Gen Digital Future Growth
Future criteria checks 2/6
Gen Digital is forecast to grow earnings and revenue by 6.2% and 4.5% per annum respectively. EPS is expected to grow by 6.4% per annum. Return on equity is forecast to be 49% in 3 years.
Key information
6.2%
Earnings growth rate
6.38%
EPS growth rate
| Software earnings growth | 20.5% |
| Revenue growth rate | 4.5% |
| Future return on equity | 49.01% |
| Analyst coverage | Good |
| Last updated | 31 Aug 2026 |
Recent future growth updates
Recent updates
Narrative Update • Sep 03
GEN: Fluid IT Budgets Will Pressure AI Security Subscription Upside Potential
Analysts have lifted their fair value estimate for Gen Digital from $22.00 to $25.00, citing a series of recent price target increases to $32.00 from firms including Morgan Stanley, Barclays and RBC Capital as support for a modestly higher assumed revenue growth rate, profit margin and future P/E multiple. Analyst Commentary Recent research on Gen Digital highlights a mix of optimism on the stock’s potential and a clear layer of caution on execution and growth.Seeking Alpha • Aug 22
Gen Digital: Too Cheap For Double-Digit Growth
Summary Gen Digital trades at a steep discount, with a forward P/E under 10 despite accelerating growth and robust cash flow. GEN’s Cyber Safety business is stabilizing, with 61% margins and rising cross-sell penetration, while MoneyLion adds a second, faster-growing revenue stream. Management guides for 9–11% revenue and 14–18% EPS growth in fiscal 2027, supporting a Buy rating and 40% potential upside to $40/share. Debt and aggressive non-GAAP adjustments pose risks, but leverage is declining and capital returns remain strong, underpinning further valuation upside. Read the full article on Seeking Alpha
Narrative Update • Aug 18
GEN: AI Driven Cyber Threat Demand Will Shape Future Upside
Gen Digital’s updated analyst price target of $32, up from $30.21 in the prior fair value narrative, reflects a series of recent target increases from major firms to $32, as analysts point to slightly higher revenue growth assumptions, offset by modestly lower profit margin expectations and a somewhat higher future P/E and discount rate. Analyst Commentary Recent research on Gen Digital highlights a cluster of price target moves to US$32 and keeps ratings in the middle of the range.Narrative Update • Aug 04
GEN: Cyber Safety AI Tools And Mixed Software Demand Will Shape Future Upside
Analysts have raised their average price target on Gen Digital to $27, a $3 move higher, citing recent research checks that point to steadier demand for select cybersecurity and software companies ahead of upcoming results. Analyst Commentary Recent commentary on Gen Digital highlights a mix of optimism about the company’s position in cybersecurity and caution around broader software spending patterns as investors look ahead to upcoming results.Narrative Update • Jul 08
GEN: AI Cyber Safety Integration And Mixed Sentiment Will Shape Future Upside
Analysts have adjusted their price targets on Gen Digital, with the latest changes indicating a net reduction of approximately $6 to $7 as they incorporate updated assumptions for fair value, discount rates, revenue growth, profit margins, and future P/E expectations. Analyst Commentary Recent research on Gen Digital shows a mix of cautious and constructive views as analysts recalibrate their price targets, with some trimming their fair value estimates and others making modest upward adjustments.
