Gen Digital (GEN) Research & Development (2009 - 2026)

Gen Digital (GEN) posted Research & Development of $327.0 million for Q2 2026, up 240.62% on a QoQ basis from $96.0 million in Q1 2026, and down 34.21% year-over-year from $497.0 million in Q2 2025.

Gen Digital (GEN) Research & Development (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Gen Digital's Research & Development history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $327.0 million for Q2 2026.

  • Quarterly Research & Development fell 34.21% year-over-year to $327.0 million in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was $632.0 million (down 25.03% YoY) and the FY2026 annual result came in at $1.2 billion, up 64.83% from the prior year.
  • Research & Development was $327.0 million for Q2 2026 at Gen Digital, up from $96.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Research & Development topped out at $497.0 million in Q1 2025 and bottomed at -$193.0 million in Q1 2023.
  • A 5-year average of $158.5 million and a median of $109.0 million in 2025 frame the typical range for Research & Development.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Research & Development slumped 427.12% — and 2024, when it soared 349.22%.
  • Gen Digital's Research & Development stood at $183.0 million in 2022, then advanced by 0.55% to $184.0 million in 2023, then declined by 1.09% to $182.0 million in 2024, then tumbled by 45.05% to $100.0 million in 2025, then surged by 227.0% to $327.0 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows GEN's Research & Development at $327.0 million in Q2 2026, $96.0 million in Q1 2026, and $100.0 million in Q4 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) R&D (Qtr)
1 Microsoft 2,921.46 Bn 2,797.02 Bn 56.06 Bn 6.81 Bn
2 PagSeguro Digital 2,686.70 Bn 2,686.70 Bn 358.92 Mn -
3 Oracle 344.13 Bn 312.24 Bn - 4.01 Bn
4 Repay Holdings 342.29 Bn 342.15 Bn - -
5 Palantir Technologies 294.57 Bn 286.54 Bn 1.42 Bn 160.98 Mn
6 Palo Alto Networks 224.46 Bn 219.93 Bn 1.91 Bn 823.00 Mn
7 CrowdStrike Holdings 182.52 Bn 179.42 Bn 993.68 Mn 802.89 Mn
8 Fortinet 111.29 Bn 107.99 Bn 1.49 Bn 636.30 Mn
9 Cloudflare 93.63 Bn 92.68 Bn 455.60 Mn 271.60 Mn
10 Gen Digital 16.86 Bn 16.45 Bn 1.01 Bn 327.00 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Apr 3, 2026 327.00 Mn
Jan 2, 2026 96.00 Mn
Oct 3, 2025 100.00 Mn
Jul 4, 2025 109.00 Mn
Mar 28, 2025 497.00 Mn
Dec 27, 2024 182.00 Mn
Sep 27, 2024 83.00 Mn
Jun 28, 2024 81.00 Mn
Mar 29, 2024 481.00 Mn
Dec 29, 2023 184.00 Mn
Sep 29, 2023 187.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 90.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 -193.00 Mn
Dec 30, 2022 183.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 167.00 Mn
Jul 1, 2022 61.00 Mn
Apr 1, 2022 59.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 60.00 Mn
Oct 1, 2021 66.00 Mn
Jul 2, 2021 156.00 Mn