Gen Digital Inc.

SEP:GEN Stock Report

Market Cap: Kč412.1b

Gen Digital Valuation

Is GEN 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 GEN when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: GEN (CZK672) is trading above our estimate of fair value (CZK632.24)

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

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 Ratio27.3x
EarningsUS$624.00m
Market CapUS$17.04b

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 Average35.7x
CHKP Check Point Software Technologies
24.7x5.0%US$21.0b
4716 Oracle Corporation Japan
33.5x8.5%JP¥2.0t
4704 Trend Micro
46.9x17.2%JP¥1.1t
CVLT Commvault Systems
37.9x-15.3%US$6.9b
GEN Gen Digital
27.3x15.1%Kč17.0b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: GEN is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (27.3x) compared to the peer average (35.7x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

8 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
GEN 27.3xIndustry Avg. 26.3xNo. of Companies18PE020406080100+
8 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: GEN is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (27.3x) compared to the European Software industry average (26.3x).

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 Ratio27.3x
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
CurrentKč672.00
Kč740.02
+10.1%
15.1%Kč876.69Kč497.58n/a10
Dec ’25Kč738.00
Kč723.36
-2.0%
15.2%Kč871.73Kč494.77n/a9
Nov ’25Kč680.00
Kč681.84
+0.3%
17.2%Kč861.29Kč488.84n/a9
Oct ’25Kč610.00
Kč601.12
-1.5%
12.9%Kč726.28Kč476.62n/a7
Sep ’25Kč593.00
Kč601.12
+1.4%
12.9%Kč726.28Kč476.62n/a7
Aug ’25Kč606.00
Kč589.39
-2.7%
9.3%Kč661.43Kč478.97n/a7
Jul ’25Kč573.00
Kč589.39
+2.9%
9.3%Kč661.43Kč478.97n/a7
Jun ’25Kč565.00
Kč590.21
+4.5%
9.6%Kč658.71Kč477.00n/a7
May ’25Kč490.00
Kč617.24
+26.0%
9.0%Kč685.66Kč496.51n/a8
Apr ’25Kč520.00
Kč614.79
+18.2%
9.0%Kč673.27Kč487.54n/a8
Mar ’25Kč496.50
Kč616.73
+24.2%
9.6%Kč685.40Kč496.32n/a9
Feb ’25Kč547.00
Kč590.71
+8.0%
10.0%Kč688.15Kč481.70n/a9
Jan ’25Kč510.00
Kč560.53
+9.9%
9.4%Kč607.29Kč472.33n/a8
Dec ’24Kč484.50
Kč552.12
+14.0%
9.8%Kč603.18Kč469.14Kč738.007
Nov ’24Kč395.00
Kč518.90
+31.4%
8.7%Kč609.14Kč473.78Kč680.006
Oct ’24Kč425.00
Kč518.90
+22.1%
8.7%Kč609.14Kč473.78Kč610.006
Sep ’24Kč465.00
Kč498.56
+7.2%
9.6%Kč595.05Kč456.87Kč593.006
Aug ’24Kč418.50
Kč486.36
+16.2%
9.7%Kč584.80Kč449.00Kč606.006
Jul ’24Kč400.00
Kč509.44
+27.4%
9.5%Kč593.74Kč461.80Kč573.006
Jun ’24Kč384.50
Kč509.44
+32.5%
9.5%Kč593.74Kč461.80Kč565.006
May ’24Kč384.50
Kč521.65
+35.7%
3.0%Kč546.89Kč504.82Kč490.005
Apr ’24Kč379.00
Kč565.31
+49.2%
6.7%Kč635.42Kč525.87Kč520.005
Mar ’24Kč455.00
Kč565.31
+24.2%
6.7%Kč635.42Kč525.87Kč496.505
Feb ’24Kč502.00
Kč565.31
+12.6%
6.7%Kč635.42Kč525.87Kč547.005
Jan ’24Kč480.00
Kč625.85
+30.4%
6.8%Kč704.57Kč583.09Kč510.005
Dec ’23Kč546.00
Kč625.85
+14.6%
6.8%Kč704.57Kč583.09Kč484.505

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

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/28 01:50
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/27 00:00
Earnings2024/09/27
Annual Earnings2024/03/29

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 59 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
Christopher WattsAtlantic Equities LLP