Gen Digital Inc. (GEN) earnings on May 7, 2026
More Gen Digital Inc. earnings
Prior outlook: No statistical edge
The stock price climbed significantly after the company's earnings report. Investors seemed pleased with the results, pushing the price higher.
GEN price around the earnings
22.75
Change: +13.7%
2026-05-08, 23:53 UTC
Start of the measured window
End of the measured window
19.70
20.77
21.83
22.90
20.01
May 7, 2026
May 7, 2026
- Price: green if it ends above the starting price; red if it ends below
- Start of the measured window
- End of the measured window
- Market open
- No trading (market closed)
- Starting price
Prior thesis
Prior outlook: No statistical edge
- Thesis published
Analyst strong buy +46.6% upside vs negative momentum; xAI catalyst real.
Analyst strong buy +46.6% upside vs negative momentum; xAI catalyst real.
Context analyzed before publication
- Summary
- Analyst strong buy; analysts cite a price target about 46.6% above the current price vs negative momentum; xAI catalyst real.
- Reasoning
- Analyst strong buy; analysts cite a price target about 46.6% above the current price vs negative momentum; xAI catalyst real.
Analysts
Evidence
- Analyst consensus
- Buy
- Consensus average (1-5)
- 2
- Analysts covering the stock
- 10
- Average price target
- 29.11
- Lowest price target
- 21
- Highest price target
- 46
- Upside to price target
- 46.6%
- Quarterly earnings growth
- 20.8%
- Revenue growth
- 25.8%
- Forward EPS
- 2.87
- Trailing EPS
- 0.97
- Analyst moves in the last 60 days
- 1
- Strong buy: 1
- Buy: 5
- Hold: 5
- Sell: 0
- Strong sell: 0
- Strong buy
- 1
- Buy
- 5
- Hold
- 5
- Sell
- 0
- Strong sell
- 0
- April 13, 2026 · Barclays: Maintains rating (Equal-Weight → Equal-Weight)
News and sentiment
Evidence
Sentiment
- Sentiment
- Constructive
- Mention volume
- Low
- Normalized volume
- 33%
News
Sources (1)
- Barclays Maintains Equal-Weight on Gen Digital, Lowers Price Target to $26 — Benzinga
Technicals
Evidence
- Average true range (ATR)
- 3.4%
- Distance to 52-week high
- -38.4%
- 14-day change (14d)
- -2.9%
- 30-day change
- +4.7%
- 30-day relative strength
- -6.6%
- Benchmark change
- +11.3%
- Nearest support
- 17.81
- Nearest resistance
- 20.73
- Volume accumulation ratio
- 1
Trends
Evidence
- Average earnings surprise
- +2.8%
- February 5, 2026: actual EPS 0.64 vs estimate 0.63 (surprise +1.4%)
- November 6, 2025: actual EPS 0.62 vs estimate 0.61 (surprise +1.6%)
- August 7, 2025: actual EPS 0.64 vs estimate 0.6 (surprise +6.7%)
- May 6, 2025: actual EPS 0.59 vs estimate 0.58 (surprise +1.3%)
Expected move
There is no implied-move data available for this event.
Reactions over its last 19 earnings
- Median move
- 8%
- 75th percentile move
- 8.6%
- 90th percentile move
- 9.9%
- Up / down moves
- 11 / 8
- Average up move
- +7.4%
- Average down move
- -5.1%
Monitoring and close
What Gen Digital Inc. reported
There is no monitoring data available for this event.
Pre-market second reading after the results
There is no second reading available for this event.
How the stock reacted
- Consolidated
- +12.9%
- Max move
- +13.7%
No verdict: the outlook took no direction, so there is nothing to score as a hit or a miss.