Gen Digital (GEN) Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd (2013 - 2026)
Gen Digital's Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd came in at $81 million for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Jul 3, 2026), down 1.2% from $82 million a year earlier but up 6.6% from the prior quarter.
Gen Digital (GEN) Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd (2013 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Jul 3, 2026, Gen Digital reported Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd of $311 million, down 0.6% year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Apr 3, 2026), it came in at $312 million, down 0.3% from FY2025.
- Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd carries a five-year compound annual growth rate of -3.5% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- Going back by fiscal year, Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd was $313 million in FY2025 (-3.1%), $323 million in FY2024 (+2.9%), $314 million in FY2023 (+3.6%) and $303 million in FY2022 (-18.8%).
- The five-year range for quarterly Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd is $72 million (fiscal Q2 2023) to $83 million (fiscal Q1 2024).
- The fastest year-over-year change in Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd over five years came in fiscal Q2 2024 (growth of 12.5%), and the weakest in fiscal Q3 2022 (a decline of 35.4%).
- Business Quant data shows GEN's Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd at $76 million (Q4 2026), $77 million (Q3 2026) and $77 million (Q2 2026) in the three fiscal quarters before Q1 2027.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Div Paid (Total) (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palo Alto Networks | 323.81 Bn | 308.88 Bn | 2.30 Bn | - |
| 2 | CrowdStrike Holdings | 271.09 Bn | 251.53 Bn | 1.10 Bn | - |
| 3 | Fortinet | 131.14 Bn | 117.07 Bn | 1.64 Bn | - |
| 4 | Snowflake | 119.71 Bn | 107.03 Bn | 1.04 Bn | - |
| 5 | Datadog | 98.30 Bn | 79.94 Bn | 881.34 Mn | - |
| 6 | Okta | 34.95 Bn | 25.05 Bn | 641.00 Mn | - |
| 7 | Axon Enterprise | 34.32 Bn | 28.85 Bn | 546.45 Mn | - |
| 8 | Zscaler | 32.52 Bn | 18.64 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Baidu | 29.56 Bn | -44.07 Bn | 1.47 Mn | - |
| 10 | Gen Digital | 13.19 Bn | 10.89 Bn | 1.03 Bn | 81.00 Mn |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 3, 2026 | 81.00 Mn |
| Apr 3, 2026 | 76.00 Mn |
| Jan 2, 2026 | 77.00 Mn |
| Oct 3, 2025 | 77.00 Mn |
| Jul 4, 2025 | 82.00 Mn |
| Mar 28, 2025 | 77.00 Mn |
| Dec 27, 2024 | 77.00 Mn |
| Sep 27, 2024 | 77.00 Mn |
| Jun 28, 2024 | 82.00 Mn |
| Mar 29, 2024 | 78.00 Mn |
| Dec 29, 2023 | 81.00 Mn |
| Sep 29, 2023 | 81.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 83.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 80.00 Mn |
| Dec 30, 2022 | 81.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 72.00 Mn |
| Jul 1, 2022 | 81.00 Mn |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 73.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 73.00 Mn |
| Oct 1, 2021 | 73.00 Mn |
Gen Digital Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=dividends-paid-common-and-prefferd&ticker=GEN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "dividends-paid-common-and-prefferd", "ticker": "GEN", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=dividends-paid-common-and-prefferd&ticker=GEN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();