{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0000849399-26-000071","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"GEN","cik":"0000849399","company_name":"Gen Digital Inc.","filed_at":"2026-09-28T20:20:51+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-09-28T20:22:18.894695+00:00","generated_at":"2026-10-12T13:36:08.873962+00:00","sec_items":["7.01","9.01"],"event_type":"other_material","sentiment":"positive","materiality_score":0.55,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.55,"confidence":"high","headline":"Gen Digital CEO declines comment on GoDaddy rumor; reaffirms FY2027 9-11% revenue growth outlook","bullets":["CEO Vincent Pilette's Sept 28, 2026 LinkedIn post said he \"can't comment on rumors\" that Gen is buying GoDaddy, and instead laid out Gen's acquisition criteria.","Fiscal 2027 outlook: 9%-11% revenue growth and mid-to high-teens non-GAAP EPS growth; both the quarter ending Oct 2, 2026 and the full year are tracking to the higher end of guidance.","Pilette said Gen has gone from $2 billion in revenue and under $1 of EPS six years ago to more than $5 billion in revenue and nearly $3 of EPS today.","MoneyLion is on track to deliver more than 30% return on invested capital in its second year; Avast added hundreds of millions of active users and accelerated monetization.","Acquisition tests: strategic fit, price, real efficiencies, accretion, and whether a deal beats buying back Gen stock while maintaining a strong balance sheet."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000849399-26-000071","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000849399-26-000071.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000849399-26-000071.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000849399-26-000071.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849399/000084939926000071/0000849399-26-000071-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849399/000084939926000071/gen-20260928.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-10-12T13:36:08.873962+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}