Gen Digital (MEX:GEN) Cash-to-Debt : 0.09 (As of Sep. 2024)

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What is Gen Digital Cash-to-Debt?

Cash to Debt Ratio measures the financial strength of a company. It is calculated as a company's cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities divide by its debt. Gen Digital's cash to debt ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 0.09.

If Cash to Debt ratio is less than 1, the company cannot pay off its debt using the cash in hand. Here we can see, Gen Digital couldn't pay off its debt using the cash in hand for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024.

The historical rank and industry rank for Gen Digital's Cash-to-Debt or its related term are showing as below:

MEX:GEN' s Cash-to-Debt Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.05 Med: 0.41 Max: 2.78
Current: 0.09

During the past 13 years, Gen Digital's highest Cash to Debt Ratio was 2.78. The lowest was 0.05. And the median was 0.41.

MEX:GEN's Cash-to-Debt is ranked worse than
92.24% of 2797 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 2.33 vs MEX:GEN: 0.09

Gen Digital Cash-to-Debt Historical Data

The historical data trend for Gen Digital's Cash-to-Debt can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Note: An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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Gen Digital Cash-to-Debt Chart

Gen Digital Annual Data

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0.52

0.26

0.49

0.08

0.10

Gen Digital Quarterly Data
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Cash-to-Debt	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.07	0.05	0.10	0.08	0.09

Competitive Comparison of Gen Digital's Cash-to-Debt

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Gen Digital's Cash-to-Debt, along with its competitors' market caps and Cash-to-Debt data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Gen Digital's Cash-to-Debt Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Gen Digital's Cash-to-Debt distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Gen Digital's Cash-to-Debt falls into.

Gen Digital Cash-to-Debt Calculation

This is the ratio of a company's Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities to its debt. The debt includes the Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation. This ratio measures the financial strength of a company. This ratio is updated quarterly.

Gen Digital's Cash to Debt Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

Cash to Debt Ratio	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	Total Debt
	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)
	=	14040.432	/	(3120.096	+	140520.491)
	=	0.10

Gen Digital's Cash to Debt Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as:

Cash to Debt Ratio	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	Total Debt
	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)
	=	14511.751	/	(27645.181	+	141455.115)
	=	0.09

Gen Digital (MEX:GEN) Cash-to-Debt Explanation

If Cash to Debt ratio is greater than 1, the company can pay off its debt using the cash in hand. If it is smaller than 1, it means the company has more debt than the cash in hands. In this case, it is important to look the the company's Interest Coverage. Ben Graham requires that a company must have an Interest Coverage of at least 5.

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