Gen Digital

GEN · Nasdaq · Information Technology · Financials, fiscal 2017 to 2026

GEN · Last close · October 26, 2026

$24.41

Gen Digital's revenue rose 27.1% to $5.0 billion in fiscal 2026. Its operating margin was 42.4%, up from 40.9% a year earlier. Free cash flow was $1.5 billion, up 26.3%. It paid out $946 million in dividends and buybacks, 62% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 0.8%.

Gen Digital Inc. Latest fiscal year ended April 3, 2026 10-K filed May 21, 2026 · 0000849399-26-000017 Updated October 9, 2026

Revenue

$5.0B

27.1%

Operating margin

42.4%

1.5 pts

Net income

$973M

51.3%

Free cash flow

$1.5B

26.3%

Return on capital

13.7%

3.4 pts

Market cap

$14.7B

Oct 26 close

P/E

14.3x

On $1.71 EPS, 4 qtrs

Operating margin is operating income as a share of revenue. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending. Return on capital is after-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash. Market cap is the last closing share price times the latest diluted share count, so it is approximate. P/E is the last close divided by diluted earnings per share over the last four quarters, or the latest fiscal year where the quarters aren't available; there is none when the company made a loss.

Charts show fiscal years, from the 10-K filings.

Revenue and margins

Revenue

US$ billions, fiscal years

Margins

Percent of revenue

GrossOperatingNetFree cash flow

Net income and earnings per share

From fiscal 2018 to 2026, earnings per share fell 1.0% a year and net income 1.9% a year, while buybacks cut the share count by 7%.

Net income

US$ billions, fiscal years; loss years in red.

Diluted earnings per share

US$ per share, fiscal years, restated for any stock splits; loss years in red.

Returns on capital

Return on capital and on equity

Percent. Return on capital is after-tax operating income over the money invested in the business (debt plus equity, minus cash); return on equity is net income over shareholders' equity. Both use the average of opening and closing balances.

Return on capitalReturn on equity

Cash flow

Free cash flow

US$ billions. Cash from operations minus capital expenditure; negative years in red.

Payouts and share count

Dividends and buybacks

US$ billions, cash paid in each fiscal year

DividendsShare buybacks

Diluted share count

Weighted-average diluted shares, millions

Valuation

Two ways to value Gen Digital yourself, both starting from its filings: a discounted cash flow model and the price-to-earnings method.

Discounted cash flow (DCF)

A discounted cash flow (DCF) model values a business as the cash it may generate in future, discounted back to today. The starting figures come from Gen Digital's 10-K (or, for net cash and shares, its latest 10-Q) and the assumptions are yours: start from one of three example scenarios, then change any figure to see what it implies for a share, and how that compares with the last share price.

Value per share on three example scenarios, from Gen Digital's fiscal 2026 free cash flow of $1.5B, net cash of −$7.8B at April 3, 2026 and 619 million diluted shares, from its filings. The scenarios are fitted to Gen Digital: the base scenario's growth in years 1 to 5 is its revenue growth over the last 3 years, 14.7% a year; the cautious and optimistic ones are lower and higher, and growth in years 6 to 10 is halfway to the long-run rate. The base scenario's discount rate is 9% for a business of moderate risk (Systems Software); the cautious and optimistic ones use a point more and a point less. Select one to load it into the calculator. These are the model's arithmetic on those assumptions, not a forecast or a price target.

From the filings

Starting free cash flow, US$ millions

Cash from operations minus capital spending in fiscal 2026.

Net cash, US$ millions

Cash and short-term investments minus debt and finance leases at April 3, 2026. Negative means net debt.

Diluted shares, millions

Weighted-average diluted shares in fiscal 2026.

Your assumptions

Start from

Fitted to Gen Digital's own revenue growth, as above. Cautious: growth of 7.5% then 5% a year, 2% after year 10, a 10% discount rate. Base: growth of 14.5% then 8.5% a year, 2.5% after year 10, a 9% discount rate. Optimistic: growth of 22% then 12.5% a year, 3% after year 10, a 8% discount rate.

Free cash flow growth, years 1 to 5 (% a year)

Free cash flow growth, years 6 to 10 (% a year)

Growth after year 10 (% a year)Long-run growth forever after year 10. Usually close to inflation, and always below the discount rate.

