Financial Health Report: Gen Digital Inc (GEN)’s Ratios Tell a Tale

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Gen Digital Inc (NASDAQ: GEN) closed the day trading at $27.85 up 0.58% from the previous closing price of $27.69. In other words, the price has increased by $0.58 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.37 million shares were traded. GEN stock price reached its highest trading level at $27.885 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $27.69.

Ratios:

For a better understanding of GEN, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 23.42 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 8.14. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.32 and its Current Ratio is at 0.32. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 4.09 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 3.42.

Upgrades & Downgrades

In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, UBS on December 04, 2024, initiated with a Buy rating and assigned the stock a target price of $36.

On October 24, 2024, Wells Fargo started tracking the stock assigning a Overweight rating and target price of $35.

Morgan Stanley Downgraded its Overweight to Equal-Weight on June 07, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $28 to $27.

Insider Transactions:

The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Nov 26 ’24 when KO BRYAN SEUK sold 48,290 shares for $30.58 per share. The transaction valued at 1,476,601 led to the insider holds 504,500 shares of the business.

BRYAN S KO bought 48,290 shares of GEN for $1,476,600 on Nov 26 ’24. On Aug 19 ’24, another insider, Pilette Vincent, who serves as the CEO & President of the company, sold 178,801 shares for $25.54 each. As a result, the insider received 4,565,862 and left with 1,719,658 shares of the company.

Valuation Measures:

Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, GEN now has a Market Capitalization of 17163843584 and an Enterprise Value of 24999985152. As of this moment, Gen’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 28.39, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 11.33. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 4.89. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 4.48 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 8.18. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 6.472 whereas that against EBITDA is 13.82.

Stock Price History:

Over the past 52 weeks, GEN has reached a high of $31.72, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $19.08. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -4.32%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 9.27%.

Shares Statistics:

Over the past 3-months, GEN traded about 3.36M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, GEN traded about 5013120 shares per day. A total of 616.00M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 558.15M. Insiders hold about 9.44% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 85.35% stake in the company. Shares short for GEN as of 1732838400 were 11050139 with a Short Ratio of 3.45, compared to 1730332800 on 14627434. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 11050139 and a Short% of Float of 2.33.

Dividends & Splits

GEN’s forward annual dividend rate is 0.50, up from 0.5 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.01805706The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.18.

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