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GEN Gen Digital

software · 2026-09-24

N/A
too hard · 61
Owner-earnings value$33.58
Price$26.23
Margin of safety +28.0%

Quality gate · 61/100

Returns on capital 6.2/30
Consistency 18.6/22
Margins / pricing power 15.9/16
Balance sheet 4.5/16
Cash conversion 10/10
Capital allocation 5.7/6

⚠ sub-hurdle returns (median roic 8% < 9%)

Median ROIC8.3%
Gross margin78.0%
Net debt / EBITDA3.1x
FCF conversion155%
Share count / yr-2.2%
Profitable years4/4

Moat & management

Owner-earnings inputs

Owner earnings (TTM)1.52B
Owner-earnings yield9.7%
Free-cash-flow yield9.9%
Growth used (normalized)2.3%
Market-implied growth (reverse DCF)-3.7%
Terminal growth3.0%
Discount rate (hurdle)10.6%

Projected owner earnings

YrOwner earningsGrowthPV
11.56B 2.3%1.41B
21.60B 2.4%1.30B
31.63B 2.4%1.21B
41.68B 2.5%1.12B
51.72B 2.6%1.04B
61.76B 2.7%965.09M
71.81B 2.8%896.80M
81.86B 2.8%834.00M
91.92B 2.9%776.21M
101.98B 3.0%722.99M

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⚠ maintenance capex ≈ min(capex, D&A), capped at FCF · Price pays for ~-4%/yr owner-earnings growth over 10y (reverse DCF); model credits 2%. Capped at market + 6pts.

History

DateQualityPriceValueMoSRating
2026-09-24 61 $26.23 $33.58 +28.0% N/A
2026-08-21 61 $28.18 $36.16 +28.3% N/A
2026-07-20 61 $26.74 $34.35 +28.5% N/A
2026-07-02 61 $26.11 $33.58 +28.6% N/A
2026-06-25 61 $23.56 $30.38 +29.0% N/A
2026-06-23 61 $23.26 $47.47 +104.1% N/A