Gen Digital Inc.

DB:SYM Stock Report

Market Cap: €18.0b

Gen Digital Valuation

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

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

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

Below Fair Value: SYM (€29.2) is trading above our estimate of fair value (€27.25)

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

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for SYM. This is calculated by dividing SYM's market cap by their current earnings.
What is SYM's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio30.5x
EarningsUS$624.00m
Market CapUS$18.87b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for SYM vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average36.9x
IXX init innovation in traffic systems
20x27.8%€369.4m
NEM Nemetschek
65.6x18.6%€11.4b
IVU IVU Traffic Technologies
18.8xn/a€231.1m
AOF ATOSS Software
43.2x7.8%€1.9b
SYM Gen Digital
30.5x14.3%€18.9b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: SYM is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (30.5x) compared to the peer average (37.3x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

6 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
SYM 30.5xIndustry Avg. 27.0xNo. of Companies19PE020406080100+
6 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: SYM is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (30.5x) compared to the European Software industry average (28.1x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is SYM'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.

SYM PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio30.5x
Fair PE Ratio33.1x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: SYM is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (30.5x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (33.1x).

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 SYM forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€29.20
€28.65
-1.9%
15.2%€34.52€19.59n/a9
Nov ’25€26.20
€26.93
+2.8%
17.2%€34.02€19.31n/a9
Oct ’25€24.60
€23.89
-2.9%
12.9%€28.87€18.94n/a7
Sep ’25€23.80
€23.89
+0.4%
12.9%€28.87€18.94n/a7
Aug ’25€23.80
€23.92
+0.5%
9.3%€26.85€19.44n/a7
Jul ’25€23.20
€23.92
+3.1%
9.3%€26.85€19.44n/a7
Jun ’25€22.60
€23.95
+6.0%
9.6%€26.73€19.36n/a7
May ’25€19.40
€24.33
+25.4%
9.0%€27.03€19.57n/a8
Apr ’25€20.66
€24.37
+17.9%
9.0%€26.68€19.32n/a8
Mar ’25€19.81
€24.21
+22.2%
9.6%€26.90€19.48n/a9
Feb ’25€21.92
€23.78
+8.5%
10.0%€27.70€19.39n/a9
Jan ’25€20.60
€22.86
+11.0%
9.4%€24.77€19.26n/a8
Dec ’24€20.04
€22.71
+13.3%
9.8%€24.81€19.29n/a7
Nov ’24€15.55
€21.45
+38.0%
8.7%€25.18€19.59€26.206
Oct ’24€16.75
€21.45
+28.1%
8.7%€25.18€19.59€24.606
Sep ’24€19.00
€20.56
+8.2%
9.6%€24.53€18.84€23.806
Aug ’24€17.60
€20.24
+15.0%
9.7%€24.34€18.69€23.806
Jul ’24€16.89
€21.44
+27.0%
9.5%€24.99€19.44€23.206
Jun ’24€16.32
€21.44
+31.4%
9.5%€24.99€19.44€22.606
May ’24€16.03
€22.45
+40.0%
3.0%€23.53€21.72€19.405
Apr ’24€15.32
€23.74
+55.0%
6.7%€26.69€22.09€20.665
Mar ’24€18.34
€23.74
+29.5%
6.7%€26.69€22.09€19.815
Feb ’24€20.96
€23.74
+13.3%
6.7%€26.69€22.09€21.925
Jan ’24€19.71
€25.73
+30.5%
6.8%€28.97€23.97€20.605
Dec ’23€21.78
€25.73
+18.1%
6.8%€28.97€23.97€20.045
Nov ’23€22.58
€26.07
+15.5%
5.3%€28.34€24.29€15.555

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.

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