Gen Digital Inc.

WBAG:NLOK Stock Report

Market Cap: €18.0b

Gen Digital Valuation

Is NLOK undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of NLOK when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: NLOK (€29.4) is trading above our estimate of fair value (€27.31)

Significantly Below Fair Value: NLOK is trading above our estimate of fair value.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for NLOK?

Key metric: As NLOK is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for NLOK. This is calculated by dividing NLOK's market cap by their current earnings.
What is NLOK's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio30.2x
EarningsUS$624.00m
Market CapUS$18.87b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does NLOK's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for NLOK vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average36.6x
CHKP Check Point Software Technologies
23.8x5.1%US$20.1b
4716 Oracle Corporation Japan
34x8.0%JP¥2.0t
4704 Trend Micro
44.8x17.1%JP¥1.1t
CVLT Commvault Systems
43.8x-17.5%US$7.8b
NLOK Gen Digital
30.2x14.3%€18.9b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: NLOK is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (30.2x) compared to the peer average (36.4x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does NLOK's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Software Industry?

6 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
NLOK 30.2xIndustry Avg. 27.0xNo. of Companies19PE020406080100+
6 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: NLOK is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (30.2x) compared to the European Software industry average (28.1x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is NLOK's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

NLOK PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio30.2x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate NLOK's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst NLOK forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€29.40
€28.65
-2.6%
15.2%€34.52€19.59n/a9
Nov ’25€26.60
€26.93
+1.2%
17.2%€34.02€19.31n/a9
Oct ’25€24.60
€23.89
-2.9%
12.9%€28.87€18.94n/a7
Sep ’25€24.00
€23.89
-0.4%
12.9%€28.87€18.94n/a7
Aug ’25€23.60
€23.92
+1.4%
9.3%€26.85€19.44n/a7
Jul ’25€23.60
€23.92
+1.4%
9.3%€26.85€19.44n/a7
Jun ’25€23.00
€23.95
+4.1%
9.6%€26.73€19.36n/a7
May ’25€19.80
€24.33
+22.9%
9.0%€27.03€19.57n/a8
Apr ’25€20.64
€24.37
+18.0%
9.0%€26.68€19.32n/a8
Mar ’25€20.06
€24.21
+20.7%
9.6%€26.90€19.48n/a9
Feb ’25€21.76
€23.78
+9.3%
10.0%€27.70€19.39n/a9
Jan ’25€20.76
€22.86
+10.1%
9.4%€24.77€19.26n/a8
Dec ’24€20.30
€22.71
+11.9%
9.8%€24.81€19.29n/a7
Nov ’24€15.76
€21.45
+36.1%
8.7%€25.18€19.59€26.606
Oct ’24€16.96
€21.45
+26.5%
8.7%€25.18€19.59€24.606
Sep ’24€19.06
€20.56
+7.9%
9.6%€24.53€18.84€24.006
Aug ’24€17.62
€20.24
+14.9%
9.7%€24.34€18.69€23.606
Jul ’24€16.98
€21.44
+26.3%
9.5%€24.99€19.44€23.606
Jun ’24€16.37
€21.44
+31.0%
9.5%€24.99€19.44€23.006
May ’24€16.02
€22.45
+40.1%
3.0%€23.53€21.72€19.805
Apr ’24€15.69
€23.74
+51.3%
6.7%€26.69€22.09€20.645
Mar ’24€18.10
€23.74
+31.2%
6.7%€26.69€22.09€20.065
Feb ’24€21.06
€23.74
+12.7%
6.7%€26.69€22.09€21.765
Jan ’24€19.85
€25.73
+29.6%
6.8%€28.97€23.97€20.765
Dec ’23€22.41
€25.73
+14.8%
6.8%€28.97€23.97€20.305
Nov ’23€22.93
€26.07
+13.7%
5.3%€28.34€24.29€15.765

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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