Gen Digital Q1 FY27: revenue $1.336 billion, EPS beat, guidance raised
Gen Digital beat on both lines and raised full-year guidance, so we read the quarter as Bullish. Revenue of $1.336 billion came in above the guided range and non-GAAP EPS of $0.71 edged the $0.6988 consensus. Two caveats matter: GAAP operating income of $443 million slipped 1.0%, and the Cyber Safety Platform segment shrank to $846 million from $869 million. Free cash flow of $430 million funded $181 million of buybacks and dividends.
1 · Expected vs. Actual
Free preview belowNon-GAAP diluted EPS of $0.71 rose 19.0% on a comparable basis and beat the $0.6988 consensus, while GAAP diluted EPS of $0.36 rose 65.0% from $0.22. The $0.35 gap between the two is mostly $119 million of intangible amortization plus $32 million of restructuring and $23 million of litigation costs. Non-GAAP is the better read on the operating business here, but a gap that wide means you should always check what was left out.
$1.336 billion is up 6.0% from $1.257 billion a year ago, or 11.0% on the company's adjusted basis that strips out last year's extra fiscal week. Cyber Safety Platform slipped to $846 million from $869 million while Trust-Based Solutions climbed to $490 million from $388 million. All $79 million of the year-over-year revenue increase came from the newer segment.
Q2 FY27 is guided to $1.325–$1.350 billion of revenue and $0.71–$0.73 of EPS, and the full year was raised to $5.375–$5.475 billion of revenue and $2.87–$2.97 of EPS from $5.325–$5.425 billion and $2.85–$2.95. That moves the revenue midpoint from $5.375 billion to $5.425 billion and the EPS midpoint from $2.90 to $2.92, a modest raise rather than a step change. The pattern supports management: actual revenue landed above the midpoint in each of the last four guided periods shown.
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Figures on this page come from the company's original SEC filings. The analysis is generated automatically and checked against validation rules, but may still contain errors or omissions. Not investment advice. · Generated 2026-09-17
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