GENGen Digital
$29.77+16% 1Y
$29.77
$17.7952 weeks$31.42
The business
How GEN's business earns
Gen Digital earns 17% on the capital it employs against an estimated 9.0% cost of capital.
17%
Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 7.8 points above the estimated cost of capital
- Operating margin
- 42%
Operating margin · Software - Infrastructure median 7.8% · 12 months to Oct 2, 2026
- Cash conversion
- 1.14×
Cash conversion · 1.43× a year ago · operating cash flow divided by operating profit after tax
- Share count, year on year
- −3.4%
Share count, year on year · fewer shares than a year ago
Operating margin by fiscal year
| Year | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| FY2021 | 35% |
| FY2022 | 36% |
| FY2023 | 36% |
| FY2024 | 29% |
| FY2025 | 41% |
| FY2026 | 42% |
Details›
- Gross margin12 months to Oct 2, 2026
- 77%
- Operating margin12 months to Oct 2, 2026
- 42%
- Net margin12 months to Oct 2, 2026
- 23%
- Free cash flow margin
- 34%
- R&D as % of revenue
- 8.2%
- Revenue, trailing twelve months
- $5.23B
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- $1.76B
- Net income, trailing twelve months
- $1.21B
- Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
- 17%
Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion is operating cash flow over operating profit after tax.
Software, Infrastructure
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