Gen Digital Inc. (GEN) earnings on August 6, 2026
More Gen Digital Inc. earnings
Prior outlook: No statistical edge
Gen Digital saw a positive market reaction post-earnings, settling at +4.18% after reaching an intraday high of +5.75%. This move occurred as multiple analysts maintained their ratings and raised price targets.
GEN price around the earnings
29.17
Change: +3.9%
2026-08-07, 20:00 UTC
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- 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
- Results released
Strong trend strength (+9.29% 14d) and 100% beat rate, but no news catalyst and extreme retail crowding create FOMO trap risk.
Context analyzed before publication
- Trend
- Trajectory sharply declined from 45.3 to 20.1, signaling trend strength deterioration and cooling off from recent highs.
Analysts
Evidence
- Analyst consensus
- Buy
- Consensus average (1-5)
- 2.09
- Analysts covering the stock
- 10
- Average price target
- 30.21
- Lowest price target
- 22
- Highest price target
- 46
- Upside to price target
- 8.7%
- Quarterly earnings growth
- 260.6%
- Revenue growth
- 27%
- Forward EPS
- 3.29
- Trailing EPS
- 1.57
- Analyst moves in the last 60 days
- 0
- Strong buy: 0
- Buy: 5
- Hold: 6
- Sell: 0
- Strong sell: 0
- Strong buy
- 0
- Buy
- 5
- Hold
- 6
- Sell
- 0
- Strong sell
- 0
News and sentiment
Evidence
Sentiment
- Sentiment
- Constructive
- Mention volume
- High
- Normalized volume
- 99%
News
There is no news coverage available for this event.
Technicals
Evidence
- Price when the context was analyzed
- 27.95
- Average true range (ATR)
- 2.8%
- Distance to 52-week high
- -11.9%
- 14-day change (14d)
- +9.3%
- 30-day change (30d)
- +5.1%
- 30-day relative strength
- +2.6%
- SPY change (30d)
- +2.5%
- Nearest support
- 27.92
- Distance to nearest support
- 0.1%
- Nearest resistance
- 28.25
- Distance to nearest resistance
- 1.1%
- Volume accumulation ratio (14d / 46d)
- 0.8
- Major: 27.92 (0.1% away, 0.03 ATR, 50 touches)
- Major: 27.48 (1.7% away, 0.59 ATR, 59 touches)
- Major: 27.2 (2.7% away, 0.94 ATR, 86 touches)
- Major: 28.25 (1.1% away, 0.38 ATR, 24 touches)
- Major: 28.46 (1.8% away, 0.64 ATR, 41 touches)
- Mid: 28.71 (2.8% away, 0.97 ATR, 14 touches)
Trends
Evidence
- Average earnings surprise
- +3.3%
- May 7, 2026: actual EPS 0.67 vs estimate 0.65 (surprise +3.4%)
- 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%)
Expected move
- Implied move
- +3.6%
- Source
- Options chain
Reactions over its last 20 earnings
- Median move
- 8%
- 75th percentile move
- 8.9%
- 90th percentile move
- 11.3%
- Up / down moves
- 12 / 8
- Average up move
- +7.8%
- Average down move
- -5.1%
Monitoring and close
What Gen Digital Inc. reported
- Status
- Finished
| Actual EPS | 0.71 |
|---|---|
| EPS estimate | 0.69 |
| EPS surprise | +2.9% |
| Revenue | $1,336 million |
| Revenue estimate | $1,312 million |
| Revenue surprise | +1.8% |
Gen Digital beat expectations in fiscal Q1 2027 and raised its full-year earnings and sales guidance. Optimistic result.
Sources (6)
- Gen Digital Raises FY2027 Adj EPS Guidance from $2.85-$2.95 to $2.87-$2.97 vs $2.90 Est; Raises FY2027 Sales Guidance from $5.325B-$5.425B to $5.375B-$5.475B vs $5.373B Est (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Gen Digital Sees Q2 Adj EPS $0.71-$0.73 vs $0.71 Est; Sees Sales $1.325B-$1.350B vs $1.326B Est (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Gen Digital beat expectations: adjusted EPS of $0.71 vs $0.69 estimated, revenue of $1.336B vs $1.312B. Optimistic result. — Benzinga
- Gen Digital Q1 Adj. EPS $0.71 Beats $0.69 Estimate, Sales $1.336B Beat $1.312B Estimate (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Gen Further Accelerates in Q1 FY27 and Raises Full Year Guidance (opens in a new tab) — Yahoo
- Gen Digital Inc. 2027 Q1 - Results - Earnings Call Presentation (opens in a new tab) — SeekingAlpha
Pre-market second reading after the results
- Verdict
- Beat expectations
Heading into the open, results beat expectations on both earnings and revenue, and the price is indicating +2.3% pre-market, a move below the stock's usual reaction (about 8%). The figures don't confirm the prior scenario: there was no prior directional scenario to check against.
How the stock reacted
- Consolidated
- +4.2%
- Max move
- +5.8%
No verdict: the outlook took no direction, so there is nothing to score as a hit or a miss.