Gen Digital Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2026, Gen Digital Inc. had return on equity of 39.9%, an operating margin of 42.4%, debt equal to 316.9% of equity and a current ratio of 0.40. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Gen Digital Inc.: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year	2010Apr 2010	2011Apr 2011	2012Mar 2012	2013Mar 2013	2014Mar 2014	2015Apr 2015	2016Apr 2016	2017Mar 2017	2018Mar 2018	2019Mar 2019	2020Apr 2020	2021Apr 2021	2022Apr 2022	2023Mar 2023	2024Mar 2024	2025Mar 2025	2026Apr 2026	LTMOct 2026
Gross margin	81.5%	83.1%	83.9%	83.0%	50.8%	81.6%	82.9%	78.8%	81.9%	81.5%	84.2%	85.8%	85.4%	82.2%	80.8%	80.3%	78.5%	77.4%
Operating margin	15.6%	14.2%	16.4%	16.0%	2.2%	3.9%	12.7%	−2.5%	−6.0%	6.4%	14.3%	35.1%	35.9%	36.4%	29.2%	40.9%	42.4%	41.8%
Net margin	11.9%	9.6%	17.6%	10.9%	13.5%	22.2%	69.1%	−2.6%	44.5%	1.3%	156.1%	21.7%	29.9%	40.2%	16.0%	16.3%	19.5%	23.1%
Free-cash-flow margin	24.1%	24.7%	24.0%	18.2%	16.3%	25.5%	14.7%	−6.9%	31.6%	52.4%	−38.2%	27.4%	34.6%	22.6%	53.8%	30.6%	30.5%	33.7%
Return on equity	15.7%	13.2%	24.7%	14.3%	15.9%	15.0%	51.8%	−3.0%	26.7%	0.6%	135.2%	—	—	131.7%	28.3%	29.2%	39.9%	45.1%
Return on assets	6.4%	5.0%	9.2%	5.5%	6.4%	6.6%	19.9%	−0.7%	6.5%	0.2%	32.8%	7.9%	12.6%	11.7%	3.8%	4.1%	6.3%	7.7%
Asset turnover	0.53	0.52	0.52	0.50	0.48	0.30	0.29	0.27	0.15	0.15	0.21	0.36	0.42	0.29	0.24	0.25	0.32	0.34
Current ratio	1.15	0.92	1.03	1.15	1.31	1.22	1.73	1.15	1.10	0.85	1.17	0.72	0.74	0.43	0.50	0.51	0.40	0.37
Debt to equity	41.1%	57.0%	40.0%	56.6%	36.2%	35.4%	61.2%	238.3%	100.1%	78.4%	>999%	—	—	460.0%	407.3%	368.2%	316.9%	298.6%
Effective tax rate	—	—	—	25.0%	15.0%	−7.9%	—	—	—	—	29.4%	20.2%	19.8%	—	−35.8%	37.5%	35.6%	28.5%
R&D as % of revenue	14.3%	13.9%	14.4%	14.9%	10.8%	20.5%	20.8%	20.5%	17.8%	17.1%	13.2%	10.5%	9.0%	9.4%	8.7%	8.4%	8.2%	8.2%
Capital spending as % of revenue	4.1%	4.3%	4.2%	4.9%	2.9%	7.7%	7.6%	1.7%	5.5%	8.4%	3.6%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.5%	0.4%	0.4%	0.3%
Free cash flow ÷ net income	202.4%	255.6%	136.1%	166.5%	121.0%	114.9%	21.3%	—	71.0%	>999%	−24.4%	126.4%	115.8%	56.3%	336.7%	187.6%	156.5%	146.3%
Dividends ÷ net income	—	—	—	0.0%	46.5%	47.0%	121.8%	—	18.5%	700.0%	192.5%	67.3%	36.2%	23.5%	53.2%	48.7%	32.1%	25.7%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow	38.3%	57.1%	55.3%	65.7%	84.5%	90.5%	924.2%	—	26.1%	35.0%	—	96.7%	31.3%	162.2%	37.4%	48.5%	62.1%	61.3%

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal quarters.

Gen Digital Inc.: financial ratios, quarterly
Quarter	2025 Q3Dec 2024	2025 Q4Mar 2025	2026 Q1Jul 2025	2026 Q2Oct 2025	2026 Q3Jan 2026	2026 Q4Apr 2026	2027 Q1Jul 2026	2027 Q2Oct 2026
Gross margin	80.4%	80.3%	78.8%	78.2%	78.4%	78.5%	77.0%	75.9%
Operating margin	37.9%	41.3%	35.5%	35.9%	34.9%	62.6%	33.2%	37.0%
Net margin	16.1%	14.1%	10.7%	11.0%	15.5%	39.9%	16.1%	21.0%
Free-cash-flow margin	32.3%	46.5%	32.2%	8.8%	43.1%	37.1%	32.2%	23.6%
Current ratio	0.35	0.51	0.50	0.51	0.47	0.40	0.47	0.37
Debt to equity	394.0%	364.0%	374.8%	354.1%	360.5%	313.9%	307.1%	296.1%
R&D as % of revenue	8.5%	8.0%	8.7%	8.2%	7.7%	8.1%	8.8%	8.2%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

1 of 5 checks passed · October 2, 2026

What it owns · $15.5bn

Short-term assets $1.3bnLonger-term assets $14.3bn

What it owes, and who funded it · $15.5bn

Short-term liabilities $3.5bnLonger-term liabilities $9.3bnShareholders' equity $2.7bn

Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $1.3bn of assets due within a year against $3.5bn of liabilities due within a year.
Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $1.3bn short-term assets against $9.3bn of longer-dated liabilities.
More cash than debt $589m of cash against $8.1bn of debt.
Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 296% of equity.
Debt burden no higher than five years ago Five-year comparison not available. Not assessable.
A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $1.8bn of operating cash flow against $8.1bn of debt.
Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.

From Gen Digital Inc.'s latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

70 /100

Strong moat

How hard Gen Digital's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

Returns on capital 14 / 20

Cash operating profit has been a median 11.2% of total assets over 10 years.
Pricing power 19 / 20

Gross margin has been a median 81.7%, moving by 2.9 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
Durability 10 / 20

Operating margin has been a median 30.7%; its worst year was -5.4%.
Cash conversion 19 / 20

Free cash flow was positive in 9 of 10 years, at a median 31.4% of revenue.
Discipline 13 / 20

The diluted share count rose 2.8% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 4.3% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (75 before it).

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Gen Digital Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 30, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Gen Digital Inc.