Yahoo · Oct 30, 2026
Are Business Services Stocks Lagging GEN DIGITAL INC (GEN) This Year?
Here is how Gen Digital (GEN) and Crane NXT (CXT) have performed compared to their sector so far this year.
NASDAQ · GEN
Gen Digital Inc.
Technology · Software - Infrastructure
$29.13
Up+$0.93 (+3.30%)
Updated Nov 1, 2026, 4:42 AM
SID Score
6.7/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
58/100
Neutral
- Market cap
- 17.13B
- P/E ratio
- 30.08
- Dividend yield
- 1.72%
- 52-week range
- $17.78 – $31.65
- Volume
- 9.1M
- Avg. volume
- 4.06M
Price performance · GEN
GEN price history
1M range · 20 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
Prices through Oct 30, 2026
GEN closed at $29.13 after 20 trading sessions, up 30.75% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $29.13
- Period change
- +30.75%
- Period low
- $22.28
- Period high
- $29.13
Daily close
View OHLC price history
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2026 | $28.62 | $29.235 | $28.40 | $29.13 | 9.1M |
| Oct 29, 2026 | $26.90 | $28.295 | $26.61 | $28.20 | 11.22M |
| Oct 28, 2026 | $24.10 | $24.38 | $23.88 | $24.35 | 8.18M |
| Oct 27, 2026 | $24.19 | $24.46 | $23.96 | $24.25 | 5.38M |
| Oct 26, 2026 | $24.87 | $24.9498 | $24.17 | $24.41 | 5.55M |
| Oct 23, 2026 | $24.80 | $25.13 | $24.615 | $24.88 | 4.67M |
| Oct 22, 2026 | $24.09 | $25.205 | $24.01 | $24.89 | 7.28M |
| Oct 21, 2026 | $24.11 | $24.37 | $23.96 | $24.12 | 5.11M |
| Oct 20, 2026 | $23.88 | $24.15 | $23.645 | $24.08 | 5.33M |
| Oct 19, 2026 | $24.05 | $24.23 | $23.595 | $23.64 | 6.17M |
| Oct 16, 2026 | $24.87 | $25.23 | $24.005 | $24.16 | 8M |
| Oct 15, 2026 | $23.83 | $24.83 | $23.77 | $24.82 | 9.07M |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $23.74 | $23.86 | $23.425 | $23.80 | 6.76M |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $23.62 | $24.10 | $23.51 | $23.81 | 6.2M |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $23.44 | $23.76 | $23.274 | $23.35 | 5.61M |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $22.98 | $23.27 | $22.76 | $23.25 | 7.43M |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $22.26 | $22.875 | $22.21 | $22.75 | 10.7M |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $22.57 | $22.75 | $21.775 | $22.39 | 15.91M |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $22.35 | $23.005 | $22.33 | $22.80 | 8M |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $22.03 | $22.64 | $21.975 | $22.28 | 11.82M |
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Company profile
Gen is a cybersecurity pure-play that offers security, identity protection, and privacy solutions to individual consumers. The firm's cyber safety offerings, via brands such as Norton, Avast, and LifeLock, have long maintained their positions as some of the most recognizable consumer-focused security and identity-protection products.
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- Average target
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| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 2026 | RBC Capital | Sector Perform | — |
| Oct 29, 2026 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | — |
| Oct 12, 2026 | RBC Capital | Sector Perform | — |
| Sep 25, 2026 | RBC Capital | Sector Perform | — |
| Aug 7, 2026 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | — |
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Yahoo · Oct 30, 2026
Gen Digital (GEN) Stock Repriced After Q2 Earnings Put Margins Center Stage
Gen Digital just delivered Q2 2027 results that lit a fire under the stock. Shares jumped 15.8% to US$28.20 in regular trading, as investors rushed to reprice a report built around one clear theme: margin power. The cybersecurity and consumer protection group posted about US$1.37b in quarterly revenue and highlighted an operating margin near 50%, a level many software peers only talk about. The reaction looks less like a sugar high and more like a sentiment reset, with traders suddenly...
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Yahoo · Oct 29, 2026
Gen Digital Surges. It Kills M&A Speculation While the Cyber Boom Drives an Earnings Beat.
Gen Digital says it’s currently not working on a ‘transformative acquisition.
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