Comparing Gen Digital (NASDAQ:GEN) and Bending Spoons (NASDAQ:BSP)

Bending Spoons (NASDAQ:BSP) and Gen Digital (NASDAQ:GEN) are both technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Bending Spoons and Gen Digital, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bending Spoons	2	4	5	1	2.42
Gen Digital	0	6	1	1	2.38

Bending Spoons currently has a consensus price target of $44.00, indicating a potential upside of 33.05%. Gen Digital has a consensus price target of $30.75, indicating a potential upside of 34.87%. Given Gen Digital’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Gen Digital is more favorable than Bending Spoons.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Bending Spoons and Gen Digital”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bending Spoons	$1.31 billion	N/A	-$140,000.00	$0.78	42.40
Gen Digital	$5.08 billion	2.69	$973.00 million	$1.72	13.26

Gen Digital has higher revenue and earnings than Bending Spoons. Gen Digital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bending Spoons, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

81.4% of Gen Digital shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.7% of Gen Digital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Bending Spoons and Gen Digital’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bending Spoons	N/A	N/A	N/A
Gen Digital	20.73%	55.93%	8.91%

Summary

Gen Digital beats Bending Spoons on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Bending Spoons

Bending Spoons S.p.A. is a technology company. It acquires digital businesses, implements deep transformations and ongoing optimizations to sustainably expand earnings and reinvests in additional acquisitions, thereby continuing the compounding cycle. Bending Spoons S.p.A. is based in MILAN.

About Gen Digital

Gen Digital Inc. engages in the provision of cyber safety solutions for consumers in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and Japan. The company offers security and performance products under Norton, Avast, Avira, AVG, and CCleaner brands that provide real-time protection and maintenance for PCs, Macs, and mobile devices against malware, viruses, adware, and other online threats. It also provides identity protection solutions, including LifeLock Identity Theft Protection, Avast and AVG Secure Identity, