Gen Digital (GEN) Receives a Buy from Evercore ISI

Evercore ISI analyst Robert Coolbrith maintained a Buy rating on Gen Digital on August 8 and set a price target of $35.00. The company’s shares closed last Friday at $30.45.

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According to TipRanks, Coolbrith is a 2-star analyst with an average return of 2.1% and a 63.89% success rate. Coolbrith covers the Communication Services sector, focusing on stocks such as Match Group, Integral Ad Science, and Ziff Davis.

The word on The Street in general, suggests a Moderate Buy analyst consensus rating for Gen Digital with a $36.83 average price target, implying a 20.95% upside from current levels. In a report released on August 9, TR | OpenAI – 4o also reiterated a Buy rating on the stock with a $34.00 price target.

Based on Gen Digital’s latest earnings release for the quarter ending March 28, the company reported a quarterly revenue of $1.01 billion and a net profit of $142 million. In comparison, last year the company earned a revenue of $967 million and had a net profit of $134 million

Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 34 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is negative on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders selling their shares of GEN in relation to earlier this year. Most recently, in May 2025, Nora Denzel, a Director at GEN sold 31,646.00 shares for a total of $910,138.96.