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Gen Digital Inc. · GEN · FY2025 Q2 · Calendar Q4 2024
Gen Digital: Raised Guidance and AI Expansion Support a Strong Q2
The quarter supports a constructive operating thesis: resilient demand for consumer cyber-safety products, customer growth and AI-enabled cross-sell coincided with raised FY2025 guidance. The thesis still depends on execution in international expansion, attach rates and customer-acquisition efficiency.
Reported After market closeNASDAQTechnology
$14.46B market cap
100quality score
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Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS
$0.54
Consensus $0.54
EPS surprise
0.0%
Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue
$974.0M
Consensus $969.9M
Revenue surprise
+0.4%
Reported versus consensus
Market reaction
event-close to next-session close
Stock move
+8.2%
Event window
SPY move
-2.0%
Same window
Abnormal move
+10.1%
Stock minus SPY
Volume
4.2×
Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift
+6.0%
Up to 20 sessions
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Why did GEN rise 8.2% after beating EPS estimates in FY2025 Q2?What changed in GEN's guidance and outlook in FY2025 Q2?Give me the bull and bear case for GEN after FY2025 Q2 earnings.
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What changed
Compared with the prior quarter, bookings growth accelerated from 4% to 5%, direct paying customers reached a record 39.7 million, Genie AI downloads reached 1.6 million, and FY2025 guidance was raised. Management also highlighted Credit Insights and deeper partner-channel expansion.
Guidance delta
Management raised FY2025 revenue and EPS guidance; EPS is now expected at $2.18-$2.23.
Key takeaways
- Bookings grew 5% year over year, the strongest pace since the Avast acquisition, while EPS rose 16% year over year.
- Direct paying customers increased by 400,000 to a record 39.7 million.
- Genie AI is moving into core products, creating additional cross-sell and monetization opportunities.
- Management emphasized international and mobile expansion, employee-benefits and telco channels, and disciplined capital allocation.
Management priorities
- Integrate Genie AI across Norton 360 tiers and launch Genie Pro.
- Expand Credit Insights and other trust-based financial safety features.
- Accelerate international and mobile market penetration.
- Grow the employee-benefits channel and deepen telco partnerships.
- Continue AI and R&D investment while maintaining disciplined capex.
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$24.16Current
$24Low
$28.5Average
$32High
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Firm-level rating actions
FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.
| Firm | Rating | Prior rating | Action | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RBC Capital | Sector Perform | Sector Perform | Maintain | Oct 12, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Equal Weight | Equal Weight | Maintain | Aug 7, 2026 |
| Barclays | Equal Weight | Equal Weight | Maintain | Aug 7, 2026 |
| Evercore ISI Group | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | May 8, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Equal Weight | Equal Weight | Maintain | Sep 2, 2025 |
| Argus Research | Buy | Buy | Maintain | May 28, 2024 |
| B of A Securities | Buy | Underperform | Upgrade | May 11, 2021 |
| Credit Suisse | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Feb 4, 2021 |
| Citigroup | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Aug 9, 2020 |
| Baird | Outperform | Neutral | Upgrade | Jun 7, 2020 |
| UBS | Buy | Buy | Maintain | May 14, 2020 |
| Stifel | Hold | Hold | Maintain | May 14, 2020 |
| Mizuho | Buy | Buy | Maintain | May 14, 2020 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Buy | Hold | Upgrade | Nov 29, 2018 |
| Cantor Fitzgerald | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Jul 6, 2017 |
| Bank of America | Underperform | Neutral | Downgrade | May 16, 2016 |
| Susquehanna | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Jan 26, 2016 |
| Deutsche Bank | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Mar 6, 2015 |
| BMO Capital | Market Perform | Market Perform | Maintain | Nov 12, 2012 |
| ISI Group | Buy | Hold | Upgrade | Aug 9, 2012 |
| Ladenburg Thalmann | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Mar 1, 2012 |
Named analyst price targets
Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $24.16. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.
| Firm | Analyst | 52W target | Price when posted | Upside | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RBC Capital | Matthew Hedberg | $24 | $23.47 | -0.7% | Oct 12, 2026 |
| RBC Capital | Analyst unavailable | $26 | $22.72 | +7.6% | Sep 25, 2026 |
| RBC Capital | Matthew Hedberg | $30 | $28.96 | +24.2% | Aug 7, 2026 |
| RBC Capital | Analyst unavailable | $27 | $26.49 | +11.8% | Jul 16, 2026 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $27 | $20.19 | +11.8% | May 8, 2026 |
| Barclays | Saket Kalia | $32 | $22.43 | +32.5% | Feb 6, 2026 |
| Jefferies | Analyst unavailable | $31 | $28.08 | +28.3% | Oct 3, 2025 |
| Morgan Stanley | Keith Weiss | $32 | $29.5 | +32.5% | Sep 2, 2025 |
| Morgan Stanley | Hamza Fodderwala | $27 | $25.44 | +11.8% | Jun 7, 2024 |
| Argus Research | Joseph Bonner | $29 | $24.89 | +20.0% | May 28, 2024 |
| Barclays | Saket Kalia | $25 | $22.34 | +3.5% | Apr 11, 2024 |
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Snapshot as of publicationGen Digital Inc. delivers a wide array of cyber safety solutions for individual users across the globe, with operations spanning the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific region, and Japan. Its flagship offering, Norton 360, is a subscription-based, all-in-one cyber protection platform safeguarding PCs, Macs, and mobile devices from a wide spectrum of online dangers like malware, viruses, ransomware, and adware. The company also offers Norton and LifeLock's identity theft protection, which includes proactive monitoring, timely alerts, and professional restoration assistance should identity fraud occur. To bolster online privacy and security, its Norton Secure VPN creates an encrypted tunnel for data, ensuring anonymity. The Privacy Monitor Assistant provides a specialized service where experts assist users in removing their personal data from online data brokers. Home Title Protect helps safeguard property by detecting potential fraud and alerting homeowners.…
Historical context
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- Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-05-11T10:29:34.698584+00:00
- FN2 earnings calendar · 2024-11-10T18:38:36.707185+00:00
- Polygon adjusted daily market bars · 2026-10-19T05:30:42.373152+00:00
- Financial Modeling Prep analyst price-target consensus and quote snapshot · 2026-10-19T05:30:42.370321+00:00
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