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Gen Digital (Gen Digital) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio : 3.33 (As of May. 03, 2024)


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What is Gen Digital Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio?

As of today (2024-05-03), Gen Digital's current share price is $19.675. Gen Digital's Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $5.90. Gen Digital's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio for today is 3.33.

The historical rank and industry rank for Gen Digital's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

GEN' s Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.16   Med: 3.2   Max: 4.49
Current: 3.38

During the past years, Gen Digital's highest Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio was 4.49. The lowest was 2.16. And the median was 3.20.

GEN's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio is ranked worse than
66.78% of 1433 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.86 vs GEN: 3.38

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted revenue per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Gen Digital's adjusted revenue per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.474. Add all the adjusted revenue per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share, which is $5.90 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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Gen Digital Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Gen Digital's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Gen Digital Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Chart

Gen Digital Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.08 2.64 3.14 3.96 2.73

Gen Digital Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.37 2.73 2.99 2.90 3.87

Competitive Comparison of Gen Digital's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Gen Digital's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Gen Digital's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Gen Digital's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Gen Digital's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio falls into.



Gen Digital Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio takes the Revenue per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/S calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPS Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio.

Gen Digital's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share
=19.675/5.9
=3.33

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Gen Digital's Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

For example, Gen Digital's adjusted Revenue per Share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was:

Adj_RevenuePerShare=Revenue per Share/CPI of Dec. 2023 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec. 2023)
=1.474/129.4194*129.4194
=1.474

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 129.4194.

Gen Digital Quarterly Data

Revenue per Share CPI Adj_RevenuePerShare
201403 -1.244 99.695 -1.615
201406 2.489 100.560 3.203
201409 2.323 100.428 2.994
201412 1.408 99.070 1.839
201503 1.297 99.621 1.685
201506 1.320 100.684 1.697
201509 1.319 100.392 1.700
201512 1.355 99.792 1.757
201603 1.345 100.470 1.733
201606 1.426 101.688 1.815
201609 1.579 101.861 2.006
201612 1.679 101.863 2.133
201703 1.804 102.862 2.270
201706 1.929 103.349 2.416
201709 2.016 104.136 2.505
201712 1.813 104.011 2.256
201803 -1.573 105.290 -1.933
201806 1.853 106.317 2.256
201809 0.971 106.507 1.180
201812 0.965 105.998 1.178
201903 0.972 107.251 1.173
201906 1.012 108.070 1.212
201909 0.944 108.329 1.128
201912 0.955 108.420 1.140
202003 0.959 108.902 1.140
202006 1.000 108.767 1.190
202009 1.043 109.815 1.229
202012 1.070 109.897 1.260
202103 1.143 111.754 1.324
202106 1.161 114.631 1.311
202109 1.171 115.734 1.309
202112 1.188 117.630 1.307
202203 1.212 121.301 1.293
202206 1.171 125.017 1.212
202209 1.257 125.227 1.299
202212 1.438 125.222 1.486
202303 1.468 127.348 1.492
202306 1.471 128.729 1.479
202309 1.472 129.860 1.467
202312 1.474 129.419 1.474

Add all the adjusted revenue per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Gen Digital  (NAS:GEN) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PS Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of revenue during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio should give similar results to regular PS Ratio.


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Gen Digital (Gen Digital) Business Description

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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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Natalie Marie Derse officer: CFO 60 E RIO SALADO PARKWAY, SUITE 1000, TEMPE AZ 85281
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Samir Kapuria officer: EVP, Cyber Security Services 350 ELLIS STREET, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
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