What does consumer digital safety — goodwill mean?

The value of intangible assets like brand and customer base acquired through business purchases.

How do you interpret consumer digital safety — goodwill?

A stable or growing balance is normal, but a sudden decrease indicates an impairment charge, signaling a loss in asset value.

How does consumer digital safety — goodwill compare across companies?

Standard 'Goodwill' balance sheet item for companies that grow through acquisition.

Gen Digital Inc. GEN Consumer Digital Safety — Goodwill

Discontinued — last reported Q4 '18

Similar metrics at other companies

LDOSNational Security & Digital — Goodwill

$2.99B+8.4%

JBLConnected Living and Digital Commerce — Goodwill

$92M-8.9%

APTVElectronicsand Safety — Goodwill

$78M+6.8%

DDSafety And Construction — Goodwill

$6.68B-0.6%

KVUEConsumer Health Business — Goodwill

$0—

RPMConsumer — Goodwill

$801.25M—

Other financials

Income statement

See full

Revenue$1.3B+27.0%

Gross profit$1.0B+24.2%

Operating income$803.0M+92.6%

Net income$512.0M+261%

EPS (diluted)$0.83+261%

Balance sheet

See full

Cash & equivalents$411.0M-11.0%

Total debt$8.3B-0.7%

Total equity$2.6B+15.1%

Total assets$15.6B+0.6%

Cash flow

See full

Operating cash flow$479.0M+1.3%

CapEx$3.0M0.0%

Free cash flow$476.0M+1.3%

Valuation

See full

Market cap$14.57B-30.3%

Enterprise value$22.42B-20.5%

P/E15×-17.5×

P/S2.9×-2.4×

Profitability

See full

Gross margin78.5%-1.8pp

Operating margin42.4%+1.5pp

Net margin19.5%+3.1pp

FCF margin30.5%-0.2pp

Returns & leverage

See full

Return on equity39.9%+10.7pp

Debt / equity3.2×-0.5×

Current ratio0.4×-0.1×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Gen Digital Inc. in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:Goodwill.

The official record: Gen Digital Inc.’s 10-K, filed October 26, 2018, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Questions, answered.

What does consumer digital safety — goodwill mean?: The value of intangible assets like brand and customer base acquired through business purchases.
How do you interpret consumer digital safety — goodwill?: A stable or growing balance is normal, but a sudden decrease indicates an impairment charge, signaling a loss in asset value.
How does consumer digital safety — goodwill compare across companies?: Standard 'Goodwill' balance sheet item for companies that grow through acquisition.