Narrative Update • Jun 24
GEN: AI Cyber Safety Advances Will Support Future Upside Potential
Analysts have trimmed their average price target for Gen Digital by a small net amount, reflecting updated views on discount rates, growth assumptions, and cybersecurity sector sentiment following recent target changes at major firms. Analyst Commentary Recent research on Gen Digital shows a mix of target cuts and one upward revision, with bullish analysts focusing on how the company might be positioned within cybersecurity spending and sentiment after sector headlines such as the Anthropic "Mythos" leak.Analysis Article • Jun 19
Gen Digital (GEN) Stock Could Be 22.5% Undervalued After Latest Results
Gen Digital (GEN) is back in focus after its latest financial results, as investors weigh the company’s role in ongoing demand for cybersecurity and digital protection solutions amid generally cautious analyst sentiment. See our latest analysis for Gen Digital. At a share price of $24.18, Gen Digital has seen a 1-day share price return of 1.07% and a 90-day share price return of 15.31%, while the 1-year total shareholder return has declined 15.08%. This suggests that recent momentum has...Narrative Update • Jun 08
GEN: AI And Subscription Execution Risks Will Pressure Future Risk Reward Balance
Analysts have nudged their fair value estimate for Gen Digital up by $1 to $22.0, reflecting updated assumptions on revenue growth, profit margins, discount rates and future P/E after recent price target adjustments across the Street. Analyst Commentary Street research on Gen Digital has been mixed, with recent price target changes pointing to a more cautious stance from some corners of the market even as others have inched targets higher.Narrative Update • May 25
GEN: AI Cyber Safety And MoneyLion Integration Will Support Future Upside
Analysts have raised Gen Digital's average price target by about $0.03 to reflect updated assumptions for stronger revenue growth, a modestly higher profit margin, a lower discount rate, and a reduced future P/E, even though recent price target changes across firms have been mixed. Analyst Commentary Recent Street research on Gen Digital shows a mix of views, but there are several clear bullish angles that investors should be aware of.Narrative Update • May 03
GEN: AI Partnerships And MoneyLion Integration Will Shape Risk Reward Balance
Narrative Update The analyst price target for Gen Digital has been reset lower from $25.00 to $21.00 as analysts factor in reduced revenue growth assumptions, slightly tighter profit margins, a higher discount rate, and a lower future P/E multiple. This follows a series of recent target cuts and more cautious commentary on integration risk and broader cybersecurity sentiment.Narrative Update • Apr 19
GEN: AI Cyber Safety Demand And MoneyLion Integration Will Drive Future Upside
Narrative Update on Gen Digital The analyst price target for Gen Digital has been trimmed modestly, with a slightly lower implied future P/E and discount rate reflecting recent target cuts of $1 to $7 from several firms, tempered by views that core cyber safety demand remains intact and that AI tools like coding assistants are more likely to support, rather than replace, established security platforms. Analyst Commentary Street research on Gen Digital over recent months has centered on modestly reduced price targets, balanced by a view that the business model and core cyber safety demand remain intact even as AI tools gain traction across software development and security workflows.Narrative Update • Apr 05
GEN: AI Cybersecurity Sentiment Shock Will Support Future Upside Potential
Narrative Update on Gen Digital Analysts have trimmed their blended price target for Gen Digital by a few dollars to around the low $30s. This reflects more cautious assumptions on growth and margins, while still highlighting that recent AI related selling pressure and questions around the MoneyLion acquisition mainly affect sentiment rather than the core cyber safety thesis.Narrative Update • Mar 21
GEN: Core Cyber Safety And AI Security Advances Will Support Future Upside
Analysts have nudged their price targets for Gen Digital lower, with several trimming estimates by a few dollars into the low $30s and one initiating at $22. This reflects more cautious assumptions on growth and integration risk, even as they broadly see Gen-AI tools as supporting, rather than replacing, core cybersecurity demand.Narrative Update • Mar 07
GEN: AI Resilience And MoneyLion Execution Will Support Future Upside
Gen Digital's updated fair value estimate edges up to about $44.35, with analysts adjusting price targets in a tight $22 to $32 range as they weigh steady core cyber safety demand, integration questions around MoneyLion, and fresh views that AI coding tools are unlikely to replace established security platforms. Analyst Commentary Recent research on Gen Digital highlights a mix of caution and optimism, with price targets clustered between $22 and $32 as analysts sort through questions around MoneyLion, AI, and core cyber safety demand.Narrative Update • Feb 21
GEN: Cyber Safety Partnerships And Execution Will Drive Future Upside Potential
The analyst price target for Gen Digital has been adjusted slightly, with updated assumptions around growth, margins, discount rate and future P/E leading to a modestly higher fair value estimate of about $44 per share as analysts factor in their recent target reduction. Analyst Commentary Recent Street commentary around Gen Digital has been mixed on the headlines, but bullish analysts still point to upside potential relative to current trading levels, even when they trim price targets at the margin.Analysis Article • Feb 09
Gen Digital (NASDAQ:GEN) Is Paying Out A Dividend Of $0.125
The board of Gen Digital Inc. ( NASDAQ:GEN ) has announced that it will pay a dividend of $0.125 per share on the 11th...Narrative Update • Feb 06
GEN: Cybersecurity Role And Margin Resilience Will Support Future Upside
Analysts have reduced their price target for Gen Digital by about $0.20 to approximately $32.65, citing updated assumptions around discount rates, long-term revenue growth, profit margins, and future P/E expectations. Analyst Commentary Bullish Takeaways Bullish analysts view the modest reduction in the price target to about $32.65 as a refinement of their models rather than a change in the core investment thesis, with updated discount rate and long term growth assumptions feeding into valuation.Narrative Update • Jan 23
GEN: Solid Execution And Cyber Safety Demand Will Support Future Upside
Analysts have trimmed their price target on Gen Digital to $29 from $33, reflecting lower peer group valuation multiples, even as they point to solid recent results and mid single to low double digit growth rates as support for the company’s ongoing potential. Analyst Commentary Recent commentary from bullish analysts centers on solid Q3 execution and what they see as encouraging underlying growth, even with a lower price target tied to peer multiple compression rather than company specific issues.Narrative Update • Jan 09
GEN: Solid Execution And Combined Model Will Support Future Share Upside
Narrative Update Analysts have trimmed their price target on Gen Digital from US$33 to US$29, citing peer group multiple compression. Recent results were viewed as solid, with growth metrics that support the ongoing potential of the combined model.Analysis Article • Jan 02
At US$27.19, Is It Time To Put Gen Digital Inc. (NASDAQ:GEN) On Your Watch List?
