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Gen Digital (Gen Digital) Current Ratio

: 0.67 (As of Dec. 2023)
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The current ratio is a liquidity ratio that measures a company's ability to pay short-term obligations. It is calculated as a company's Total Current Assets divides by its Total Current Liabilities. Gen Digital's current ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.67.

Gen Digital has a current ratio of 0.67. It indicates that the company may have difficulty meeting its current obligations. Low values, however, do not indicate a critical problem. If Gen Digital has good long-term prospects, it may be able to borrow against those prospects to meet current obligations.

The historical rank and industry rank for Gen Digital's Current Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

GEN' s Current Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.4   Med: 1.07   Max: 2.88
Current: 0.67

During the past 13 years, Gen Digital's highest Current Ratio was 2.88. The lowest was 0.40. And the median was 1.07.

GEN's Current Ratio is ranked worse than
87.69% of 2827 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.79 vs GEN: 0.67

Gen Digital Current Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Gen Digital's Current Ratio 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.

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Gen Digital Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Current Ratio
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.85 1.17 0.72 0.74 0.43

Gen Digital Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Current Ratio Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.48 0.43 0.40 0.44 0.67

Competitive Comparison

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Gen Digital's Current Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Current Ratio 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 Current Ratio Distribution

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Gen Digital's Current Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Gen Digital's Current Ratio falls into.



Gen Digital Current Ratio Calculation

The current ratio is mainly used to give an idea of the company's ability to pay back its short-term liabilities with its short-term assets.

Gen Digital's Current Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Current Ratio (A: Mar. 2023 )=Total Current Assets (A: Mar. 2023 )/Total Current Liabilities (A: Mar. 2023 )
=1233/2849
=0.43

Gen Digital's Current Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Current Ratio (Q: Dec. 2023 )=Total Current Assets (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Total Current Liabilities (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=1720/2563
=0.67

* 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.


Gen Digital  (NAS:GEN) Current Ratio Explanation

The current ratio can give a sense of the efficiency of a company's operating cycle or its ability to turn its product into cash. Companies that have trouble getting paid on their receivables or have long inventory turnover can run into liquidity problems because they are unable to alleviate their obligations. Because business operations differ in each industry, it is always more useful to compare companies within the same industry.

Acceptable current ratios vary from industry to industry and are generally between 1 and 3 for healthy businesses.

The higher the current ratio, the more capable the company is of paying its obligations. A ratio under 1 suggests that the company would be unable to pay off its obligations if they came due at that point. While this shows the company is not in good financial health, it does not necessarily mean that it will go bankrupt - as there are many ways to access financing - but it is definitely not a good sign.

If all other things were equal, a creditor, who is expecting to be paid in the next 12 months, would consider a high current ratio to be better than a low current ratio, because a high current ratio means that the company is more likely to meet its liabilities which fall due in the next 12 months.


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Gen Digital (Gen Digital) Business Description

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Address
60 E. Rio Salado Parkway, Suite 1000, Tempe, AZ, USA, 85281
Gen is a cybersecurity pure-play that offers security, identity protection, and privacy solutions to individual consumers. The firm's cyber safety offerings, via brands such as Norton, Avast, and LifeLock, have long maintained their positions as some of the most recognizable consumer-focused security and identity-protection products.
Executives
Ondrej Vlcek officer: President 110 HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON X0 WC1V 6JS
Natalie Marie Derse officer: CFO 60 E RIO SALADO PARKWAY, SUITE 1000, TEMPE AZ 85281
Pavel Baudis director 110 HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON X0 WC1V 6JS
Peter A Feld director 201 E LAS OLAS BOULEVARD, SUITE 1000, FORT LAUDERDALE FL 33301
Emily Heath director 60 E RIO SALADO PARKWAY, SUITE 1000, TEMPE AZ 85281
Sherrese M Smith director C/O CABLE ONE, INC., 210 E EARLL DRIVE, PHOENIX AZ 85012
Matthew Charles Brown officer: VP, Finance & CAO 350 ELLIS STREET, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Samir Kapuria officer: EVP, Cyber Security Services 350 ELLIS STREET, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Eric Brandt director C/O DENTSPLY SIRONA INC, 13320 BALLANTYNE CORPORATE PLACE, CHARLOTTE NC 28277
Bryan Seuk Ko officer: EVP, General Counsel and Secre 80 E RIO SALADO PARKWAY, SUITE 1000, TEMPE AZ 85281
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Slp Iv Seal Ii Holdings, L.p. director C/O SILVER LAKE, 2775 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 100, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Vincent Pilette officer: EVP, Finance 303 VELOCITY WAY, FOSTER CITY CA 94404
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