GEN

Gen Digital
Systems Software · Information Technology · as of 2026-10-05
Last close
$22.28
+1.3% on the session
1-year return
-19.1%
+16.2% over six months
Volatility
39.3%
annualized, trailing year
Max drawdown
-35.5%
worst peak to trough, 1y
What the numbers say

Gen Digital is a systems software name in the information technology sector. Over the past year it returned -19.1%, against -16.4% over three months and -28.9% over one. It trades 8.7% below its 200-day average, so recent moves have not repaired the longer downtrend. Annualized volatility of 39.3% is above the market's typical range.

Its worst peak-to-trough decline over the year was -35.5%, and it has traded a median $148M a day, the figure that decides whether a position can actually be entered and exited at posted prices. Its daily moves correlate 0.28 with the S&P 500 proxy, so it has been moving substantially on its own.

Where it ranks
Within Information Technology#66 of 72
Stronger than 8% of its sector on the momentum profile
Across the whole index#414 of 496

How GEN scores on all four profiles

Its standing on steadiness, defensiveness and rebound, plus the factor-by-factor breakdown behind each score, and its closest and least-correlated peers among 5 others in Systems Software.

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Full metrics
1 day+1.3%
1 week+6.9%
1 month-28.9%
3 months-16.4%
6 months+16.2%
1 year-19.1%
12-1 momentum+13.8%
Volatility (1y, annualized)39.3%
Max drawdown (1y)-35.5%
Distance vs 200-day average-8.7%
Return per unit of risk-0.48
Median daily dollar volume$148M
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