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

The median, or middle weekly reading, is 6.2× 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/Sales of 4.4x is lower than 96% of its available weekly readings from the last five years.

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EV/Sales 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/Sales	5-year rank
Dec 29, 2025	5.4×	4%
Dec 30, 2024	6.5×	64%
Dec 25, 2023	6.3×	52%
Dec 26, 2022	7.6×	93%
Dec 27, 2021	6.6×	75%
Dec 28, 2020	6.1×	75%
Dec 30, 2019	7.7×	99%
Dec 31, 2018	Unavailable	Short history
Dec 25, 2017	Unavailable	Short history
Dec 26, 2016	4.5×	Short history

Peers on the same measure

Stock	EV/Sales	5-year rank
CRWDCrowdStrike	45.5×	97%
FTNTFortinet	16.8×	95%
PANWPalo Alto Networks	23.0×	93%
AAPLApple	10.9×	99%

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What is GEN's current EV/Sales?: GEN's EV/Sales of 4.4x is lower than 96% of its available weekly readings from the last five years.
What is GEN's five-year median EV/Sales?: The median, or middle weekly reading, is 6.2× 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.