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Gen Digital (FRA:SYM) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio : 4.43 (As of Jun. 02, 2025)


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What is Gen Digital Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio?

As of today (2025-06-02), Gen Digital's current share price is €24.60. Gen Digital's Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was €5.55. Gen Digital's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio for today is 4.43.

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

FRA:SYM' s Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.16   Med: 3.25   Max: 5.15
Current: 4.67

During the past years, Gen Digital's highest Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio was 5.15. The lowest was 2.16. And the median was 3.25.

FRA:SYM's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio is ranked worse than
71.26% of 1371 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 2.1 vs FRA:SYM: 4.67

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 PS Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted revenue per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Gen Digital's adjusted revenue per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was €1.497. Add all the adjusted revenue per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share, which is €5.55 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Gen Digital Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Historical Data

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

Gen Digital Annual Data
Trend Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.14 3.96 2.73 3.54 4.35

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 PS 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 3.54 4.04 4.53 4.54 4.35

Competitive Comparison of Gen Digital's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio

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

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

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


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Gen Digital Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Calculation

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

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

Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share
=24.60/5.55
=4.43

* 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 Revenue per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

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

Adj_RevenuePerShare=Revenue per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=1.497/134.9266*134.9266
=1.497

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Gen Digital Quarterly Data

Revenue per Share CPI Adj_RevenuePerShare
201506 1.176 100.684 1.576
201509 1.175 100.392 1.579
201512 1.244 99.792 1.682
201603 1.208 100.470 1.622
201606 1.269 101.688 1.684
201609 1.407 101.861 1.864
201612 1.592 101.863 2.109
201703 1.687 102.862 2.213
201706 1.717 103.349 2.242
201709 1.692 104.136 2.192
201712 1.532 104.011 1.987
201803 -1.276 105.290 -1.635
201806 1.586 106.317 2.013
201809 0.833 106.507 1.055
201812 0.849 105.998 1.081
201903 0.860 107.251 1.082
201906 0.896 108.070 1.119
201909 0.857 108.329 1.067
201912 0.860 108.420 1.070
202003 0.868 108.902 1.075
202006 0.888 108.767 1.102
202009 0.886 109.815 1.089
202012 0.880 109.897 1.080
202103 0.960 111.754 1.159
202106 0.963 114.631 1.133
202109 0.995 115.734 1.160
202112 1.051 117.630 1.206
202203 1.100 121.301 1.224
202206 1.107 125.017 1.195
202209 1.270 125.227 1.368
202212 1.357 125.222 1.462
202303 1.341 127.348 1.421
202306 1.354 128.729 1.419
202309 1.375 129.860 1.429
202312 1.348 129.419 1.405
202403 1.394 131.776 1.427
202406 1.430 132.554 1.456
202409 1.411 133.029 1.431
202412 1.511 133.157 1.531
202503 1.497 134.927 1.497

Add all the adjusted revenue per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue 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  (FRA:SYM) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PS Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of revenue 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 PS Ratio should give similar results to regular PS Ratio.


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