Gen Digital (GEN) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026)
Gen Digital's (GEN) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 16.31% in Q2 2026, up 351.0% YoY from 3.62% in Q2 2025, and up 24.64% on a QoQ basis from 13.08% in Q1 2026.
Gen Digital (GEN) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Gen Digital (GEN) has 18 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 16.31% in Q2 2026.
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 351.0% year-over-year to 16.31% in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was 16.31% (up 351.0% YoY) and the FY2026 annual result came in at 16.52%, up 394.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed advanced to 16.31% in Q2 2026, from 13.08% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 26.15% in Q2 2022 to a low of 7.61% in Q4 2023.
- A 5-year average of 12.76% and a median of 12.27% in 2025 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Capital Employed slumped 2134 bps — and 2024, when it soared 603 bps.
- Tracing GEN's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 7.8% in 2022, then declined by 2 bps to 7.61% in 2023, then surged by 79 bps to 13.64% in 2024, then fell by 10 bps to 12.27% in 2025, then soared by 33 bps to 16.31% in 2026.
- The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 16.31% (Q2 2026), 13.08% (Q1 2026), and 12.27% (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 3, 2026 | 16.42% |
| Apr 3, 2026 | 16.31% |
| Jan 2, 2026 | 13.08% |
| Oct 3, 2025 | 12.27% |
| Jul 4, 2025 | 12.54% |
| Mar 28, 2025 | 12.80% |
| Dec 27, 2024 | 13.64% |
| Sep 27, 2024 | 13.31% |
| Jun 28, 2024 | 9.85% |
| Mar 29, 2024 | 8.34% |
| Dec 29, 2023 | 7.61% |
| Sep 29, 2023 | 7.96% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 9.94% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 9.37% |
| Dec 30, 2022 | 7.80% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 11.32% |
| Jul 1, 2022 | 24.65% |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 26.15% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 29.13% |
| Oct 1, 2021 | 29.20% |