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Gen Digital Inc.
NasdaqServices-Prepackaged SoftwareLatest fiscal year ended Apr 3, 2026

Gen Digital Inc. reported revenue of $5.00B in its most recent fiscal year, up 27.1% on the year before. It kept 19.5% of that as net income, and generated $1.52B of free cash flow. Figures below are compared against other companies classified under Services-Prepackaged Software.

Grades vs. industry

Growth
C+53/100
Ranked against 41 peers using 8 metrics.
Profitability
A84/100
Ranked against 166 peers using 7 metrics.
Financial health
F19/100
Ranked against 84 peers using 5 metrics.
Dividend coverage
C43/100
Ranked against 7 peers using 3 metrics.

Growth

MetricCompanyIndustry medianRank
Revenue growth (YoY)
Latest fiscal year revenue vs. the year before.
27.1%13.3%39 / 197
Revenue growth (3y)
Annualized revenue growth over three fiscal years.
14.7%11.8%72 / 180
Revenue growth (5y)
Annualized revenue growth over five fiscal years.
14.4%16.4%99 / 164
EPS growth (YoY)
Diluted EPS vs. the prior fiscal year.
52.4%14.0%18 / 79
EPS growth (3y)
Annualized diluted EPS growth over three fiscal years.
-9.8%20.7%42 / 46
EPS growth (5y)
Annualized diluted EPS growth over five fiscal years.
11.3%13.5%23 / 41
Free cash flow growth (YoY)
Operating cash flow less capital expenditure, vs. prior year.
26.3%21.8%54 / 132
Free cash flow growth (3y)
Annualized free cash flow growth over three fiscal years.
26.6%24.7%45 / 93

top third of peersmiddle thirdbottom third. Rank 1 is always best — for debt and payout ratios that means the lowest figure, not the highest.

“Not reported” means the company did not tag this figure in its filing, not that the value is zero. Rankings are hidden where fewer than 5 classified peers reported the metric, and compare against a broad industry code rather than close competitors.

Profitability

MetricCompanyIndustry medianRank
Gross margin
Gross profit as a share of revenue. Often unreported.
78.5%71.0%44 / 182
Operating margin
Operating income as a share of revenue.
42.4%-0.0%4 / 194
Net margin
Net income as a share of revenue.
19.5%0.0%32 / 198
Free cash flow margin
Free cash flow as a share of revenue.
30.5%16.9%25 / 183
Return on equity
Net income divided by shareholder equity.
37.3%0.5%15 / 184
Return on assets
Net income divided by total assets.
6.2%-0.1%52 / 200
Return on invested capital
After-tax operating profit over debt plus equity less cash.
13.1%0.4%35 / 166

top third of peersmiddle thirdbottom third. Rank 1 is always best — for debt and payout ratios that means the lowest figure, not the highest.

“Not reported” means the company did not tag this figure in its filing, not that the value is zero. Rankings are hidden where fewer than 5 classified peers reported the metric, and compare against a broad industry code rather than close competitors.

Financial health

MetricCompanyIndustry medianRank
Debt to equity
Total debt divided by shareholder equity.
3.14x0.28x79 / 84
Current ratio
Current assets over current liabilities.
0.40x1.68x196 / 200
Quick ratio
Current assets excluding inventory, over current liabilities.
0.40x1.67x196 / 200
Interest coverage
Operating income divided by interest expense.
3.73x0.21x41 / 113
Net debt to EBITDA
Net debt over derived EBITDA. EBITDA is not a GAAP tag; it is computed.
2.98x-1.43x82 / 99

top third of peersmiddle thirdbottom third. Rank 1 is always best — for debt and payout ratios that means the lowest figure, not the highest.

“Not reported” means the company did not tag this figure in its filing, not that the value is zero. Rankings are hidden where fewer than 5 classified peers reported the metric, and compare against a broad industry code rather than close competitors.

Debt figures can be understated where a filer splits borrowings across XBRL tags this site does not match.

Dividend coverage

Measures how much of earnings and free cash flow the dividend consumes, against industry peers. A low grade means the dividend is less covered than peers' — not that a cut is expected. Long-established payers often score low here by design.

MetricCompanyIndustry medianRank
Dividend payout ratio
Dividends paid as a share of net income.
32.1%32.0%9 / 16
Dividend / free cash flow
Dividends paid as a share of free cash flow. The stricter test.
20.5%24.3%7 / 16
Dividend growth (5y)
Annualized growth in dividends per share over five years.
0.0%10.2%6 / 7

top third of peersmiddle thirdbottom third. Rank 1 is always best — for debt and payout ratios that means the lowest figure, not the highest.

“Not reported” means the company did not tag this figure in its filing, not that the value is zero. Rankings are hidden where fewer than 5 classified peers reported the metric, and compare against a broad industry code rather than close competitors.

Dividend record

What the dividend has actually done, not a prediction of what it will do. Changes are checked against total dollars paid so that stock splits are not mistaken for cuts.

Years paying
13
since 2013 in this data
Consecutive increases
None
most recent year was not an increase
Reductions
2
verified against dollars paid
Latest per share
$0.50
fiscal 2026

Dividend history is limited to what companies have filed in machine-readable form, which generally begins around 2009. A company may have paid or raised its dividend for far longer than shown here.

Insider activity

Trades reported by officers, directors and 10% shareholders on SEC Form 4. None of the last 26 reported transactions were open-market purchases — grants, option exercises and sales make up the majority of insider filings at most companies.

