Gen Digital (GEN) Stock Concentration Calculator
Calculator · free · no signup · GENQuantify Gen Digital concentration risk. Drawdown impact at 30 / 50 / 70%, with the tax-aware trade-off between selling down and hedging.
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Most fee-only advisors target ≤10% in any single name. You're at 67%.
Estimates only. Not financial advice.
Most sensitive to: Expected market return (±10% on this input swings best-plan wealth by ±$190,508).
Cost of fully de-concentrating
All three plans sell to 0% (no hedge).Sensitivity. If your expected position return drops below 19.6%/yr, lump-sum (sell everything today) beats every spread plan above.
Have multiple RSU vest lots? The RSU Lot Order Calculator picks which lots to sell first, and on which dates, to divest at the lowest computed tax.
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Toggle below — chart updates live. Sell buttons show the slice.Tech / Software single names hit a 50%+ peak-to-trough drawdown in roughly 1 of every 5 rolling 3-year windows over 2014–2024. Even mega-caps aren’t exempt.
Tax brackets: 2026 · Estimates only — not financial advice.
Estate note. Heirs receive a stepped-up basis at death (§1014), eliminating built-in gain on inherited shares. Older holders who plan to bequeath rather than sell may rationally never de-concentrate.
You sized one position's risk. The beta integrates hedging, sell-down, and tax timing into one optimized plan.
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About Gen Digital
Gen Digital (GEN) is a public Cybersecurity company, incorporated in Delaware and headquartered in Tempe, AZ.
Last close: $27.64 per share (as of 2026-08-18).
Equity grants at Gen Digital typically include restricted stock units (RSUs).
Gen Digital Inc. is a multinational software company co-headquartered in both Tempe, Arizona (USA) and Prague, Czech Republic (EU). The company provides cybersecurity software, financial technology, and services. Gen is a Fortune 500 company and a member of the S&P 500 stock-market index. It is listed at both NASDAQ and Prague Stock Exchange. Its portfolio includes Norton, Avast, LifeLock, Avira, AVG, ReputationDefender, MoneyLion and CCleaner.
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The company is what remained after Symantec sold its enterprise security division to Broadcom in 2019, keeping the consumer brands and later merging with Avast in 2022 to form Gen Digital. Norton, Avast, LifeLock, and Avira are sold as subscriptions directly to consumers, so the economics turn on renewal rates and the cost of acquiring a subscriber rather than on enterprise sales cycles. Identity protection and credit monitoring carry higher prices than antivirus alone, which is why the mix has shifted that way. Direct billing relationships make price increases straightforward to implement. Headquarters are in Tempe, Arizona.
Sources: sec.gov · en.wikipedia.org
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If a meaningful share of your net worth sits in GEN, concentration risk is the question. This calculator quantifies drawdown impact at 30 / 50 / 70%, and the trade-off between selling down (tax cost now) versus hedging (option premium drag), auto-filled with GEN's option-implied volatility.
Example: 5,000 GEN shares at $27.64 is a $138,200 position. A 30% drawdown costs $41,460; a 50% drawdown costs $69,100; a 70% drawdown costs $96,740. The calculator quantifies the trade-off between selling down (immediate capital-gains tax) and hedging (option premium drag) using GEN's option-implied volatility and your cost basis.
All Gen Digital tools → · Use the generic Stock Concentration Calculator for any company. Diversifying multiple RSU lots? See the lot-by-lot sell order →
Gen Digital equity questions
- How much GEN stock is too much?
- There is no single threshold, but the larger the share of your net worth in one stock, the more a single bad year can set back your plans. The calculator above quantifies the drawdown impact at 30, 50, and 70 percent for your GEN position and weighs selling down (which triggers capital-gains tax now) against hedging (which costs option premium).
- Does Gen Digital grant ISOs, NSOs, or RSUs?
- Equity compensation at Gen Digital typically takes the form of restricted stock units (RSUs). Restricted stock units are taxed as ordinary income when they vest.
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