Gen Digital Dividends and Buybacks
Dividend criteria checks 3/6
Gen Digital is a dividend paying company with a current yield of 1.88% that is well covered by earnings.
Key information
1.9%
Dividend yield
1.1%
Buyback Yield
| Total Shareholder Yield | 2.9% |
| Future Dividend Yield | 1.9% |
| Dividend Growth | 1.4% |
| Next dividend pay date | n/a |
| Ex dividend date | n/a |
| Dividend per share | n/a |
| Payout ratio | 54% |
Recent dividend and buyback updates
Recent updates
Gen Digital: Moving Beyond Antivirus To Capture The Fintech Wallet
Jan 05At US$27.19, Is It Time To Put Gen Digital Inc. (NASDAQ:GEN) On Your Watch List?
Jan 02
Gen Digital (NASDAQ:GEN) Has Affirmed Its Dividend Of $0.125
Nov 10What Does Gen Digital Inc.'s (NASDAQ:GEN) Share Price Indicate?
Jul 09Gen Digital (NASDAQ:GEN) Seems To Use Debt Quite Sensibly
May 06A Look At The Fair Value Of Gen Digital Inc. (NASDAQ:GEN)
Apr 21Gen Digital: Acquiring MoneyLion To Revitalize Growth
Feb 11Gen Digital (NASDAQ:GEN) Takes On Some Risk With Its Use Of Debt
Jan 21Gen Digital: A Robust Business Facing A Secular Threat
Nov 22Gen Digital: Improving Cash Flows Support Deleveraging
Oct 27Gen Digital: Strong Growth, Good Fundamentals, And Decent Price Action Make A Buy
Sep 18
Expanding Cyber Safety Solutions Set To Boost Customer Base And Propel Revenue Growth
Introduction of Norton Ultra VPN and a unified technological architecture showcases an innovative product development strategy poised to heighten customer engagement and loyalty.Gen Digital: Cross-Selling And Partnership Strengths, But Rate-Sensitive
Jun 14Stability and Growth of Payments
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Stable Dividend: GEN's dividend payments have been volatile in the past 10 years.
Growing Dividend: GEN's dividend payments have fallen over the past 10 years.
Dividend Yield vs Market
| Gen Digital Dividend Yield vs Market |
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| Segment | Dividend Yield |
|---|---|
| Company (GEN) | 1.9% |
| Market Bottom 25% (US) | 1.4% |
| Market Top 25% (US) | 4.4% |
| Industry Average (Software) | 0.8% |
| Analyst forecast (GEN) (up to 3 years) | 1.9% |
Notable Dividend: GEN's dividend (1.88%) is higher than the bottom 25% of dividend payers in the US market (1.42%).
High Dividend: GEN's dividend (1.88%) is low compared to the top 25% of dividend payers in the US market (4.42%).
Earnings Payout to Shareholders
Earnings Coverage: With its reasonable payout ratio (54.1%), GEN's dividend payments are covered by earnings.
Cash Payout to Shareholders
Cash Flow Coverage: With its low cash payout ratio (23.7%), GEN's dividend payments are well covered by cash flows.
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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
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| Company Analysis | 2026/01/08 06:39 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2026/01/08 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2025/10/03 |
| Annual Earnings | 2025/03/28 |
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.
| Package | Data | Timeframe | Example US Source * |
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| Company Financials | 10 years |
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| Analyst Consensus Estimates | +3 years |
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| Market Prices | 30 years |
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| Ownership | 10 years |
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| Management | 10 years |
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| Key Developments | 10 years |
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* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.
Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.
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Analyst Sources
Gen Digital Inc. is covered by 44 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.
| Analyst | Institution |
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| Louis Edmond Lardenois | Arete Research Services LLP |
| Joseph Bonner | Argus Research Company |
| Jonathan Ruykhaver | Baird |