DateInsiderTransactionSharesPriceValue
Oct 6, 2026
Hoskins Roche L Talbott
Director
Grant or award2,030$22.80$46.3K
Oct 6, 2026
Hoskins Roche L Talbott
Director
Grant or award10,966$0.00$0.00
Sep 9, 2026
Baudis Pavel
Director
Withheld for tax2,647$29.76$78.8K
Sep 9, 2026
Vlcek Ondrej
Director
Withheld for tax2,647$29.76$78.8K
Sep 9, 2026
Denzel Nora
Director
Grant or award9,072$0.00$0.00
Sep 9, 2026
Chrystal John C
Director
Grant or award9,072$0.00$0.00
Sep 9, 2026
Barsamian Sue
Director
Grant or award9,072$0.00$0.00
Sep 9, 2026
Barsamian Sue
Director
Gift8,822$0.00$0.00
Sep 9, 2026
Barsamian Sue
Director
Gift8,822$0.00$0.00
Sep 9, 2026
Smith Sherrese M
Director
Grant or award9,072$0.00$0.00
Sep 9, 2026
Smith Sherrese M
Director
Grant or award1,680$0.00$0.00
Sep 9, 2026
HEATH EMILY
Director
Grant or award9,072$0.00$0.00
Sep 9, 2026
Vlcek Ondrej
Director
Grant or award9,072$0.00$0.00
Sep 9, 2026
Baudis Pavel
Director
Grant or award9,072$0.00$0.00
Sep 9, 2026
BRANDT ERIC
Director
Grant or award9,072$0.00$0.00
Sep 9, 2026
BRANDT ERIC
Director
Gift8,822$0.00$0.00
Sep 9, 2026
BRANDT ERIC
Director
Gift8,822$0.00$0.00
Sep 4, 2026
KO BRYAN SEUK
COO, CLO and Secretary
Open-market sale28,248$30.67$866.5K
Sep 1, 2026
Vlcek Ondrej
Director
Withheld for tax128$30.02$3.8K
Aug 27, 2026
Vlcek Ondrej
Director
Open-market sale200,000$30.00$6.00M
Aug 25, 2026
Vlcek Ondrej
Director
Open-market sale152,358$29.00$4.42M
Aug 21, 2026
Vlcek Ondrej
Director
Open-market sale47,462$29.00$1.38M
Aug 19, 2026
Vlcek Ondrej
Director
Open-market sale100,000$28.00$2.80M
Aug 17, 2026
Witteveen Travis Michael
Head of Products and Portfolio
Open-market sale440$28.06$12.3K
Aug 15, 2026
Witteveen Travis Michael
Head of Products and Portfolio
Grant or award440$24.21$10.7K

A dash under price or value means none was reported, which is normal for grants and gifts — it does not mean the shares were free. Option exercises and awards are compensation arriving on a schedule, not a judgement about the stock.

Annual financials

Fiscal year2026202520242023202220212020201920182017
Revenue$5.00B$3.94B$3.80B$3.32B$2.80B$2.55B$2.49B$2.46B$2.56B$4.02B
Gross profit$3.92B$3.16B$3.07B$2.73B$2.39B$2.19B$2.10B$2.00B$2.10B$3.17B
Operating income$2.12B$1.61B$1.11B$1.21B$1.00B$896.00M$355.00M$158.00M-$154.00M-$100.00M
Net income$973.00M$643.00M$607.00M$1.33B$836.00M$554.00M$3.89B$31.00M$1.14B-$106.00M
EPS (diluted)$1.57$1.03$0.95$2.14$1.41$0.92$6.05$0.05$1.70-$0.17
Operating cash flow$1.54B$1.22B$2.06B$757.00M$974.00M$706.00M-$861.00M$1.50B$950.00M-$209.00M
Capital expenditure$22.00M$15.00M$20.00M$6.00M$6.00M$6.00M$89.00M$207.00M$142.00M$70.00M
Free cash flow$1.52B$1.21B$2.04B$751.00M$968.00M$700.00M-$950.00M$1.29B$808.00M-$279.00M
Total assets$15.59B$15.49B$15.79B$15.95B$6.94B$6.36B$7.74B$15.94B$15.76B$18.17B
Shareholder equity$2.61B$2.27B$2.14B$2.15B-$126.00M-$500.00M$10.00M$5.74B$5.02B$3.49B
Total debt$8.20B$8.26B$8.60B$9.76B$3.74B$3.60B$4.22B$4.45B$5.03B$8.19B
Cash$411.00M$1.01B$846.00M$750.00M$1.89B$933.00M$2.18B$1.79B$1.77B$4.25B
Dividends per share$0.50$0.50$0.50$0.50$0.50$0.50$12.40$0.30$0.30$0.30

A dash means the figure was not tagged in that year’s filing. It does not mean zero. Figures reflect the most recent filing covering each period, so restated years show their restated values.

Source

Figures come from Gen Digital Inc.’s filings with the SEC, as submitted in XBRL. The most recent annual figures are from a 10-K filed May 21, 2026. View filings on EDGAR.

Not financial advice. This page presents figures reported to the SEC and compares them with other companies sharing an industry classification. It is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything, and the grades cannot capture everything that matters about a business. Industry classifications are coarse, filings are self-reported, and some figures are missing or understated where companies tag them in ways this site does not match. Do your own research.