Discount rate (% a year)The yearly return an investor wants for the risk. A higher rate gives a lower value.

Value per share on these assumptions

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Last close, October 26, 2026: $24.41
Value on these assumptions, against the last close: —

Cash flows in years 1 to 10, valued today: —
Everything after year 10, valued today: —
Plus net cash: —
Share of value from after year 10: —

Projected free cash flow

US$ billions. Each column is one year's projected free cash flow, split into what it is worth today and the part removed by discounting.

Value todayRemoved by discounting

How the value changes with two assumptions

Value per share in US$, with the growth rates above. The highlighted cell matches the current assumptions.

How the model works. Free cash flow grows at the first rate for five years and the second rate for five more, and each year is discounted at the discount rate. Everything after year 10 is valued as year-10 cash flow × (1 + growth after year 10) ÷ (discount rate − growth after year 10), discounted back ten years. Net cash is added and the total is divided by diluted shares. The result depends entirely on the assumptions. It is not a forecast, a price target or a recommendation. The last close is the consolidated US closing price, from Databento.

Price-to-earnings (P/E) method

Another common way to value a company is to multiply its earnings per share by a price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple: the number of years of today's earnings an investor pays for a share. A higher multiple usually means investors expect earnings to grow. Choose a multiple, for example from similar companies, to see the value it gives.

Careful. Gen Digital's P/E today, 14.3×, is less than half the example multiple. A gap that wide usually means one of two things: its latest earnings include large one-off items, such as a tax benefit or a gain on a sale, or investors expect its earnings to fall. Either way the examples can mislead, so they aren't set against the share price. Check the earnings in its latest filings before using them.

Value per share on three example scenarios, from Gen Digital's earnings per share of $1.71 (over the last four quarters). Each grows earnings for a year at the cash flow scenarios' rates and applies a multiple to next year's earnings: 34×, the middle of Gen Digital's own P/E today, its peers' median and its sector's median (the Information Technology median) for the base scenario, 20% less and more for the cautious and optimistic ones. The price is brought back a year at 10%, 9% and 8%. Select one to load it into the calculator. These are the model's arithmetic on those assumptions, not a forecast or a price target.

Earnings per share, US$

Diluted earnings per share over the four quarters to July 3, 2026, from the 10-Qs and 10-K.

P/E multiple

P/E today is the last close divided by the latest earnings per share, the four quarters' where available. Peers: Twilio, Fortinet.

Earnings growth in the years ahead (% a year) Starts at Gen Digital's revenue growth over the last 3 years, 14.7% a year, as the base scenario does.

Earnings per share in the years ahead, US$

Year 1Year 2Year 3Year 4Year 5

Type your own estimate for any year; the years after it carry on at the growth rate.

Apply the multiple to earnings

A multiple on a future year's earnings gives the price then, brought back to today at the discount rate below.

Discount rate (% a year) The yearly return an investor wants for the risk, as in the cash flow model.

Value per share today at this multiple

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Last close, October 26, 2026: $24.41
Value at this multiple, against the last close: —
Gen Digital's P/E at the last close: 14.3×

Company	Last close	Earnings per share	P/E today
FortinetFTNT	$183.33	$2.83	64.8×
TwilioTWLO	$263.65	$7.19	36.7×
Gen DigitalGEN	$24.41	$1.71	14.3×

How the P/E method works. Value per share is earnings per share times the multiple. On a future year's earnings, that gives the price in that year, which is brought back to today at the discount rate: price ÷ (1 + discount rate) for each year ahead. It is quick and easy to compare across companies, but it ignores debt and cash, and earnings can swing with one-off gains and charges, so a multiple says most about steady, profitable businesses. Like the cash flow model, the result depends entirely on the assumptions you choose. It is not a forecast, a price target or a recommendation.

