Gen Digital PE ratio GEN
Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2011.
- Today, Oct 23, 2026
- 14.5×
- 9-year median
- 18.5×
- Against its 9-year history
- 26th
- percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
- 9-year range
- 7.9× to 484×
- Peer median
- 38.6×
Gen Digital's PE ratio is 14.5× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $24.88 against $1.72 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.
That is below its 9-year median of 18.5×, lower than on 74% of days in the last 9 years.
Over that time it ranged from 7.9× in Oct 2023 to 484× in Jun 2019.
The median for 10 infrastructure software stocks of a similar size is 38.6×.
PE ratio over time
The dashed line is the 9-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.
Year by year
| Year | End of year | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 14.5× | 12.6× | 29.3× |
| 2025 | 30.2× | 23.3× | 32.6× |
| 2024 | 28.2× | 9.3× | 31.8× |
| 2023 | 10.4× | 7.9× | 23.8× |
| 2022 | 21.6× | 14.1× | 24.0× |
| 2021 | 17.3× | 16.1× | 30.7× |
| 2020 | 14.0× | 14.0× | 20.2× |
| 2019 | 18.2× | 10.7× | 484× |
| 2018 | 10.3× | 10.2× | 18.1× |
| 2017 | n/m a value too high to mean anything | ||
| 2016 | 18.8× | 18.5× | 22.1× |
| 2015 | 21.6× | 17.7× | 21.6× |
| 2014 | 19.0× | 14.9× | 21.0× |
| 2013 | 20.6× | 19.7× | 83.5× |
| 2012 | 68.5× | 51.4× | 141× |
| 2011 | 129× | 127× | 434× |
Against its peers
Companies in Software - Infrastructure nearest Gen Digital's size, closest first, today.
| Company | PE ratio |
|---|---|
| GENGen Digital | 14.5× |
| GWREGuidewire Software | 117× |
| GDDYGoDaddy | 16.7× |
| CACICaci International | 26.3× |
| DOCUDocusign | 52.0× |
| MANHManhattan Associates | 68.2× |
| TYLTyler Technologies | 51.7× |
| AKAMAkamai Technologies | 33.6× |
| LDOSLeidos | 12.7× |
| PAYCPaycom Software | 29.2× |
| BSYBentley Systems | 43.6× |
| Peer median | 38.6× |
Where Gen Digital ranks
What the PE ratio tells you
Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.
Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.
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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.