Gen Digital (GEN) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026)
Gen Digital's (GEN) quarterly Gross Margin came in at 78.49% in Q2 2026, down 181.0% YoY from 96.9% in Q2 2025, and little changed on a QoQ basis from 78.39% in Q1 2026.
Gen Digital (GEN) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Gen Digital (GEN) has 18 years of Gross Margin data on file, last reported at 78.49% in Q2 2026.
- Quarterly Gross Margin fell 181.0% year-over-year to 78.49% in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was 78.46% (down 182.0% YoY) and the FY2026 annual result came in at 78.46%, down 182.0% from the prior year.
- Gross Margin steadied at 78.49% in Q2 2026, from 78.39% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Gross Margin ranged from a high of 85.89% in Q2 2022 to a low of 78.2% in Q4 2025.
- A 5-year average of 80.83% and a median of 80.31% in 2024 frame the typical range for Gross Margin.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Gross Margin plunged 641 bps — and 2024, when it soared 81 bps.
- Tracing GEN's Gross Margin over 5 years: stood at 80.98% in 2022, then fell by 0 bps to 80.8% in 2023, then dropped by 0 bps to 80.43% in 2024, then fell by 3 bps to 78.2% in 2025, then advanced by 0 bps to 78.49% in 2026.
- The last three Gross Margin figures came in at 78.49% (Q2 2026), 78.39% (Q1 2026), and 78.2% (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 3, 2026 | 77.02% |
| Apr 3, 2026 | 78.49% |
| Jan 2, 2026 | 78.39% |
| Oct 3, 2025 | 78.20% |
| Jul 4, 2025 | 78.76% |
| Mar 28, 2025 | 80.30% |
| Dec 27, 2024 | 80.43% |
| Sep 27, 2024 | 80.08% |
| Jun 28, 2024 | 80.31% |
| Mar 29, 2024 | 80.29% |
| Dec 29, 2023 | 80.80% |
| Sep 29, 2023 | 80.95% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 81.02% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 79.48% |
| Dec 30, 2022 | 80.98% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 84.09% |
| Jul 1, 2022 | 85.57% |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 85.89% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 85.04% |
| Oct 1, 2021 | 85.55% |