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GEN Gen Digital Inc. — dividend yield, history & ex-dividend dates

NASDAQ Global Select· Quarterly dividend· Common Stock · Technology / Software - Infrastructure

$30.26 ▲ $0.29(0.98%) as of Sep 13, 2026 06:20 UTC
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Gen Digital Inc. delivers a wide array of cyber safety solutions for individual users across the globe, with operations spanning the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific region, and Japan. Its flagship offering, Norton 360, is a subscription-based, all-in-one cyber protection platform safeguarding PCs, Macs, and mobile devices from a wide spectrum of online dangers like malware, viruses, ransomware, and adware. The company also offers Norton and LifeLock's identity theft protection, which includes proactive monitoring, timely alerts, and professional restoration assistance should identity fraud occur. To bolster online privacy and security, its Norton Secure VPN creates an encrypted tunnel for data, ensuring anonymity. The Privacy Monitor Assistant provides a specialized service where experts assist users in removing their personal data from online data brokers. Home Title Protect helps safeguard property by detecting potential fraud and alerting homeowners. Furthermore, Gen Digital provides Avira Security, another robust portfolio of cybersecurity and privacy tools tailored for consumers. Additional products include Dark Web Monitoring, which continuously scans illicit online spaces for the personal information of Norton 360 subscribers. Its Social Media Monitoring tool enhances the security of social profiles by watching for account takeovers, suspicious activity, and unsuitable content. AntiTrack is designed to preserve digital privacy by blocking online trackers and obscuring users' unique digital fingerprints. An Online Reputation Management service also aids in controlling personal search results, managing digital branding, and maintaining privacy. The company distributes and sells its offerings through a diverse network, including traditional retailers, telecommunications companies, hardware manufacturers (OEMs), employee benefit programs, and its own e-commerce platform. Founded in 1982 and headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, the company adopted its current name, Gen Digital Inc., in November 2022, having previously operated as NortonLifeLock Inc.

Dividend Snapshot

StatusFlat
Latest Dividend$0.1250
Forward Annual$0.50
FrequencyQuarterly
Last Ex-DateAug 17, 2026
1-Yr Growth0.0%
10-Yr Growth-1.8%

Key Metrics

Current Yield

1.65%

The annual dividend as a percentage of the share price. A 3% yield is about $3 of dividends a year for every $100 invested at today's price.

Annualized Dividend

$0.5000

The most recent payment scaled to a full year by how often it's paid. A $0.25 quarterly dividend annualizes to $1.00.

Frequency

Q Quarterly

How often the dividend is paid: Q = quarterly (4x a year), M = monthly, S = semi-annual, A = annual.

Rank Score

44.0

Our 0-100 house score blending yield, payout safety, growth and momentum. Higher means a stronger profile on those factors in our model — a research score, not advice or a recommendation to buy.

RSI (14)

57

Relative Strength Index (0-100), a price-momentum gauge. Above 70 is often called 'overbought', below 30 'oversold'. A technical signal, not a dividend metric.

52-Week Range

$17.89 – $31.33

The lowest and highest price over the past year — shows where today's price sits in its recent range.

Payout Ratio

32.07%

The share of GAAP earnings paid out as dividends. Lower leaves more cushion; above 100% means paying out more than the company earns. It shows n/a for BDCs, REITs and funds, which pay out of cash flow / net investment income rather than GAAP earnings, so this ratio doesn't apply.

Years Paying

13

How many years of payments we have on record. This can understate very long histories where our data doesn't reach far enough back.

Price / Book

4.43

Price-to-book ratio: share price divided by book value per share. A rough valuation gauge, most useful for asset-heavy sectors like REITs, banks and insurers.

S.A.F.E. Dividend Read

S.A.F.E. is our quick durability read on a dividend — the same four-check test used across the screener and our ranked lists. Solid: the payout is well covered and the overall model profile is strong. Accelerating: the dividend has grown over time, not stalled. Flawless: an unbroken record with no cuts or suspensions. Enduring: a long enough paying history to weather a cycle. All four met earns the S.A.F.E. flag.
S Solid
Below the Solid check (model rank 70+ and yield 2%+): rank 44/100, yield 1.65%.
A Accelerating
Dividend growth has stalled — 0 consecutive annual increase(s), under the 3 this check looks for.
F Flawless
A dividend cut or reduction appears in the record.
E Enduring
13 year(s) of payments on record, under the 20 this check looks for.

Quote & Key Data

ExchangeNASDAQ Global SelectThe stock exchange where the shares trade, such as NYSE or Nasdaq.
Volume4,797,380How many shares changed hands in the latest session — a rough read on trading activity.
Open$30.07The price at the start of the latest trading session.
Day Range$30.00 – $30.69The lowest and highest price during the latest trading session.
Prev Close$29.97The closing price from the previous trading session.
Market Cap$11.56BThe company's total market value: share price times shares outstanding.
Shares Out382.04MThe total number of shares the company has issued.
EPS$1.59Earnings per share — profit divided by shares outstanding. Dividends are paid out of these earnings.
P/E19.0Price-to-earnings ratio: share price divided by earnings per share. A rough gauge of how richly the stock is valued.
Ex-DividendAug 17, 2026Buy before this date to receive the upcoming payment. Buy on or after it and the seller keeps that one.
Pay DateSep 09, 2026The date the dividend is actually paid into shareholders' accounts.