Balance sheet

Fiscal year end	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25	FY26
Cash and short-term investments	1,891	750	846	1,006	411
Debt incl. finance leases	3,736	9,762	8,604	8,259	8,196
Net debt (negative means net cash)	1,845	9,012	7,758	7,253	7,785
Net debt to EBITDA	1.6x	5.9x	4.9x	3.6x	3.0x
Debt to equity	—	4.5x	4.0x	3.6x	3.1x
Interest coverage	8.0x	3.0x	1.7x	2.8x	3.7x
Current ratio	0.7x	0.4x	0.5x	0.5x	0.4x
Quick ratio	0.7x	0.4x	0.5x	0.5x	0.4x

US$ millions unless stated, at each fiscal year end. Net debt to EBITDA is debt minus cash, divided by operating income before depreciation and amortization: roughly how many years of those earnings the net debt equals. Debt to equity is debt as a multiple of shareholders' equity. Interest coverage is operating income divided by interest expense. The current ratio is current assets over current liabilities; the quick ratio leaves out inventory.

Insider trades

Over the 12 months between October 27, 2025 and October 26, 2026, 1 insider bought $216,880 of Gen Digital shares on the open market, and 4 insiders sold $21.9 million, $866,366 of it under trading plans set up in advance.

Date	Insider	Trade	Shares	Price	Value	Filing
Sep 4, 2026	Bryan Seuk KoCOO, CLO and Secretary	Sold plan	28,248	$30.67	$866,366	Form 4
Aug 27, 2026	Ondrej VlcekDirector	Sold	200,000	$30.00	$6.0 million	Form 4
Aug 25, 2026	Ondrej VlcekDirector	Sold	152,358	$29.00	$4.4 million	Form 4
Aug 21, 2026	Ondrej VlcekDirector	Sold	47,462	$29.00	$1.4 million	Form 4
Aug 19, 2026	Ondrej VlcekDirector	Sold	100,000	$28.00	$2.8 million	Form 4
Aug 17, 2026	Travis Michael WitteveenHead of Products and Portfolio	Sold	440	$28.06	$12,346	Form 4
Aug 10, 2026	Travis Michael WitteveenHead of Products and Portfolio	Sold	30,000	$29.42	$882,600	Form 4
Jun 10, 2026	Ondrej VlcekDirector	Sold	100,000	$24.78	$2.5 million	Form 4
Jun 4, 2026	John C ChrystalDirector	Bought	3,000	$27.06	$81,180	Form 4
Feb 17, 2026	Natalie Marie DerseCFO	Sold	794	$23.62	$18,754	Form 4
Dec 10, 2025	Ondrej VlcekDirector	Sold	113,674	$27.12	$3.1 million	Form 4
Nov 13, 2025	John C ChrystalDirector	Bought	5,000	$27.14	$135,700	Form 4

Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from their Form 4 filings with the SEC: one row per person, day and filing, at the day's average price. Grants, option exercises and shares withheld for tax aren't counted. Insiders buy and sell for many reasons, such as taxes, spreading their savings or a plan set up months earlier, so a trade on its own says little about where a company is heading. For information only, not investment advice. Insider trades at all companies

Piotroski F-score

The F-score counts how many of nine simple tests of profitability, funding and efficiency a company passed in a year (Piotroski, 2000). The more tests passed, the stronger the year: 8 or 9 is strong, 0 to 2 weak. Companies that report no gross profit are scored on the other eight.

Test	FY24	FY25	FY26
Net income is positive	Pass	Pass	Pass
Cash from operations is positive	Pass	Pass	Pass
Return on assets rose	Fail	Pass	Pass
Cash from operations exceeds net income	Pass	Pass	Pass
Debt fell relative to assets	Pass	Pass	Pass
Current ratio rose	Pass	Pass	Fail
Share count didn't rise	Fail	Pass	Pass
Gross margin rose	Fail	Fail	Fail
Revenue rose relative to assets	Fail	Pass	Pass
F-score	5 of 9	8 of 9	7 of 9
Accruals ratio	−9.2%	−3.7%	−3.7%

The accruals ratio is net income minus cash from operations, over average total assets.

Compare

Put Gen Digital side by side with any other company we cover: revenue, growth, margins, cash flow and returns, with ten years of charts.

