Gen Digital Inc.

WBAG:NLOK Stock Report

Market Cap: €14.0b

Gen Digital Valuation

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

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • 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.

€34.69
Fair Value
34.8% undervalued intrinsic discount
11
Number of Analysts

Below Fair Value: NLOK (€22.6) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€34.69)

Significantly Below Fair Value: NLOK is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

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 Ratio27.4x
EarningsUS$597.00m
Market CapUS$16.30b

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 Average45.1x
4716 Oracle Corporation Japan
30.8x8.26%JP¥1.9t
CHKP Check Point Software Technologies
23.9x5.06%US$20.2b
CVLT Commvault Systems
94.3x31.26%US$7.6b
4704 Trend Micro
31.7x13.87%JP¥975.8b
NLOK Gen Digital
27.4x16.33%€16.3b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: NLOK is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (27.4x) compared to the peer average (45.1x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

7 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
NLOK 27.4xIndustry Avg. 28.4xNo. of Companies18PE020406080100+
7 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: NLOK is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (27.4x) compared to the European Software industry average (28.4x).

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 Ratio27.4x
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€22.60
€29.65
+31.21%
14.74%€39.76€21.61n/a11
Oct ’26€24.20
€29.59
+22.27%
14.98%€39.30€21.36n/a10
Sep ’26€25.80
€29.18
+13.10%
17.44%€39.55€21.50n/a10
Aug ’26€25.00
€29.09
+16.37%
17.31%€40.29€21.90n/a10
Jul ’26€25.40
€26.21
+3.20%
13.54%€31.41€21.23n/a10
Jun ’26€24.80
€27.11
+9.33%
14.52%€33.09€22.36n/a8
May ’26€22.60
€26.88
+18.93%
13.95%€32.39€21.88n/a8
Apr ’26€24.80
€28.31
+14.13%
11.91%€33.80€22.84n/a9
Mar ’26€26.20
€30.21
+15.29%
12.47%€35.63€24.07n/a9
Feb ’26€26.00
€30.26
+16.39%
12.47%€35.69€24.12n/a9
Jan ’26€26.60
€29.51
+10.96%
15.07%€34.97€19.85n/a10
Dec ’25€29.40
€28.65
-2.57%
15.21%€34.52€19.59n/a9
Nov ’25€26.60
€26.93
+1.24%
17.18%€34.02€19.31n/a9
Oct ’25€24.60
€23.89
-2.87%
12.95%€28.87€18.94€24.207
Sep ’25€24.00
€23.89
-0.45%
12.95%€28.87€18.94€25.807
Aug ’25€23.60
€23.92
+1.37%
9.35%€26.85€19.44€25.007
Jul ’25€23.60
€23.92
+1.37%
9.35%€26.85€19.44€25.407
Jun ’25€23.00
€23.95
+4.13%
9.65%€26.73€19.36€24.807
May ’25€19.80
€24.33
+22.88%
9.03%€27.03€19.57€22.608
Apr ’25€20.64
€24.37
+18.05%
9.03%€26.68€19.32€24.808
Mar ’25€20.06
€24.21
+20.68%
9.60%€26.90€19.48€26.209
Feb ’25€21.76
€23.78
+9.27%
9.95%€27.70€19.39€26.009
Jan ’25€20.76
€22.86
+10.12%
9.39%€24.77€19.26€26.608
Dec ’24€20.30
€22.71
+11.86%
9.84%€24.81€19.29€29.407
Nov ’24€15.76
€21.45
+36.12%
8.70%€25.18€19.59€26.606
Oct ’24€16.96
€21.45
+26.49%
8.70%€25.18€19.59€24.606
€29.24
Fair Value
22.7% undervalued intrinsic discount
11
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/10/17 20:26
End of Day Share Price 2025/10/17 00:00
Earnings2025/07/04
Annual Earnings2025/03/28

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

Gen Digital Inc. is covered by 44 analysts. 10 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Louis Edmond LardenoisArete Research Services LLP
Joseph BonnerArgus Research Company
Jonathan RuykhaverBaird