33.83% (prev -68.94%; Δ 35.11pp) (YES ≤20% & Δ≤-1pp; WARN ≤25% & Δ≤0 oder ≤40% & Δ≤-3pp)
CFO/TA 0.08 (>3.0%) and CFO 1.37b > Net Income 597.0m (YES >=105%, WARN >=100%)
Net Debt (8.04b) to EBITDA (2.07b) ratio: 3.89 <= 3.0 (WARN <= 3.5)
Current Ratio 0.50 (target 1.5–3.0; WARN 1.2–<1.5 or >3.0–5.0; CFO/TA gate active)
Outstanding Shares last Quarter (624.0m) change vs 12m ago -0.48% (target <= -2.0% for YES)
Gross Margin 79.82% (prev 80.63%; Δ -0.81pp) >=18% & Δ>=+0.5pp (WARN >=15% & Δ>=0)
Asset Turnover 26.59% (prev 24.83%; Δ 1.76pp) >=50% & Δ>=+2pp (WARN >=35% & Δ>=0)
Interest Coverage Ratio 2.81 (EBITDA TTM 2.07b / Interest Expense TTM 581.0m) >= 6 (WARN >= 3)

Altman Z'' 0.33

(A) -0.09 = (Total Current Assets 1.43b - Total Current Liabilities 2.86b) / Total Assets 16.36b
(B) 0.01 = Retained Earnings (Balance) 160.0m / Total Assets 16.36b
(C) 0.10 = EBIT TTM 1.63b / Avg Total Assets 15.89b
(D) 0.17 = Book Value of Equity 2.37b / Total Liabilities 13.99b
Total Rating: 0.33 = (6.56 * A) + (3.26 * B) + (6.72 * C) + (1.05 * D)

ValueRay F-Score (Strict, 0-100) 66.93

1. Piotroski 2.50pt = -2.50
2. FCF Yield 5.53% = 2.77
3. FCF Margin 31.91% = 7.50
4. Debt/Equity 3.75 = -1.77
5. Debt/Ebitda 3.89 = -2.49
6. ROIC - WACC (= 0.43)% = 0.53
7. RoE 26.88% = 2.24
8. Rev. Trend 77.28% = 5.80
9. EPS Trend 97.03% = 4.85

What is the price of GEN shares?

As of October 26, 2025, the stock is trading at USD 27.22 with a total of 2,169,522 shares traded.
Over the past week, the price has changed by +2.64%, over one month by -6.43%, over three months by -10.46% and over the past year by +2.47%.

Is Gen Digital a good stock to buy?

Partly, yes. Based on ValueRay´s Fundamental Analyses, Gen Digital (NASDAQ:GEN) is currently (October 2025) ok to buy, but has to be watched. It has a ValueRay Fundamental Rating of 66.93 and therefor a somewhat positive outlook according to the companies health.
Based on momentum, paid dividends and discounted-cash-flow analyses, the fair value of GEN is around 24.29 USD . This means that GEN is currently overvalued and has a potential downside of -10.76%.

Is GEN a buy, sell or hold?

Gen Digital has received a consensus analysts rating of 4.00. Therefore, it is recommended to buy GEN.
  • Strong Buy: 4
  • Buy: 1
  • Hold: 4
  • Sell: 0
  • Strong Sell: 0

What are the forecasts/targets for the GEN price?

Issuer Target Up/Down from current
Wallstreet Target Price 34.3 26%
Analysts Target Price 34.3 26%
ValueRay Target Price 26.6 -2.4%

GEN Fundamental Data Overview October 20, 2025

Market Cap USD = 16.33b (16.33b USD * 1.0 USD.USD)
P/E Trailing = 27.625
P/E Forward = 11.0497
P/S = 3.8639
P/B = 7.3123
P/EG = 0.9035
Beta = 0.934
Revenue TTM = 4.23b USD
EBIT TTM = 1.63b USD
EBITDA TTM = 2.07b USD
Long Term Debt = 8.57b USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 288.0m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 8.86b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter)
Net Debt = 8.04b USD (from netDebt column, last quarter)
Enterprise Value = 24.38b USD (16.33b + Debt 8.86b - CCE 820.0m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 2.81 (Ebit TTM 1.63b / Interest Expense TTM 581.0m)
FCF Yield = 5.53% (FCF TTM 1.35b / Enterprise Value 24.38b)
FCF Margin = 31.91% (FCF TTM 1.35b / Revenue TTM 4.23b)
Net Margin = 14.12% (Net Income TTM 597.0m / Revenue TTM 4.23b)
Gross Margin = 79.82% ((Revenue TTM 4.23b - Cost of Revenue TTM 853.0m) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 78.76% (prev 80.30%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 1.49 (Enterprise Value 24.38b / Total Assets 16.36b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 1.76% (Interest Expense 156.0m / Debt 8.86b)
Taxrate = 55.00% (165.0m / 300.0m)
NOPAT = 735.3m (EBIT 1.63b * (1 - 55.00%))
Current Ratio = 0.50 (Total Current Assets 1.43b / Total Current Liabilities 2.86b)
Debt / Equity = 3.75 (Debt 8.86b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 2.37b)
Debt / EBITDA = 3.89 (Net Debt 8.04b / EBITDA 2.07b)
Debt / FCF = 5.96 (Net Debt 8.04b / FCF TTM 1.35b)
Total Stockholder Equity = 2.22b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 3.65% (Net Income 597.0m / Total Assets 16.36b)
RoE = 26.88% (Net Income TTM 597.0m / Total Stockholder Equity 2.22b)
RoCE = 15.14% (EBIT 1.63b / Capital Employed (Equity 2.22b + L.T.Debt 8.57b))
RoIC = 6.84% (NOPAT 735.3m / Invested Capital 10.75b)
WACC = 6.41% (E(16.33b)/V(25.20b) * Re(9.46%) + D(8.86b)/V(25.20b) * Rd(1.76%) * (1-Tc(0.55)))
Discount Rate = 9.46% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares Correlation 3-Years: -33.33 | Cagr: -1.64%
[DCF Debug] Terminal Value 73.87% ; FCFE base≈1.64b ; Y1≈1.70b ; Y5≈1.94b
Fair Price DCF = 43.21 (DCF Value 26.61b / Shares Outstanding 615.9m; 5y FCF grow 3.71% → 3.0% )
EPS Correlation: 97.03 | EPS CAGR: 13.66% | SUE: 4.0 | # QB: 3
Revenue Correlation: 77.28 | Revenue CAGR: 20.77% | SUE: 4.0 | # QB: 2

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