Gen Digital Inc.

SEP:GEN Stock Report

Market Cap: Kč305.2b

Gen Digital Valuation

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

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Future Cash Flow Value

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

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Below Future Cash Flow Value: GEN (CZK490) is trading below our estimate of future cash flow value (CZK705.61)

Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value: GEN is trading below future cash flow value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for GEN. This is calculated by dividing GEN's market cap by their current earnings.
What is GEN's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio24.8x
EarningsUS$603.00m
Market CapUS$14.94b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for GEN vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average39.1x
CHKP Check Point Software Technologies
17.5x0.78%US$17.7b
4716 Oracle Corporation Japan
20.1x7.93%JP¥1.2t
300454 Sangfor Technologies
92.7x16.91%CN¥64.5b
PATH UiPath
26x-43.20%US$6.3b
GEN Gen Digital
24.8x17.89%Kč14.9b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: GEN is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24.8x) compared to the peer average (39.7x).

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio compares a stock's price to its earnings over time. Higher ratios indicate that investors are willing to pay more for the stock.

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Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

9 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
GEN 24.8xIndustry Avg. 22.2xNo. of Companies22PE020406080100+
9 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: GEN is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24.8x) compared to the European Software industry average (23.3x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is GEN'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.

GEN PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio24.8x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate GEN'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 GEN forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentKč490.00
Kč666.79
+36.08%
17.65%Kč942.31Kč512.13n/a10
Feb ’27Kč510.00
Kč687.15
+34.73%
16.98%Kč962.21Kč522.94n/a10
Jan ’27Kč540.00
Kč689.04
+27.60%
16.98%Kč964.87Kč524.39n/a10
Dec ’26Kč554.00
Kč689.04
+24.38%
16.98%Kč964.87Kč524.39n/a10
Nov ’26Kč569.00
Kč704.51
+23.82%
14.69%Kč960.59Kč522.06n/a10
Oct ’26Kč610.00
Kč719.78
+18.00%
14.98%Kč955.91Kč519.52n/a10
Sep ’26Kč639.00
Kč715.52
+11.97%
17.44%Kč969.85Kč527.09n/a10
Aug ’26Kč635.00
Kč715.50
+12.68%
17.31%Kč990.79Kč538.48n/a10
Jul ’26Kč618.00
Kč647.99
+4.85%
13.54%Kč776.57Kč524.71n/a10
Jun ’26Kč625.00
Kč675.94
+8.15%
14.52%Kč824.90Kč557.37n/a8
May ’26Kč550.00
Kč670.43
+21.90%
13.95%Kč807.85Kč545.85n/a8
Apr ’26Kč614.00
Kč708.62
+15.41%
11.91%Kč846.17Kč571.74n/a9
Mar ’26Kč674.00
Kč759.32
+12.66%
12.47%Kč895.63Kč605.15n/a9
Feb ’26Kč655.00
Kč761.69
+16.29%
12.47%Kč898.43Kč607.05Kč510.009
Jan ’26Kč640.00
Kč740.02
+15.63%
15.07%Kč876.69Kč497.58Kč540.0010
Dec ’25Kč738.00
Kč723.36
-1.98%
15.21%Kč871.73Kč494.77Kč554.009
Nov ’25Kč680.00
Kč681.84
+0.27%
17.18%Kč861.29Kč488.84Kč569.009
Oct ’25Kč610.00
Kč601.12
-1.45%
12.95%Kč726.28Kč476.62Kč610.007
Sep ’25Kč593.00
Kč601.12
+1.37%
12.95%Kč726.28Kč476.62Kč639.007
Aug ’25Kč606.00
Kč589.39
-2.74%
9.35%Kč661.43Kč478.97Kč635.007
Jul ’25Kč573.00
Kč589.39
+2.86%
9.35%Kč661.43Kč478.97Kč618.007
Jun ’25Kč565.00
Kč590.21
+4.46%
9.65%Kč658.71Kč477.00Kč625.007
May ’25Kč490.00
Kč617.24
+25.97%
9.03%Kč685.66Kč496.51Kč550.008
Apr ’25Kč520.00
Kč614.79
+18.23%
9.03%Kč673.27Kč487.54Kč614.008
Mar ’25Kč496.50
Kč616.73
+24.21%
9.60%Kč685.40Kč496.32Kč674.009
Feb ’25Kč547.00
Kč590.71
+7.99%
9.95%Kč688.15Kč481.70Kč655.009
Kč646.51
Fair Value
24.2% undervalued intrinsic discount
10
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/02/12 02:39
End of Day Share Price 2026/02/12 00:00
Earnings2026/01/02
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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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Gen Digital Inc. is covered by 47 analysts. 9 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