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GEN (Gen Digital) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 4.82 (As of May. 24, 2025)


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What is Gen Digital Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2025-05-24), Gen Digital's current share price is $27.59. Gen Digital's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $5.72. Gen Digital's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 4.82.

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

GEN' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.75   Med: 3.01   Max: 5.16
Current: 4.83

During the past years, Gen Digital's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 5.16. The lowest was 1.75. And the median was 3.01.

GEN's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
70.06% of 1406 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 2.745 vs GEN: 4.83

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted book value per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Gen Digital's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $3.677. Add all the adjusted book value per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share, which is $5.72 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Gen Digital Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Gen Digital's Cyclically Adjusted PB 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 Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Gen Digital Annual Data
Trend Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.84 3.65 2.50 3.51 4.64

Gen Digital Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial 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 3.51 4.02 4.54 4.69 4.64

Competitive Comparison of Gen Digital's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Gen Digital's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PB 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's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Software Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Gen Digital's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.


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Gen Digital Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio takes the Book Value per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/B calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPB Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio.

Gen Digital's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=27.59/5.72
=4.82

* 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's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Gen Digital's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=3.677/134.9266*134.9266
=3.677

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Gen Digital Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201506 8.618 100.684 11.549
201509 8.665 100.392 11.646
201512 8.210 99.792 11.101
201603 6.007 100.470 8.067
201606 6.118 101.688 8.118
201609 6.196 101.861 8.207
201612 6.384 101.863 8.456
201703 5.735 102.862 7.523
201706 5.547 103.349 7.242
201709 5.705 104.136 7.392
201712 7.979 104.011 10.351
201803 8.050 105.290 10.316
201806 9.379 106.317 11.903
201809 9.415 106.507 11.927
201812 9.243 105.998 11.766
201903 9.108 107.251 11.458
201906 8.502 108.070 10.615
201909 9.811 108.329 12.220
201912 14.132 108.420 17.587
202003 0.017 108.902 0.021
202006 -0.851 108.767 -1.056
202009 -0.804 109.815 -0.988
202012 -0.838 109.897 -1.029
202103 -0.862 111.754 -1.041
202106 -0.855 114.631 -1.006
202109 -0.399 115.734 -0.465
202112 -0.168 117.630 -0.193
202203 -0.160 121.301 -0.178
202206 -0.524 125.017 -0.566
202209 2.569 125.227 2.768
202212 2.050 125.222 2.209
202303 3.438 127.348 3.643
202306 3.657 128.729 3.833
202309 3.766 129.860 3.913
202312 3.796 129.419 3.958
202403 3.435 131.776 3.517
202406 3.203 132.554 3.260
202409 3.406 133.029 3.455
202412 3.490 133.157 3.536
202503 3.677 134.927 3.677

Add all the adjusted book value per share together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Gen Digital  (NAS:GEN) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PB Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of book value during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio should give similar results to regular PB Ratio.


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Gen Digital Business Description

Industry
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
Bryan Seuk Ko officer: EVP, General Counsel and Secre 80 E RIO SALADO PARKWAY, SUITE 1000, TEMPE AZ 85281
Vincent Pilette officer: EVP, Finance 303 VELOCITY WAY, FOSTER CITY CA 94404
Peter A Feld director 201 E LAS OLAS BOULEVARD, SUITE 1000, FORT LAUDERDALE FL 33301
Natalie Marie Derse officer: CFO 60 E RIO SALADO PARKWAY, SUITE 1000, TEMPE AZ 85281
Ondrej Vlcek officer: President 110 HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON X0 WC1V 6JS
Pavel Baudis director 110 HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON X0 WC1V 6JS
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
Nora Denzel director C/O OVERLAND STORAGE, INC., 4820 OVERLAND AVENUE, SAN DIEGO CA 92123
Slp Iv Seal Ii Gp, L.l.c. director C/O SILVER LAKE, 2775 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 100, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Slp Iv Seal Ii Holdings, L.p. director C/O SILVER LAKE, 2775 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 100, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Gregory S. Clark director, officer: CEO EMULEX CORPORATION, 3333 SUSAN STREET, COSTA MESA CA 92626