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GEN

Gen Digital Inc. Information Technology Services-Prepackaged Software S&P 500Russell 3000
$29.13Close $17.4BMarket cap $17.72 – $31.4152-week range Jan 27, 2027Next report · estimated

Highlights

Strengths

  • Volume drying up last 10 days 26% under the 50-day average
  • Earnings growing EPS +122% year on year, faster than the quarter before (+57 pts)

Cautions

  • Trend not confirmed 7 of 8 conditions · 200-day not rising

Price

Filing Results Screen pick 52-week high and low Adjusted prices

Key figures

FY to Apr 3, 2026 · filed Oct 29, 2026
Off 12-month high 7%
1wk up 17.1% price change
1mo up 32.3% price change
12-month return up 14% market up 11% · its own up 4%
F-score 6 / 9 Mixed
Altman Z″ 0.50 Moderate riskadjusted
P/E 17.9× price / earnings
PEG 0.34 P/E / EPS growth
P/B 6.7× price / book
Earnings yield up 8.5% EBIT / enterprise value
Cheaper than 66% of the market · cheap
Revenue growth up 27% year on year
EPS growth up 122% latest quarter · +57 pts
Sales growth up 12% latest quarter · +6 pts
ROE up 40% return on equity
Free cash margin up 30% $1.5B FCF
D/E 3.07 long-term debt / equity
Net debt / EBITDA 2.9×
Interest cover —EBIT / interest
Piotroski tests
  • took on more long-term debt
  • short-term liquidity weakened
  • gross margin narrowed
  • profitable on its assets
  • generating cash from operations
  • profitability improving
  • profits backed by cash
  • no new shares issued
  • assets working harder

Trade setup

ATR% 3.6% $1.05 a day · 2×ATR $27.02
RS 76 / 99 vs the universe
Trend 7 / 8 200-day not rising
Relative volume 1.0× vs 50-day average
Up/down volume 0.90 50 sessions
Implied move — no scheduled report
Trend template · 7 of 8
  • 200-day average rising for a month: fails

Screen verdict

Did not qualify for any screen.

Warning signs

1 flagged
  • Gross margin narrowing Gross margin fell from 80.3% to 78.5%. The company is keeping less of each dollar of sales than it did a year ago.
Last reported Oct 28, 2026
Last shock Sep 24, 2026-12% in one session5.1× volumeon an SEC filing+26% since
Options $533,36939.9% IV · activity

Financials

6 fiscal years · from filings
Revenue What customers paid the company over its fiscal year, before any cost, as filed in its annual report. The change is against the year before. Methodology $5.0B +27% on FY2025
$0 $5B FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26 FY2021 · $2.6B FY2022 · $2.8B FY2023 · $3.3B FY2024 · $3.8B FY2025 · $3.9B FY2026 · $5.0B
Net income Profit left after every cost, interest and tax for the year. A column below the line is a loss. Methodology $973.0M +51% on FY2025
$0 $2B FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26 FY2021 · $554.0M FY2022 · $836.0M FY2023 · $1.3B FY2024 · $607.0M FY2025 · $643.0M FY2026 · $973.0M
Free cash flow Cash from running the business less what it spent on equipment and buildings: the cash a year actually left behind, which profit alone does not show. Not shown for banks and insurers, whose cash moves with their loans. Methodology $1.5B +26% on FY2025
$0 $2.5B FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26 FY2021 · $700.0M FY2022 · $968.0M FY2023 · $751.0M FY2024 · $2.0B FY2025 · $1.2B FY2026 · $1.5B
Margins Each as a share of revenue. Gross: left after the direct cost of what was sold. Net: left after every cost. Free cash: free cash flow over revenue. A margin rising over years means the business keeps more of each dollar it sells. Methodology
  • Gross 78%
  • Net 19%
  • Free cash 30%
0% 100% FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26 FY2021 · Gross 86% · Net 22% · Free cash 27% FY2022 · Gross 85% · Net 30% · Free cash 35% FY2023 · Gross 82% · Net 40% · Free cash 23% FY2024 · Gross 81% · Net 16% · Free cash 54% FY2025 · Gross 80% · Net 16% · Free cash 31% FY2026 · Gross 78% · Net 19% · Free cash 30%
Cash and long-term debt Cash on the balance sheet at the year's end beside debt due after a year. Net cash is cash less that debt; net debt is the shortfall. Debt some filers do not tag shows as a gap, not as zero. Methodology $7.6B net debt
  • Cash
  • Long-term debt
$0 $10B FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26 FY2021 · Cash $933.0M · Long-term debt $3.3B FY2022 · Cash $1.9B · Long-term debt $2.7B FY2023 · Cash $750.0M · Long-term debt $9.5B FY2024 · Cash $846.0M · Long-term debt $8.4B FY2025 · Cash $1.0B · Long-term debt $8.0B FY2026 · Cash $411.0M · Long-term debt $8.0B
Shares outstanding Shares in issue at the year's end. A rising count means each share owns a smaller slice of the company (stock pay, share sales); a falling one, buybacks. The chart's scale is fitted to the count, so a small change looks large: read the percentage. Methodology 598m +3.1% since FY2021
640m 580m FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26 FY2021 · 580m FY2022 · 582m FY2023 · 640m FY2024 · 623m FY2025 · 617m FY2026 · 598m
  FY2021Apr 2, 2021 FY2022Apr 1, 2022 FY2023Mar 31, 2023 FY2024Mar 29, 2024 FY2025Mar 28, 2025 FY2026Apr 3, 2026
Revenue $2.6B $2.8B $3.3B $3.8B $3.9B $5.0B
Gross margin 86% 85% 82% 81% 80% 78%
Operating income $896.0M $1.0B $1.2B $1.1B $1.6B $2.1B
Net income $554.0M $836.0M $1.3B $607.0M $643.0M $973.0M
Net margin 22% 30% 40% 16% 16% 19%
Earnings per share $0.92 $1.41 $2.14 $0.95 $1.03 $1.57
Free cash flow $700.0M $968.0M $751.0M $2.0B $1.2B $1.5B
Free cash margin 27% 35% 23% 54% 31% 30%
Cash $933.0M $1.9B $750.0M $846.0M $1.0B $411.0M
Long-term debt $3.3B $2.7B $9.5B $8.4B $8.0B $8.0B
Shareholders' equity -$500.0M -$126.0M $2.2B $2.1B $2.3B $2.6B
Shares outstanding 580m 582m 640m 623m 617m 598m

