profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Gen Digital
$30.40+2.39% today
+13.8% in 1 year
1-year low $17.891-year high $31.41
Trading close to its highest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2021 to 2026.
0%20% a year
You pay $18.54 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Gen Digital sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $3.32 billion in 2023 to $5.00 billion in 2026, with $973 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Gen Digital handed back 62% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks $634M$312M
Free cash flow 2026$1.5B
Bought back its own shares$634M
Paid as dividends$312M
Cash vs. debt$402M vs. $8.3B
Gen Digital vs. similar companies
Gen Digital grows in the middle of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gen Digital | 18.5× · Fair price | ||
 Microsoft | 29.1× · Fair price | ||
 Palantir Technologies | 249.1× · Very expensive | ||
 Oracle | 22.9× · Fair price | ||
 Palo Alto Networks | 232.6× · Very expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Gen Digital's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,551 | 2,796 | 3,317 | 3,800 | 3,935 | 5,000 | |
| 2,189 | 2,388 | 2,728 | 3,069 | 3,159 | 3,923 | |
| 896 | 1,005 | 1,275 | 1,167 | 1,620 | 2,155 | |
| 1,166 | 1,308 | 1,513 | 1,601 | 2,026 | 2,573 | |
| 554 | 836 | 1,334 | 607 | 643 | 973 | |
| 0.92 | 1.41 | 2.16 | 0.96 | 1.03 | 1.57 | |
| 85.8% | 85.4% | 82.2% | 80.8% | 80.3% | 78.5% | |
| 35.1% | 35.9% | 38.4% | 30.7% | 41.2% | 43.1% | |
| 21.7% | 29.9% | 40.2% | 16.0% | 16.3% | 19.5% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 6,361 | 6,943 | 15,947 | 15,793 | 15,495 | 15,589 |
| Cash | 933 | 1,887 | 750 | 846 | 1,006 | 402 |
| Total debt | 3,601 | 3,736 | 9,819 | 8,655 | 8,315 | 8,260 |
| Total liabilities | 6,861 | 7,036 | 13,747 | 13,653 | 13,226 | 12,978 |
| -500 | -126 | 2,200 | 2,140 | 2,269 | 2,611 | |
| 600 | 591 | 624 | 642 | 624 | 619 | |
| 25.9% | 25.6% | 7.8% | 8.2% | 12.0% | 15.1% | |
| -110.8% | -663.5% | 60.6% | 28.4% | 28.3% | 37.3% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 706 | 974 | 757 | 2,064 | 1,221 | 1,545 | |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 15 | 22 | |
| 700 | 968 | 751 | 2,044 | 1,206 | 1,523 | |
| Dividends paid | 373 | 303 | 314 | 323 | 313 | 312 |
| 304 | 0 | 904 | 441 | 272 | 634 | |
| 81 | 70 | 134 | 138 | 133 | 237 |
Valuation
- 18.5×
- 10.7×
- 1.64
- 5.7×
- 3.6×
- 11.8×
- 10.1×
- 8.4%
- 5.4%
- 2.0%
Profitability
- 78.5%
- 43.1%
- 19.5%
- 51.7%
- 10.6%
- 10.8%
- 39.9%
- 6.2%
- 16.6%
- 8.2%
Growth
- +14.4%
- +11.3%
- +26.3%
- −47.5%
- +1.3%
Financial health
- 3.0×
- 3.14
- 52.6%
- 6.9×
- 0.40
- 0.40
- 0.32
How it ranks in Technology
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 35%of 975
Top 2%of 979
Top 26%of 747
Top 35%of 979
Top 12%of 981
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $32.00
- Range
- $32.00 – $32.00
- 1 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2026 | 0.67 | 0.65 | +3.1% |
| Feb 5, 2026 | 0.64 | 0.63 | +1.6% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | 0.62 | 0.61 | +1.6% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | 0.64 | 0.60 | +6.7% |
| May 6, 2025 | 0.59 | 0.58 | +1.7% |
| Jan 30, 2025 | 0.56 | 0.55 | +1.8% |
| Oct 30, 2024 | 0.54 | 0.54 | +0.2% |
| Aug 1, 2024 | 0.53 | 0.53 | +0.6% |
2.0%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$20a year at today's yield, before tax
−47.5%2020 to 2025
Raised–not every year
Paid per share, each year
$0.60 in 2015 → $0.50 in 2025
How safe it looks
32.1% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 20.5%
News
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Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
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The seven classic investing rulebooks
2/7Passes 2 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
63Pass
Benjamin Graham
40No pass
Philip Fisher
77Pass
Peter Lynch
55No pass
Joel Greenblatt
46No pass
Charlie Munger
54No pass
Terry Smith
59No pass
Questions about Gen Digital
Is Gen Digital a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers at a fair price. 3 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Gen Digital AI analysis
What does Gen Digital do?
Gen Digital Inc. provides cyber safety solutions for consumers in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and Japan. It is in Software - Infrastructure, based in Tempe, AZ, United States, with 3,900 employees.
Does Gen Digital pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 2.0% a year, about 32% of its yearly profit. In 2026 it paid out $312 million in dividends.
Is Gen Digital stock halal?
No. Gen Digital does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 47% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Gen Digital stock done over the past year?
Up 13.8% over the past twelve months, to $30.40. It traded between $17.89 and $31.41 and is 3.2% below its high.
Who are Gen Digital's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Microsoft, Palantir Technologies, Oracle and Palo Alto Networks. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Gen Digital's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.