GEN Gen Digital
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Technology · Services-Prepackaged Software
Gen Digital (GEN) is a technology company in the Services-Prepackaged Software industry, with a market capitalization of $17.7 billion. Shares last traded at $29.89, 5.5% below their 52-week high. Over the past year the stock is up 14.5%. GEN trades at a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.70, below the Services-Prepackaged Software median of 39.50. Net profit margin is 23.1%, above the peer median of 1.4%. Revenue grew 27.1% year over year. The shares yield 1.7% in dividends.
* P/E (TTM) = market cap ÷ net income over the trailing twelve months where four consecutive quarters are reported, otherwise the latest fiscal year — the same basis as the peer table and the screener, so it can differ from price ÷ EPS.
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Trailing twelve months where four consecutive quarters are reported, otherwise the latest fiscal year; revenue is the fiscal-year figure where quarterly revenue covers under half of it (typical for banks, insurers and REITs), and margins are taken on it; latest reported period ends 2026-10-02. Source: SEC EDGAR/XBRL.
GEN Dividend History
| Fiscal year end | Total dividends paid | Per share* | Payout ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-03 | $312M | $0.50 | 32% |
| 2025-03-28 | $313M | $0.50 | 49% |
| 2024-03-29 | $323M | $0.50 | 53% |
| 2023-03-31 | $314M | $0.50 | 24% |
| 2022-04-01 | $303M | $0.51 | 36% |
| 2021-04-02 | $373M | $0.62 | 67% |
| 2020-04-03 | $7.48B | $11.63 | 192% |
| 2019-03-29 | $217M | $0.34 | 700% |
| 2018-03-30 | $211M | $0.32 | 19% |
| 2017-03-31 | $222M | $0.36 | — |
| 2016-04-01 | $3.03B | $4.52 | 122% |
| 2015-04-03 | $413M | $0.59 | 47% |
*Per share derived as total dividends paid ÷ weighted diluted shares (SEC EDGAR/XBRL annual cash-flow facts). Reported history — not a forecast of future dividends.
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Recent earnings
| Period | EPS (diluted) | Reported |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2027 | $0.48 | 2026-10-29 |
| Q1 2027 | $0.36 | 2026-08-07 |
| Q4 2026 (derived) | $0.83 | 2026-05-21 |
| FY 2026 | $1.57 | 2026-05-21 |
| Q3 2026 | $0.31 | 2026-02-06 |
| Q2 2026 | $0.21 | 2025-11-07 |
Q4 marked "derived" = fiscal-year EPS minus Q1–Q3 (10-Ks report only the annual figure); EPS is not strictly additive, so it can differ by a cent or two from the issuer's own Q4.
Services-Prepackaged Software peers
GEN vs 14 industry peers (Services-Prepackaged Software), by market cap. Data as of close
| MSFT | Microsoft | $3.78T | 26.50 | 10.91 | 41.2% | -2.58% |
| PLTR | Palantir Technologies | $416.0B | 137.90 | 67.57 | 49.0% | -5.78% |
| ORCL | Oracle | $362.4B | 19.15 | 5.05 | 26.4% | -8.39% |
| CRWD | CrowdStrike | $248.8B | 4256.18 | 46.11 | 1.1% | -2.96% |
| SHOP | Shopify | $201.2B | 104.33 | 15.16 | 14.5% | -0.63% |
| CRM | Salesforce | $185.6B | 19.21 | 4.47 | 23.3% | -1.35% |
| NOW | ServiceNow | $110.0B | 76.14 | 7.13 | 9.4% | +0.90% |
| SNOW | Snowflake | $102.5B | — | 18.86 | -20.1% | -4.85% |
| ADBE | Adobe | $97.8B | 13.43 | 3.77 | 28.0% | +0.51% |
| NET | Cloudflare | $94.7B | — | 37.70 | -8.2% | -5.37% |
| INTU | Intuit | $94.1B | 20.62 | 4.39 | 21.3% | +3.26% |
| CDNS | Cadence Design Systems | $90.4B | 65.51 | 14.75 | 22.5% | +0.51% |
| SNPS | Synopsys | $89.4B | 83.01 | 9.49 | 11.4% | -0.32% |
| DDOG | Datadog | $77.6B | 436.95 | 19.56 | 4.5% | -8.16% |
Source: SEC EDGAR (fundamentals/EPS/dividends) · Databento EQUS.MINI (prices) · market cap & yield computed by tradmap. Informational only — not financial advice.