What options price now

Expected 1-month range The at-the-money straddle for the expiry nearest a month out, as a share of the price: the move, either way, the option market is pricing by then. The range is the price plus and minus that move; the stock ends inside it a little more often than not. Methodology
$26 – $32 ±10.5% by Nov 20, 2026
Swings expected vs recent The daily swings the options are priced for (implied volatility) against the swings the stock actually had over the last 20 sessions (realised volatility). Bigger means options charge for more movement than the stock has been delivering; smaller, less. On a contract row, that contract's own implied volatility over the stock's realised. Methodology
Smaller 39.9% priced · 58.2% recent
Next month vs later At-the-money implied volatility for 8-45 day expiries over 46-90 day ones: whether options price the coming month as choppier or calmer than the two after it. Ahead of a report it usually reads choppier, and the extra comes out once the report is out. Methodology
About the same
Crash protection What options that pay off in a fall cost against options that pay off in a rise (the 25-delta skew), compared with this company's own normal - the median of its stored nightly readings, once there are 20 - and with five sessions ago. Protection costs a little more than upside on most shares. More than usual means readers of the chain are paying up to insure against a drop; it does not say which way the stock will go. Methodology
past week: costs less
Positioning
Premium traded
$533,369 calls $522,620 · puts $10,749 · latest session
Puts against calls, by premium Money spent on puts divided by money spent on calls. Measured in dollars rather than contracts on purpose: counting contracts treats a hundred cheap lottery tickets as more meaningful than one large position, which is backwards. Methodology
0.02× -1.22 over the week
Open interest added The change over five sessions in option positions left open overnight, calls and puts. A rise means positions were added. It cannot say whether they were bought or sold, so more calls is not a vote for a rise: a call is as often sold against shares already held. Methodology
calls +2.35k · puts +2.88k past week

For options traders: ATM IV 39.9% (-9.2% 1w) · 1m ÷ 3m IV 1.03 · 25Δ skew -1.7 pts · Net GEX $886,491

Most traded contracts

No contract passed the liquidity filters this week.

Filings

SEC EDGAR
FiledReportPeriod to Lag
Oct 29, 2026 Quarterly ↗ Oct 2, 2026 27d
Aug 7, 2026 Quarterly ↗ Jul 3, 2026 35d
May 21, 2026 Annual ↗ Apr 3, 2026 48d
Feb 6, 2026 Quarterly ↗ Jan 2, 2026 35d
Nov 7, 2025 Quarterly ↗ Oct 3, 2025 35d
Aug 13, 2025 Quarterly ↗ Jul 4, 2025 40d
May 15, 2025 Annual ↗ Mar 28, 2025 48d
Jan 31, 2025 Quarterly ↗ Dec 27, 2024 35d
Oct 31, 2024 Quarterly ↗ Sep 27, 2024 34d
Aug 7, 2024 Quarterly ↗ Jun 28, 2024 40d
May 16, 2024 Annual ↗ Mar 29, 2024 48d
Feb 5, 2024 Quarterly ↗ Dec 29, 2023 38d

Current reports

FiledDisclosed
Oct 28, 2026 Results ↗
Oct 9, 2026 Director or officer change · Regulation FD ↗
Sep 28, 2026 Regulation FD ↗
Sep 11, 2026 Shareholder vote ↗
Aug 6, 2026 Results ↗
May 7, 2026 Results · Other events ↗
Mar 27, 2026 Material agreement ↗
Feb 5, 2026 Results ↗
Nov 7, 2025 Director or officer change ↗
Nov 6, 2025 Results ↗
Sep 12, 2025 Shareholder vote ↗
Aug 7, 2025 Results ↗