Similar companies

Company	Year	Revenue growth	Operating margin	Free cash flow margin	Return on capital	Net debt to EBITDA	F-score	Compare
Gen Digital	FY26	27.1%	42.4%	30.5%	13.7%	3.0x	7
Twilio	FY25	13.7%	3.1%	19.7%	1.5%	−4.2x	6	Compare
CrowdStrike	FY26	21.7%	−6.1%	27.2%	—	—	4	Compare
Fortinet	FY25	14.2%	30.7%	32.7%	—	−1.2x	5	Compare
Zscaler	FY26	25.4%	−4.0%	25.4%	—	−116.4x	3	Compare

Each company's latest fiscal year. Fiscal years end in different months, so the periods don't line up exactly. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow as a share of revenue. Net debt to EBITDA is explained under the balance sheet, and the F-score above.

10 years of figures

Fiscal year	FY17	FY18	FY19	FY20	FY21	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25	FY26
Income statement
Revenue	4,019	2,559	2,456	2,490	2,551	2,796	3,317	3,800	3,935	5,000
Revenue growth	11.6%	−36.3%	−4.0%	1.4%	2.5%	9.6%	18.6%	14.6%	3.5%	27.1%
Gross profit	3,166	2,096	2,001	2,097	2,189	2,388	2,728	3,069	3,159	3,923
Research and development	823	455	420	328	267	253	313	332	329	409
Operating income	−100	−154	158	355	896	1,005	1,206	1,110	1,610	2,120
Net income	−106	1,138	31	3,887	554	836	1,334	607	643	973
Diluted EPS (US$)	−0.17	1.70	0.05	6.05	0.92	1.41	2.14	0.95	1.03	1.57
Diluted shares (millions)	618	668	632	643	600	591	624	642	624	619
Cash flow
Cash from operations	−209	950	1,495	−861	706	974	757	2,064	1,221	1,545
Capital expenditure	70	142	207	89	6	6	6	20	15	22
Free cash flow	−279	808	1,288	−950	700	968	751	2,044	1,206	1,523
Dividends paid	222	211	217	7,481	373	303	314	323	313	312
Share buybacks	500	0	234	1,581	304	0	904	441	272	634
Acquisitions	6,736	401	180	0	344	39	6,547	0	84	1,032
Stock-based compensation	440	610	352	312	81	70	134	138	133	237
Balance sheet at fiscal year end
Cash and short-term investments	4,256	2,162	2,043	2,263	951	1,891	750	846	1,006	411
Debt incl. finance leases	8,186	5,026	4,452	4,221	3,601	3,736	9,762	8,604	8,259	8,196
Total assets	18,174	15,759	15,938	7,735	6,361	6,943	15,947	15,793	15,495	15,589
Total liabilities	14,687	10,736	10,200	7,725	6,861	7,036	13,747	13,653	13,226	12,978
Shareholders' equity	3,487	5,023	5,738	10	−500	−126	2,152	2,140	2,269	2,611
Margins and ratios
Gross margin	78.8%	81.9%	81.5%	84.2%	85.8%	85.4%	82.2%	80.8%	80.3%	78.5%
Operating margin	−2.5%	−6.0%	6.4%	14.3%	35.1%	35.9%	36.4%	29.2%	40.9%	42.4%
Net margin	−2.6%	44.5%	1.3%	156.1%	21.7%	29.9%	40.2%	16.0%	16.3%	19.5%
Free cash flow margin	−6.9%	31.6%	52.4%	−38.1%	27.4%	34.6%	22.6%	53.8%	30.6%	30.5%
Return on capital	−2.2%	−2.0%	1.6%	5.0%	34.7%	41.7%	18.7%	10.5%	10.4%	13.7%
Return on equity	−3.0%	26.8%	0.6%	135.2%	—	—	131.7%	28.3%	29.2%	39.9%
Return on assets	−0.7%	6.7%	0.2%	32.8%	7.9%	12.6%	11.7%	3.8%	4.1%	6.3%
Net debt to EBITDA	10.0x	5.9x	3.1x	2.7x	2.5x	1.6x	5.9x	4.9x	3.6x	3.0x

US$ millions unless stated. Where a later 10-K restated a year, the latest filed figure is shown. Download all figures (CSV, US$ millions)

Source: Gen Digital's Form 10-K filings, from SEC EDGAR. For information only, not investment advice. The Filing Desk is not affiliated with Gen Digital.