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Gen Digital Inc. (GEN) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Company snapshot — Gen Digital Inc.

GEN in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Gen Digital provides cyber-safety and identity-protection services for individuals, families and small businesses, selling security software, privacy tools and identity-restoration support. It sells these products under several consumer brands, including Norton, Avast, LifeLock, Avira, AVG and CCleaner, alongside a financial-wellness platform called MoneyLion. The company was previously known as NortonLifeLock and took its current name after combining with Avast. It is headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, and sits in the technology sector under software infrastructure.
Where it sits in the stack
Gen Digital holds no seat in Rubin, our index for the AI build-out, so it does not sit in any of that stack's layers. Within the diary's wider universe it belongs to the technology sector, in the software-infrastructure industry, serving consumer cyber-security rather than data-centre or chip infrastructure.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group has not yet been set for Gen Digital. The market commonly compares it with McAfee, another consumer-security brand built around subscription renewals rather than one-off sales.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
Gen Digital is a constituent of the S&P 500 but carries no Rubin seat. It has not yet been assigned a Closelooknet score, and the diary has not quoted it in any edition so far.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether the combined Norton, Avast and LifeLock subscriber base holds together across so many brands, since renewals rather than new sign-ups carry this business.

Gen Digital Inc. (GEN) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for GEN, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: price target by RBC Capital, 2026-09-25

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for GEN from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target RBC Capital — target 26 from 30 Target cut to $26 from $30 (+14.4% to spot) 2026-09-25

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against Software - Infrastructure · United States · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Software - Infrastructure · United States

This name carries no Closelooknet score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against GEN on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 2.31%, quarterly · last 0.13 USD on 2026-08-17

Dividends and capital return

What GEN pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 0.50 USD per share · a 2.31% yield on the 2026-09-25 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-25
  • Change on the year 0.0% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.50 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.13 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-17
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.13 USD (partial) · 2024: 0.50 USD · 2025: 0.50 USD · 2026: 0.38 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-11-17

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

How it trades on rate days beta 0.66 to TLT · on the worst bond days it fell more than the market

How it trades on rate days

How GEN has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.66 — moves strongly with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Gen Digital Inc. moved 0.66% on average · correlation 0.16 · higher than 67% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 1.23 more rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −1.90% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −12.05% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is Gen Digital Inc. (GEN)?

Gen Digital Inc. trades as GEN on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

Is GEN in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Gen Digital Inc. is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-09-26.

Where does GEN trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -23.9% vs the 50-day and -12.3% vs the 200-day average, 31.7% below the 52-week high and +22.2% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 54 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-25 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Gen Digital Inc. do?

Gen Digital provides cyber-safety and identity-protection services for individuals, families and small businesses, selling security software, privacy tools and identity-restoration support. It sells these products under several consumer brands, including Norton, Avast, LifeLock, Avira, AVG and CCleaner, alongside a financial-wellness platform called MoneyLion. The company was previously known as NortonLifeLock and took its current name after combining with Avast. Closelooknet's peer group has not yet been set for Gen Digital. The market commonly compares it with McAfee, another consumer-security brand built around subscription renewals rather than one-off sales.

Where does Gen Digital Inc. sit in the AI build-out?

Gen Digital holds no seat in Rubin, our index for the AI build-out, so it does not sit in any of that stack's layers. Within the diary's wider universe it belongs to the technology sector, in the software-infrastructure industry, serving consumer cyber-security rather than data-centre or chip infrastructure. Gen Digital is a constituent of the S&P 500 but carries no Rubin seat. It has not yet been assigned a Closelooknet score, and the diary has not quoted it in any edition so far.

Does Gen Digital Inc. pay a dividend?

Gen Digital Inc. has paid 0.50 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 2.31% on the 2026-09-25 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.13 USD on 2026-08-17. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

How does Gen Digital Inc. trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Gen Digital Inc. had a beta of 0.66 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it moves strongly with bonds, higher than 67% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −1.90% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Gen Digital Inc. recently?

The most recent analyst action on Gen Digital Inc. on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by RBC Capital on 2026-09-25 (target 26 from 30). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for GEN, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Software - Infrastructure. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.