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Gen Digital Inc.

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Signs● 5 good● 1 warning● 2 severedetails ↓

Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY26FY25FY24FY23FY22FY21
Revenue$5.00B$3.94B$3.80B$3.32B$2.80B$2.55B
Operating income$2.12B$1.61B$1.11B$1.21B$1.00B$896.0M
Net income$973.0M$643.0M$607.0M$1.33B$836.0M$554.0M
Total assets$15.59B$15.49B$15.79B$15.95B$6.94B$6.36B
Total liabilities$12.98B$13.23B$13.65B$13.75B$7.04B$6.86B
Equity$2.61B$2.27B$2.14B$2.15B−$126.0M−$500.0M
EPS (diluted)$1.57$1.03$0.95$2.14$1.41$0.92
Shares out.602.4M620.2M626.1M640.8M580.1M579.9M

Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.

Key ratios

from filings · FY2026
Operating margin
42.4%
Net margin
19.5%
Return on equity
37.3%
Return on assets
6.2%
Return on capital (ROCE)
16.5%
Liabilities / assets
83.3%
Debt / equity
4.97×
Book value / share
$4.33
Revenue growth (YoY)
27.1%
Net income growth (YoY)
51.3%

Computed from the company's own SEC figures — no market price, so these are facts, not a valuation. Book value per share is reported equity ÷ shares; it is not the stock price.

Financial health

forensic scores · FY2026
Altman Z″ (distress)
0.50distress
Accruals / assets
−3.7%clean
Piotroski F-Score
8/9strong

Altman Z″is a textbook bankruptcy-distress score from book values only (>2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · <1.1 distress). Accruals = (net income − operating cash flow) ÷ assets; persistently high accruals are an earnings-quality red flag. Beneish M-Scoreis an eight-ratio screen comparing this year with last (M > −1.78 = elevated manipulation-risk screen, not proof). Piotroski F-Scorecounts how many of nine fundamental-health checks pass (shown as passed / applicable; we use operating margin and total liabilities as documented proxies where the exact input isn't XBRL-tagged). Computed from SEC filings — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Quality score

EDS Score
72
/ 100
Profitability 100Growth 100Catalyst 33Earnings quality 100Financial strength 25

Our own multi-factor score from free SEC data — profitability, growth, financial strength, earnings quality, and event/ownership catalysts. No market price and no licensed model: each axis is the share of source-backed checks it passes. Descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Signs

● 2 severe● 1 warning● 5 good
  • Altman Z″ in the distress zone
  • Filed a late-filing notice (Form NT) — missed an SEC deadline
  • High leverage (liabilities > 70% of assets)
  • Operating margin is positive
  • Strong return on equity (>15%)
  • Revenue is growing year-over-year
  • Positive operating cash flow
  • Clean earnings (low accruals)

Derived from the company's own SEC figures (fundamentals, forensic scores, filing discipline) — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Risk flags

late SEC filings

A Form NT means the company notified the SEC it would file a periodic report late — often an accounting, audit or liquidity warning sign. Also search SEC enforcement actions for this company.

5%+ owners

SEC Schedule 13D / 13G · last 3 yrs

Holders who disclosed a 5%+ stake. 13D signals intent to influence or control; 13G is a passive holding. Latest filing per holder — open it for the exact stake.

Insider transactions

SEC Form 4 · most recent
6 acquisitions6 disposalsnet +462,764 shares · last 12
InsiderDateTypeSharesPrice
Derse Natalie MarieOfficer — CFOMay 8, 2026Grant135,118$0.00
Ko Bryan SeukOfficer — COO, CLO and SecretaryMay 8, 2026Grant135,118$0.00
Pilette VincentOfficer — CEO, Pres. &amp; ChairMay 8, 2026Grant498,896$0.00
Derse Natalie MarieOfficer — CFOMay 1, 2026Tax withholding42,437$19.37
Ko Bryan SeukOfficer — COO, CLO and SecretaryMay 1, 2026Tax withholding34,149$19.37
Pilette VincentOfficer — CEO, Pres. &amp; ChairMay 1, 2026Tax withholding118,346$19.37
Vlcek OndrejDirectorMar 1, 2026Tax withholding128$22.57
Pilette VincentOfficer — CEO, Pres. &amp; ChairFeb 15, 2026Grant795$20.16
Ko Bryan SeukOfficer — COO, CLO and SecretaryFeb 15, 2026Grant905$20.16
Derse Natalie MarieOfficer — CFOFeb 15, 2026Grant794$20.16
Vlcek OndrejDirectorDec 10, 2025Sell113,674$27.12
Vlcek OndrejDirectorDec 1, 2025Tax withholding128$26.28

Headline trade per Form 4 (officers, directors, 10%+ owners). Buy/sell read from the filing's structured data — blank where a field isn't cleanly tagged.

Short interest

FINRA · bi-monthly
SettlementShares shortDays to coverΔ vs prior
May 15, 202627.7M3.0+8.8%
Apr 30, 202625.5M4.2-0.3%
Apr 15, 202625.6M3.9+1.9%
Mar 31, 202625.1M2.6+0.8%
Mar 13, 202624.9M5.0+4.5%

Shares sold short as reported to FINRA. Days-to-cover = short shares ÷ average daily volume — higher means more potential squeeze pressure.

Material events

SEC Form 8-K · most recent

Events the company reported on Form 8-K, labelled by the SEC item code it filed under — its own classification, not our interpretation.

Recent SEC filings

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