Gen Digital (GEN) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Gen Digital Inc. (NASDAQ: GEN) is a cybersecurity company that provides digital safety, privacy, and identity protection products for consumers. Its services are designed to help protect devices, personal information, online accounts, and digital identities from malware, fraud, identity theft, scams, and other cyber threats.

The company operates a portfolio of consumer brands that includes Norton, Avast, LifeLock, Avira, AVG, ReputationDefender, and CCleaner. Its offerings include antivirus and device security software, virtual private network services, password management, identity theft monitoring and restoration support, privacy tools, scam protection, and performance and optimization utilities.

Gen Digital serves customers internationally through direct subscriptions and distribution partnerships. The company was formed through the combination of NortonLifeLock and Avast, completed in 2022. NortonLifeLock had previously been created when Broadcom acquired Symantec’s enterprise security business and renamed the remaining consumer-focused company in 2019. Vincent Pilette serves as Gen Digital’s chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $24.62 to $25.13
• 50-Day Range: $20.85 to $31.41
• 52-Week Range: $17.78 to $31.65
• Volume: 4.67 million shs
• Average Volume: 7.23 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $14.89 billion
• P/E Ratio: 14.47
• Dividend Yield: 2.01%
• Price Target: $30.25
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Gen Digital Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Gen Digital scored higher than 99% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 21st out of 590 stocks in the technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Gen Digital has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.38, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 1 buy rating, 6 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Gen Digital has a consensus price target of $30.25, representing about 21.6% upside from its current price of $24.88.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Gen Digital has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 4.4 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 15.79%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Gen Digital are expected to grow by 15.79% in the coming year, from $2.66 to $3.08 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Gen Digital is 14.47, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.76.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Gen Digital is 14.47, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 78.49.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Gen Digital has a PEG Ratio of 0.76. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Gen Digital has a P/B Ratio of 5.77. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

6.54% of the float of Gen Digital has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Gen Digital has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.18, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Gen Digital has recently decreased by 0.02%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Gen Digital pays a meaningful dividend of 2.07%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Gen Digital does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Gen Digital is 29.07%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Gen Digital will have a dividend payout ratio of 16.23% next year. This indicates that Gen Digital will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.48

News Sentiment

Gen Digital has a news sentiment score of 0.48. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 11 news articles for Gen Digital this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

16 people have searched for GEN on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 300% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

9 people have added Gen Digital to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Gen Digital insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $16,356,093.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

9.70% of the stock of Gen Digital is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

81.38% of the stock of Gen Digital is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/06/2026
• Record date for 9/9 Dividend: 8/17/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/9 Dividend: 8/17/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/09/2026
• Today: 10/23/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/28/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 3/31/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Technology
• Industry: Software
• Sub-Industry: Systems Software
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:GEN
• CIK: 849399
• Web: www.gendigital.com
• Phone: (650) 527-8000
• Fax: 302-636-5454
• Employees: 3,900
• Year Founded: 1982

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Gen Digital: $30.25
• High Price Target: $37.00
• Low Price Target: $24.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +21.6%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.38
• Research Coverage: 8 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.72
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 14.47
• Forward P/E Ratio: 9.35
• P/E Growth: 0.76
• Net Income: $973 million
• Net Margins: 20.73%
• Pretax Margin: 30.20%
• Return on Equity: 55.93%
• Return on Assets: 8.91%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 3.00
• Current Ratio: 0.47
• Quick Ratio: 0.47

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $5 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.98
• Cash Flow: $3.14 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 7.92
• Book Value: $4.31 per share
• Price / Book: 5.77

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 598,590,000
• Free Float: 540,524,000
• Market Cap: $14.89 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.26