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GEN Gen Digital Inc.

Nasdaq · Information Technology · Services-Prepackaged Software · Market cap $13.3B · $21.99 on 2026-10-02

Buy (Payback/Ten Cap)Tier CDetailed (TTM)

Price moves

1 week2%
1 month-28%
3 months-18%
6 months16%
YTD-18%
1 year-21%
Off 52w high-31%
52w range$18–$32

Price and total return

PriceTotal return (dividends reinvested)

Show year-end values
YearPriceDividend-adjusted
2016$23.89$11.50
2017$28.06$13.65
2018$18.90$9.32
2019$25.52$12.78
2020$20.78$18.44
2021$25.98$23.53
2022$21.43$19.81
2023$22.82$21.65
2024$27.38$26.50
2025$27.19$26.78
2026-10-02 (latest)$21.99$21.99

Dividend-adjusted values are back-adjusted to today's price: the gap to the price column is the value of dividends reinvested since then.

Buy (MOS)
$1
Sticker
$1
Payback Time
$22
Ten Cap
$26
Price
$22

Analyst consensus 9 analysts · as of 2026-10-09 · the street vs Rule #1

Street agrees Targets $25 low · $33 mean · $46 high (+48% to the mean)

Rule #1 price and the street both say cheap.

Low
$25
Mean
$33
High
$46
Buy (MOS)
$1
Sticker
$1
Price
$22
Buy 4Hold 6

Average rating 2.2 of 5 (1 = strong buy, 5 = sell) · buy · EPS growth next year 13% vs windage 1.5%

A price target is a 12-month price opinion, not a valuation. Rule #1 treats analysts as a lead and their growth as a ceiling (077, 093). Source: Yahoo Finance consensus.

Valuation

Buy (MOS) 50% of Sticker$0.75-97%
Ten Cap 10× owner earnings − net debt$25.6717%
Payback Time 8-year FCF payback$21.990%
Sticker Rule #1 intrinsic value$1.49-93%
Methods agree price under how many of Ten Cap, Payback, MOS2 of 3
Windage growth g1.5%
Future P/E (min 2g, 10y median)3.0×
P/E · 10y median12.9×17.1×
EPS TTM 2026-07-03$1.71
FCF yield11.7%
Dividend (TTM) · yield$0.502.3%
Dividend growth 5y, per year0.0%
Total return per year, dividends reinvested · 5y · 10y-0.7%6.5%
Revenue · net income last FY$5.0B$973M

Big Five 10/15 tests ≥10%

10y5y1y
ROIC11%15%13%
Sales growth3%14%27%
EPS growth-8%11%52%
BVPS growth-3%–16%
OCF growth7%17%27%
Debt payoff (yrs of FCF)5.3

Events

-31% off 52w high; 8-K: 2026-09-28: 7.01 Reg FD disclosure; next report ~2026-11-06

Next report ≈ 2026-11-06 · SEC filings ·Yahoo Finance