Dividend Growth

3-Yr Growth (CAGR)0.0%The dividend's average annual growth rate over the period, compounded. Steady growth signals a healthy, rising payout.
5-Yr Growth (CAGR)-47.5%The dividend's average annual growth rate over the period, compounded. Steady growth signals a healthy, rising payout.
Consecutive Increases0 yrsThe number of years in a row the dividend has increased — a track record of reliability.

Why the Yield Moved (90 Days)

GEN's dividend yield fell from 2.04% to 1.65% over the past ~90 days (-0.38 pp). Of that move, +0.00 pp came from changes in the dividend rate and -0.38 pp from the share price ($24.57 → $30.26). A yield that rises because the price fell is not an improvement in the payout itself.

Yield vs Its Own History

Current1.65%
1-Yr Average2.02%
Low / High1.55% – 2.79%
Percentile9%

Across 333 daily observations over the past 16 months, GEN's current yield is higher than approximately 9% of them. Our stored price history for GEN covers the past 16 months; 3- and 5-year averages are not yet computable from it and are deliberately not shown.

Adjusted Price History

Dividend History

Dividend Payment History

Ex-dividend calendar →
Amount Type Declared Ex-Date Record Pay
$0.1250 Q Regular Aug 06, 2026 Aug 17, 2026 Aug 17, 2026 Sep 09, 2026
$0.1250 Q Regular May 07, 2026 May 18, 2026 May 18, 2026 Jun 10, 2026
$0.1250 Q Regular Feb 05, 2026 Feb 13, 2026 Feb 16, 2026 Mar 11, 2026
$0.1250 Q Regular Nov 06, 2025 Nov 17, 2025 Nov 17, 2025 Dec 10, 2025
$0.1250 Q Regular Aug 07, 2025 Aug 18, 2025 Aug 18, 2025 Sep 10, 2025
$0.1250 Q Regular May 06, 2025 May 19, 2025 May 19, 2025 Jun 11, 2025
$0.1250 Q Regular Jan 30, 2025 Feb 14, 2025 Feb 17, 2025 Mar 12, 2025
$0.1250 Q Regular Oct 30, 2024 Nov 18, 2024 Nov 18, 2024 Dec 11, 2024
$0.1250 Q Regular Aug 01, 2024 Aug 19, 2024 Aug 19, 2024 Sep 11, 2024
$0.1250 Q Regular May 09, 2024 May 17, 2024 May 20, 2024 Jun 12, 2024
$0.1250 Q Regular Feb 01, 2024 Feb 15, 2024 Feb 19, 2024 Mar 13, 2024
$0.1250 Q Regular Nov 07, 2023 Nov 17, 2023 Nov 20, 2023 Dec 13, 2023
$0.1250 Q Regular Aug 03, 2023 Aug 18, 2023 Aug 21, 2023 Sep 13, 2023
$0.1250 Q Regular May 11, 2023 May 19, 2023 May 22, 2023 Jun 14, 2023
$0.1250 Q Regular Feb 02, 2023 Feb 16, 2023 Feb 20, 2023 Mar 15, 2023
$0.1250 Q Regular Nov 08, 2022 Nov 18, 2022 Nov 21, 2022 Dec 14, 2022
$0.1250 Q Regular Aug 04, 2022 Aug 19, 2022 Aug 22, 2022 Sep 14, 2022
$0.1250 Q Regular May 05, 2022 Jun 07, 2022 Jun 08, 2022 Jun 22, 2022
$0.1250 Q Regular Feb 03, 2022 Feb 18, 2022 Feb 22, 2022 Mar 16, 2022
$0.1250 Q Regular Nov 04, 2021 Nov 19, 2021 Nov 22, 2021 Dec 15, 2021
$0.1250 Q Regular Jul 27, 2021 Aug 20, 2021 Aug 23, 2021 Sep 15, 2021
$0.1250 Q Regular May 10, 2021 Jun 08, 2021 Jun 09, 2021 Jun 23, 2021
$0.1250 Q Regular Feb 04, 2021 Feb 19, 2021 Feb 22, 2021 Mar 17, 2021
$0.1250 Q Regular Nov 05, 2020 Nov 20, 2020 Nov 23, 2020 Dec 16, 2020
$0.1250 Q Regular Aug 06, 2020 Aug 21, 2020 Aug 24, 2020 Sep 16, 2020
$0.1250 Q Regular May 14, 2020 Jun 09, 2020 Jun 10, 2020 Jun 24, 2020
$0.1250 Q Regular Feb 06, 2020 Feb 21, 2020 Feb 24, 2020 Mar 18, 2020
$12.0000 S Regular Jan 09, 2020 Feb 03, 2020 Jan 23, 2020 -
$0.1250 Q Regular Nov 07, 2019 Nov 22, 2019 Nov 25, 2019 Dec 18, 2019
$0.0750 Q Regular Aug 08, 2019 Aug 23, 2019 Aug 26, 2019 Sep 18, 2019