Today we're going to take a look at the well-established Gen Digital Inc. ( NASDAQ:GEN ). The company's stock received...Narrative Update • Dec 21
GEN Execution And Cybersecurity Demand Will Support Ongoing Share Price Upside
Analysts have trimmed their price target on Gen Digital, cutting it by $4 to reflect slightly lower fair value assumptions and modestly softer long term growth and margin expectations, even though recent quarterly execution remains solid. Analyst Commentary Bullish analysts highlight that the latest quarter reinforced confidence in Gen Digital's execution, with revenue trends outperforming initial expectations and showcasing resilience in a mixed macro environment.Narrative Update • Dec 07
GEN: Cross-Selling Momentum Will Support Share Upside Despite Peer Multiple Compression
Analysts have trimmed their price target on Gen Digital by $4 to $29 per share, citing solid execution and double digit underlying growth, while adjusting expectations to reflect compression in peer group valuation multiples. Analyst Commentary Analysts are parsing Gen Digital's latest quarterly results as a case of strong operational execution paired with a more challenging valuation backdrop.Narrative Update • Nov 23
GEN: Cross-Selling Initiatives Will Support Share Upside Following Recent Multiple Compression
Analysts have modestly lowered their price target for Gen Digital by $0.40 to reflect compressed peer group multiples and slightly reduced growth projections. This adjustment comes despite solid recent performance.Analysis Article • Nov 10
Gen Digital (NASDAQ:GEN) Has Affirmed Its Dividend Of $0.125
The board of Gen Digital Inc. ( NASDAQ:GEN ) has announced that it will pay a dividend of $0.125 per share on the 10th...Narrative Update • Nov 07
GEN: Cross-Selling Success Will Drive Share Upside After Recent Re-Rating
Analysts have raised their price target for Gen Digital to $32 from $25, citing a more favorable outlook. They also noted the need for additional evidence of successful cross-selling within its security and MoneyLion-related offerings.Narrative Update • Oct 24
Cross-Sell Initiatives And AI Features Will Transform Cybersecurity Opportunities
The average analyst price target for Gen Digital was revised upward, increasing by $1 from $32 to $33. Analysts cited the company's raised fiscal 2026 revenue guidance and emerging benefits from its cross-sell initiatives as key factors in their reassessment.Narrative Update • Sep 03
Digitization And AI Will Reshape Cybersecurity Market Dynamics
Analysts have raised Gen Digital's price target to $34.64, citing improved fiscal 2026 revenue guidance, anticipated cross-selling benefits from the MoneyLion acquisition, and sector-wide valuation adjustments, while acknowledging that further evidence of synergy realization is needed. Analyst Commentary Raised fiscal 2026 revenue guidance by $100M after including combined Gen and MoneyLion results.Seeking Alpha • Feb 11
Gen Digital: Acquiring MoneyLion To Revitalize Growth
Summary Gen Digital has maintained incredibly high earnings, but trends in antivirus demand point towards quite stagnant organic growth ahead. Gen is now acquiring growing fintech company MoneyLion, intriguingly diversifying to the financial services industry to revitalize growth. While the MoneyLion acquisition's rationale is told to be in cross-selling, the companies have very different customer demographics and offerings, highlighting the growth rationale more. I estimate Gen stock to have a fair margin of safety with a 12% upside to a fair value of $31.8. Read the full article on Seeking AlphaEarnings and Revenue Growth Forecasts
| Date | Revenue | Earnings | Free Cash Flow | Cash from Op | Avg. No. Analysts |
