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Gen Digital Inc

GENNASDAQ

SectorInformation Technology

IndustrySoftware - Infrastructure

Beta (adjusted)1.14

Intrinsic Value $36.09median of 6 methods · middle span $32-$60based on filings through 3 Jul 2026

Market Price $22.25Price as of 1 Oct 2026

Significantly undervaluedIntrinsic value is 62% above the market price

−50% · IV below pricenear fair value ±15%IV above price · +50%

marker beyond scale (+62%)

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Market Cap $13.3B

Enterprise Value $20.9B

Shares Outstanding 598M diluted

Moat Rating Wide

Next Earnings Date5 Nov 2026

Last ex-dividend17 Aug 2026

All prices and values are periodic snapshots, not live quotes. Source dates are shown for reference.

Thesis

Street consensus, scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggers

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Thesis Summary

Gen entered FY27 with strong adjusted growth, 81 million paid customers and raised full-year revenue and EPS guidance. The constructive operating evidence is balanced by substantial debt, a material gap between GAAP and non-GAAP earnings, and a share price of $31.02 that was already close to the issuer-reported 52-week high of $31.29 when retrieved.

This section is the 12-month view: analyst targets and the probability-weighted scenarios built from them. The intrinsic value at the top of this page answers a different question: what the business is worth today.

Street view · analyst 12-month targets10 analysts · as of 18 Aug 2026

Low · most bearish analyst$24.07

Mean target$32.11

High · most bullish analyst$46.00

Our research · scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggersResearch as of 2 Sep 2026

Scenarios · 12-month scenario targetsAnchored at research date

Bear CaseDownside scenario

$24.0718%

A guidance miss, customer contraction, weaker Cyber Safety performance, integration setbacks or renewed leverage concerns could return the shares toward the issuer-reported 52-week low.

Base CaseCentral scenario

$32.1158%

Matches the consensus mean

The most likely case is continued operational progress broadly consistent with raised guidance, offset by limited near-term rerating room because the retrieved share price was already near its 52-week high.

Bull CaseUpside scenario

$46.0024%

Execution at or above the raised FY27 guidance, continued expansion of Trust-Based Solutions, sustained customer growth and strong cash generation support a retest of the issuer-reported 52-week high.

Scenarios are anchored to street consensus at the research date, with our probabilities and rationale.

Key Investment Merits

Management raised FY27 non-GAAP revenue guidance to $5.375-$5.475 billion and EPS guidance to $2.87-$2.97 after Q1.
Q1 FY27 paid customers increased to 81 million from 76 million, while Trust-Based Solutions revenue increased to $490 million from $388 million.
Q1 generated $430 million of non-GAAP free cash flow and a 50.0% non-GAAP operating margin.

Key Investment Risks

At July 3, 2026, Gen reported $7.975 billion of long-term debt and $181 million of current debt versus $564 million of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash.
Q1 non-GAAP operating income of $668 million materially exceeded GAAP operating income of $443 million, while non-GAAP diluted EPS of $0.71 exceeded GAAP diluted EPS of $0.36.
Cyber Safety Platform revenue was $846 million versus $869 million in the prior-year quarter, although comparability was affected by the prior period containing an extra week.

All scenarios are estimates and subject to change. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

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