A look at Gen Digital Inc’s (GEN) recent performance gives investors their first glimpse of hope.

On Monday, Gen Digital Inc (NASDAQ: GEN) opened lower -0.62% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $25.93. Price fluctuations for GEN have ranged from $19.64 to $31.72 over the past 52 weeks.

During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Technology Sector giant was 11.41%. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted 12.92% at the time writing. With a float of $558.04 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $616.00 million.

Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 3400 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 76.77%, operating margin of 41.44%, and the pretax margin is 24.59%.

Gen Digital Inc (GEN) Insider Activity

A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Software – Infrastructure industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Gen Digital Inc is 9.45%, while institutional ownership is 84.36%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Feb 18 ’25, was worth 27,435. In this transaction CFO of this company sold 989 shares at a rate of $27.74, taking the stock ownership to the 333,668 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 26 ’24, when Company’s CLO & Head Corp Aff sold 48,290 for $30.58, making the entire transaction worth $1,476,601. This insider now owns 504,500 shares in total.

Gen Digital Inc (GEN) Earnings and Forecasts

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 12.92% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 10.99% during the next five years compared to 81.21% growth over the previous five years of trading.

Gen Digital Inc (NASDAQ: GEN) Trading Performance Indicators

Check out the current performance indicators for Gen Digital Inc (GEN). In the past quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 0.35. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 4.08. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 7.45.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 1.01, a number that is poised to hit 0.58 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 2.43 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Gen Digital Inc (GEN)

Looking closely at Gen Digital Inc (NASDAQ: GEN), its last 5-days average volume was 3.64 million, which is a drop from its year-to-date volume of 3.83 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 86.91%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.75.

During the past 100 days, Gen Digital Inc’s (GEN) raw stochastic average was set at 35.44%, which indicates a significant decrease from 89.74% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 25.50% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 30.61% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $26.23, while its 200-day Moving Average is $27.14. However, in the short run, Gen Digital Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $26.01. Second resistance stands at $26.25. The third major resistance level sits at $26.54. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $25.48, it is likely to go to the next support level at $25.19. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $24.95.

Gen Digital Inc (NASDAQ: GEN) Key Stats

There are currently 616,301K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 15.88 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 3,812 M according to its annual income of 616,000 K. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 986,000 K and its income totaled 159,000 K.