$0.0750 Q Regular May 09, 2019 Jun 07, 2019 Jun 10, 2019 Jun 26, 2019
$0.0750 Q Regular Jan 31, 2019 Feb 15, 2019 Feb 19, 2019 Mar 13, 2019
$0.0750 Q Regular Nov 01, 2018 Nov 16, 2018 Nov 19, 2018 Dec 12, 2018
$0.0750 Q Regular Aug 02, 2018 Aug 17, 2018 Aug 20, 2018 Sep 12, 2018
$0.0750 Q Regular May 10, 2018 Jun 07, 2018 Jun 08, 2018 Jun 20, 2018
$0.0750 Q Regular Jan 31, 2018 Feb 21, 2018 Feb 22, 2018 Mar 14, 2018
$0.0750 Q Regular Nov 01, 2017 Nov 17, 2017 Nov 20, 2017 Dec 13, 2017
$0.0750 Q Regular Aug 10, 2017 Aug 17, 2017 Aug 21, 2017 Sep 13, 2017
$0.0750 Q Regular - Jun 05, 2017 Jun 07, 2017 Jun 21, 2017
$0.0750 Q Regular Feb 01, 2017 Feb 15, 2017 Feb 20, 2017 Mar 15, 2017
$0.0750 Q Regular Nov 03, 2016 Nov 17, 2016 Nov 21, 2016 Dec 14, 2016
$0.0750 Q Regular Aug 04, 2016 Aug 18, 2016 Aug 22, 2016 Sep 14, 2016
$0.0750 Q Regular May 12, 2016 Jun 06, 2016 Jun 08, 2016 Jun 22, 2016
$4.0000 S Regular Feb 04, 2016 Mar 04, 2016 Mar 08, 2016 Mar 22, 2016
$0.1500 Q Regular Feb 04, 2016 Feb 18, 2016 Feb 22, 2016 Mar 16, 2016
$0.1500 Q Regular Nov 05, 2015 Nov 19, 2015 Nov 23, 2015 Dec 16, 2015
$0.1500 Q Regular Aug 11, 2015 Aug 24, 2015 Aug 26, 2015 Sep 16, 2015
$0.1500 Q Regular May 14, 2015 Jun 08, 2015 Jun 10, 2015 Jun 24, 2015
$0.1500 Q Regular Feb 06, 2015 Feb 24, 2015 Feb 26, 2015 Mar 18, 2015
$0.1500 Q Regular Nov 05, 2014 Nov 20, 2014 Nov 24, 2014 Dec 17, 2014
$0.1500 Q Regular Aug 06, 2014 Aug 25, 2014 Aug 27, 2014 Sep 17, 2014
$0.1500 Q Regular May 08, 2014 Jun 06, 2014 Jun 10, 2014 Jun 25, 2014
$0.1500 Q Regular Jan 29, 2014 Feb 20, 2014 Feb 24, 2014 Mar 19, 2014
$0.1500 Q Regular Oct 23, 2013 Nov 21, 2013 Nov 25, 2013 Dec 18, 2013
$0.1500 Q Regular Jul 30, 2013 Aug 22, 2013 Aug 26, 2013 Sep 18, 2013
$0.1500 Q Regular May 07, 2013 Jun 17, 2013 Jun 19, 2013 Jun 27, 2013

Peer Comparison

Selected Software - Infrastructure dividend payers we cover, strongest DividendRank first — for context, not a recommendation.

TickerNameYield5-Yr GrowthStreakRank
DOX Amdocs Limited 3.71% 10.0% 13 yrs 63
GMYTF GMO Payment Gateway, Inc. 2.17% 14.6% 2 yrs 61
VRSN VeriSign, Inc. 1.11% - 0 yrs 53
ORCL Oracle Corporation 1.33% 14.6% 12 yrs 44

GEN dividend — frequently asked questions

Does Gen Digital Inc. pay a dividend?

Yes. Gen Digital Inc. (GEN) currently pays a dividend. The annualized dividend is about $0.50 per share, a yield of approximately 1.65%.

What is Gen Digital Inc.'s dividend yield?

Gen Digital Inc.'s dividend yield is approximately 1.65%, based on the most recent regular payment annualized against the current share price. Yields move as the share price changes.

How often does Gen Digital Inc. pay dividends?

Gen Digital Inc. pays dividends quarterly — 4 times per year.

How long has Gen Digital Inc. paid dividends?

Gen Digital Inc. has 13 years of dividend payments on record.

Data updated Sep 13, 2026. This research page is generated from Dividendly's structured market and dividend dataset using the approach described on our methodology and data sources pages. Data is automatically validated using defined rules and may also be periodically reviewed. Research only, not investment advice. Spotted a data error? Report it.

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