What is GEN's five-year median EV/EBITDA?

The median, or middle weekly reading, is 13.3× over the last five years. Available history contains 533 weekly observations from Aug 8, 2016 to Oct 19, 2026.

Does a low historical rank mean a stock is a buy?

No. The rank describes a stock’s own history. Changes in growth, financial risk and the business can change the multiple investors pay. P/E uses earnings and P/S uses revenue from the previous twelve months.

Gen Digital (GEN) valuation history

Historically low

As of Oct 22, 2026

GEN's EV/EBITDA of 8.5x is lower than 99% of its available weekly readings from the last five years.

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EV/EBITDA at year-end

Last weekly reading of each completed year. Rank runs from lowest (0%) to highest (100%) within the five years available on that date.

GEN year-end valuation history
Reading date	EV/EBITDA	5-year rank
Dec 29, 2025	11.4×	2%
Dec 30, 2024	12.5×	10%
Dec 25, 2023	14.9×	39%
Dec 26, 2022	20.1×	51%
Dec 27, 2021	14.1×	10%
Dec 28, 2020	23.1×	39%
Dec 30, 2019	20.4×	23%
Dec 31, 2018	26.4×	24%
Dec 25, 2017	Unavailable	Short history
Dec 26, 2016	22.8×	Short history

Peers on the same measure

Stock	EV/EBITDA	5-year rank
CRWDCrowdStrike	Unavailable	Unranked
FTNTFortinet	48.6×	75%
PANWPalo Alto Networks	170.3×	67%
AAPLApple	30.3×	99%

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What is GEN's current EV/EBITDA?: GEN's EV/EBITDA of 8.5x is lower than 99% of its available weekly readings from the last five years.
What is GEN's five-year median EV/EBITDA?: The median, or middle weekly reading, is 13.3× over the last five years. Available history contains 533 weekly observations from Aug 8, 2016 to Oct 19, 2026.
Does a low historical rank mean a stock is a buy?: No. The rank describes a stock’s own history. Changes in growth, financial risk and the business can change the multiple investors pay. P/E uses earnings and P/S uses revenue from the previous twelve months.