Gen Digital Inc [NASDAQ: GEN] slipped around 4699970.63 points on Wednesday, while shares priced at $4700000.0 at the close of the session, down -0.99%.
Gen Digital Inc stock is now 20.07% up from its year-to-date (YTD) trading value. GEN Stock saw the intraday high of $29.529 and lowest of $29.0201 per share. The company’s 52-week high price is 31.72, which means current price is +27.88% above from all time high which was touched on 06/12/25.
Compared to the average trading volume of 4.70M shares, GEN reached a trading volume of 4597061 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
What do top market gurus say about Gen Digital Inc [GEN]?
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for GEN shares is $31.83 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on GEN stock is a recommendation set at 2.18. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
Morgan Stanley have made an estimate for Gen Digital Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Equal-Weight, with their previous recommendation back on March 18, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, UBS raised their target price to Buy. The new note on the price target was released on December 04, 2024, representing the official price target for Gen Digital Inc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $35, while Wells Fargo analysts kept a Overweight rating on GEN stock. On June 07, 2024, analysts decreased their price target for GEN shares from 28 to 27.
The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 7.91, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 1.62. Price to Free Cash Flow for GEN in the course of the last twelve months was 14.96 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 0.51.
How has GEN stock performed recently?
Gen Digital Inc [GEN] fell into the red zone at the end of the last week, falling into a negative trend and dropping by -2.32. With this latest performance, GEN shares gained by 5.40% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 5.94% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 6.21% in the past year of trading.
Gen Digital Inc [GEN]: Deeper insight into the fundamentals
Operating Margin for any stock indicates how profitable investing would be, and Gen Digital Inc [GEN] shares currently have an operating margin of 41.17% and a Gross Margin at 75.86%. Gen Digital Inc’s Net Margin is presently recorded at 16.34%.
Return on Equity for this stock inclined to 4.11%, with Return on Assets sitting at 4.11%.
Earnings analysis for Gen Digital Inc [GEN]
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for GEN. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Gen Digital Inc go to 12.52%.
Insider trade positions for Gen Digital Inc [GEN]
There are presently around $101.41%, or 112.04% of GEN stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of GEN stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 66.61 million shares, which is approximately 10.7261%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 53.89 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$1.35 billion in GEN stocks shares; and BLACKROCK INC., currently with $$1.08 billion in GEN stock with ownership which is approximately 6.9812%.
