Gen Digital (GEN) EBT Margin (2009 - 2026)
Gen Digital (GEN) reported EBT Margin of 24.18% for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Jul 3, 2026), up 0.31 percentage points from 23.87% a year earlier but down 27.97 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Gen Digital (GEN) EBT Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jul 3, 2026, Gen Digital's EBT Margin came in at 30.20%, up 5.29 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Apr 3, 2026), it came in at 30.22%, up 4.07 percentage points from FY2025.
- EBT Margin has a five-year change of -3.96 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- By fiscal year, EBT Margin came in at 26.15% in FY2025 (+14.39 pp), 11.76% in FY2024 (-11.84 pp), 23.61% in FY2023 (-13.66 pp) and 37.27% in FY2022 (+3.08 pp).
- Five-year quarterly EBT Margin spans a low of -15.24% in fiscal Q2 2024 and a high of 62.57% in fiscal Q2 2022.
- Year over year, EBT Margin has now increased in each of the last three quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +8.28 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year EBT Margin in five years was fiscal Q2 2025 (a gain of 41.73 percentage points); the low point was fiscal Q2 2024 (a drop of 41.31 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q1 2027 came in at 52.14% (Q4 2026), 24.92% (Q3 2026) and 19.10% (Q2 2026).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | EBT Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palo Alto Networks | 319.55 Bn | 304.63 Bn | 2.30 Bn | -7.89% |
| 2 | CrowdStrike Holdings | 265.46 Bn | 245.90 Bn | 1.10 Bn | 0.27% |
| 3 | Fortinet | 129.36 Bn | 115.29 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 35.17% |
| 4 | Snowflake | 115.65 Bn | 102.97 Bn | 1.04 Bn | -12.17% |
| 5 | Datadog | 96.45 Bn | 78.09 Bn | 881.34 Mn | 4.61% |
| 6 | Axon Enterprise | 34.50 Bn | 29.03 Bn | 546.45 Mn | 3.61% |
| 7 | Okta | 33.79 Bn | 23.89 Bn | 641.00 Mn | 15.65% |
| 8 | Zscaler | 32.51 Bn | 18.63 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Baidu | 29.59 Bn | -44.04 Bn | 1.47 Mn | 10.24% |
| 10 | Gen Digital | 12.49 Bn | 10.19 Bn | 1.03 Bn | 24.18% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 3, 2026 | 24.18% |
| Apr 3, 2026 | 52.14% |
| Jan 2, 2026 | 24.92% |
| Oct 3, 2025 | 19.10% |
| Jul 4, 2025 | 23.87% |
| Mar 28, 2025 | 28.42% |
| Dec 27, 2024 | 21.10% |
| Sep 27, 2024 | 26.49% |
| Jun 28, 2024 | 28.60% |
| Mar 29, 2024 | 21.99% |
| Dec 29, 2023 | 18.78% |
| Sep 29, 2023 | -15.24% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 21.31% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 15.44% |
| Dec 30, 2022 | 23.08% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 26.07% |
| Jul 1, 2022 | 32.39% |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 13.41% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 37.18% |
| Oct 1, 2021 | 62.57% |
Gen Digital EBT Margin API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ebt-margin&ticker=GEN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "ebt-margin", "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=ebt-margin&ticker=GEN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();