Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Stock symbol and stockholders of record

Our common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “GEN”. As of March 28, 2025, there were 2,855 stockholders of record. A substantially greater number of holders of our common stock are "street name" or beneficial holders, whose shares of record are held by banks, brokers and other financial institutions.

Stock performance graph

The graph below compares the cumulative total stockholder return on our common stock with the cumulative total return on the S&P 500 Composite Index and the S&P Information Technology Index for the five fiscal years ended March 28, 2025 (assuming the initial investment of $100 in our common stock and in each of the other indices on the last day of trading for fiscal 2020 and the reinvestment of all dividends). The comparisons in the graph below are based on historical data and are not indicative of, nor intended to forecast the possible future performance of our common stock.

COMPARISON OF FIVE-YEAR CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN

Among Gen Digital Inc., the S&P 500 Index

and the S&P Information Technology Index

This performance graph shall not be deemed “soliciting material” or to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section, and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filings of Gen Digital under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.

Repurchases of our equity securities

Under our stock repurchase programs, shares may be repurchased on the open market and through accelerated stock repurchase transactions. As of March 28, 2025, we had $2,728 million remaining authorized to be completed in future periods with no expiration date. No shares were repurchased during the three months ended March 28, 2025.