Gen Digital (GEN) Tax Rate (2011 - 2026)
Gen Digital (GEN) posted Tax Rate of 33.44% for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Jul 3, 2026), down 21.56 percentage points from 55.00% a year earlier but up 9.97 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Gen Digital (GEN) Tax Rate (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Jul 3, 2026, Tax Rate at Gen Digital was 31.36%, down 11.95 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Apr 3, 2026), it was 35.61%, down 1.91 percentage points from FY2025.
- Annual Tax Rate shows a five-year change of +15.42 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In prior fiscal years, Gen Digital's Tax Rate was 37.51% in FY2025 (+73.31 pp), -35.79% in FY2024 (+34.58 pp), -70.37% in FY2023 (-90.14 pp) and 19.77% in FY2022 (-0.41 pp).
- Quarterly Tax Rate has run from a low of -529.37% in fiscal Q4 2023 to a high of 202.08% in fiscal Q2 2024 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Tax Rate increased in five of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -19.71 percentage points.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Tax Rate in the past five years was fiscal Q4 2024, with a gain of 567.58 percentage points; the weakest was fiscal Q4 2023, with a drop of 504.37 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Tax Rate for the three prior fiscal quarters was 23.47% (Q4 2026), 37.86% (Q3 2026) and 42.49% (Q2 2026).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palo Alto Networks | 319.55 Bn | 304.63 Bn | 2.30 Bn | - |
| 2 | CrowdStrike Holdings | 265.46 Bn | 245.90 Bn | 1.10 Bn | - |
| 3 | Fortinet | 129.36 Bn | 115.29 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 15.97% |
| 4 | Snowflake | 115.65 Bn | 102.97 Bn | 1.04 Bn | - |
| 5 | Datadog | 96.45 Bn | 78.09 Bn | 881.34 Mn | 13.92% |
| 6 | Axon Enterprise | 34.50 Bn | 29.03 Bn | 546.45 Mn | 9.97% |
| 7 | Okta | 33.79 Bn | 23.89 Bn | 641.00 Mn | 7.94% |
| 8 | Zscaler | 32.51 Bn | 18.63 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Baidu | 29.59 Bn | -44.04 Bn | 1.47 Mn | 31.08% |
| 10 | Gen Digital | 12.49 Bn | 10.19 Bn | 1.03 Bn | 33.44% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 3, 2026 | 33.44% |
| Apr 3, 2026 | 23.47% |
| Jan 2, 2026 | 37.86% |
| Oct 3, 2025 | 42.49% |
| Jul 4, 2025 | 55.00% |
| Mar 28, 2025 | 50.52% |
| Dec 27, 2024 | 23.56% |
| Sep 27, 2024 | 37.60% |
| Jun 28, 2024 | 34.42% |
| Mar 29, 2024 | 38.21% |
| Dec 29, 2023 | 20.22% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 6.97% |
| Dec 30, 2022 | 23.61% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 64.62% |
| Jul 1, 2022 | 12.66% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 22.61% |
| Oct 1, 2021 | 23.09% |
| Jul 2, 2021 | 28.17% |
| Apr 2, 2021 | 28.03% |
| Jan 1, 2021 | 31.62% |
Gen Digital Tax Rate 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=tax-rate&ticker=GEN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "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=tax-rate&ticker=GEN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();