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| 3/31/2029 | 6,077 | 1,339 | N/A | N/A | 4 |
| 3/31/2028 | 5,786 | 1,262 | 1,791 | 1,823 | 8 |
| 3/31/2027 | 5,422 | 1,040 | 1,672 | 1,708 | 8 |
| 7/3/2026 | 5,079 | 1,053 | 1,548 | 1,570 | N/A |
| 4/3/2026 | 5,000 | 973 | 1,523 | 1,545 | N/A |
| 1/2/2026 | 4,727 | 603 | 1,517 | 1,539 | N/A |
| 10/3/2025 | 4,473 | 570 | 1,300 | 1,324 | N/A |
| 7/4/2025 | 4,227 | 597 | 1,349 | 1,366 | N/A |
| 3/28/2025 | 3,935 | 643 | 1,206 | 1,221 | N/A |
| 12/27/2024 | 3,889 | 632 | 2,131 | 2,146 | N/A |
| 9/27/2024 | 3,851 | 615 | 2,120 | 2,135 | N/A |
| 6/28/2024 | 3,822 | 601 | 2,084 | 2,102 | N/A |
| 3/29/2024 | 3,800 | 607 | 2,044 | 2,064 | N/A |
| 12/29/2023 | 3,783 | 1,391 | 972 | 990 | N/A |
| 9/29/2023 | 3,771 | 1,414 | 970 | 981 | N/A |
| 6/30/2023 | 3,574 | 1,336 | 760 | 768 | N/A |
| 3/31/2023 | 3,317 | 1,334 | 751 | 757 | N/A |
| 12/30/2022 | 3,107 | 554 | 752 | 759 | N/A |
| 9/30/2022 | 2,873 | 591 | 775 | 783 | N/A |
| 7/1/2022 | 2,817 | 855 | 924 | 931 | N/A |
| 4/1/2022 | 2,796 | 836 | 968 | 974 | N/A |
| 12/31/2021 | 2,752 | 924 | 999 | 1,004 | N/A |
| 10/1/2021 | 2,689 | 895 | 962 | 967 | N/A |
| 7/2/2021 | 2,623 | 728 | 788 | 794 | N/A |
| 4/2/2021 | 2,551 | 696 | 700 | 706 | N/A |
| 1/1/2021 | 2,493 | 637 | -1,424 | -1,416 | N/A |
| 10/2/2020 | 2,472 | 817 | -1,326 | -1,310 | N/A |
| 7/3/2020 | 2,454 | 689 | -1,057 | -1,016 | N/A |
| 4/3/2020 | 2,490 | 578 | N/A | -861 | N/A |
| 1/3/2020 | 2,493 | 466 | N/A | 1,452 | N/A |
| 10/4/2019 | 2,490 | 100 | N/A | 1,430 | N/A |
| 7/5/2019 | 2,494 | N/A | N/A | 1,489 | N/A |
| 3/29/2019 | 2,456 | -110 | N/A | 1,495 | N/A |
| 12/28/2018 | 3,049 | -205 | N/A | 1,214 | N/A |
| 9/28/2018 | 3,643 | 1,119 | N/A | 1,131 | N/A |
| 6/29/2018 | 4,271 | 1,165 | N/A | 1,068 | N/A |
| 3/30/2018 | 2,559 | 964 | N/A | 950 | N/A |
| 12/29/2017 | 4,739 | 1,008 | N/A | 1,039 | N/A |
| 9/29/2017 | 4,571 | -359 | N/A | 893 | N/A |
| 6/30/2017 | 4,310 | -412 | N/A | 774 | N/A |
| 3/31/2017 | 4,019 | -236 | N/A | -209 | N/A |
| 12/30/2016 | 3,777 | -1,072 | N/A | -314 | N/A |
| 9/30/2016 | 3,645 | -902 | N/A | -350 | N/A |
| 7/1/2016 | 3,572 | -780 | N/A | -274 | N/A |
| 4/1/2016 | 3,600 | -821 | N/A | 802 | N/A |
| 1/1/2016 | 3,626 | 247 | N/A | 1,034 | N/A |
| 10/2/2015 | 3,687 | 108 | N/A | 1,280 | N/A |
Analyst Future Growth Forecasts
Earnings vs Savings Rate: GEN's forecast earnings growth (6.2% per year) is above the savings rate (3.7%).
Earnings vs Market: GEN's earnings (6.2% per year) are forecast to grow slower than the US market (17.3% per year).
High Growth Earnings: GEN's earnings are forecast to grow, but not significantly.
Revenue vs Market: GEN's revenue (4.5% per year) is forecast to grow slower than the US market (13.4% per year).
High Growth Revenue: GEN's revenue (4.5% per year) is forecast to grow slower than 20% per year.
Earnings per Share Growth Forecasts
Future Return on Equity
Future ROE: GEN's Return on Equity is forecast to be very high in 3 years time (49%).
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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
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| Company Analysis | 2026/09/09 21:40 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2026/09/09 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2026/07/03 |
| Annual Earnings | 2026/04/03 |
Data Sources
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| Management | 10 years |
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| Key Developments | 10 years |
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Analyst Sources
Gen Digital Inc. is covered by 42 analysts. 8 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 |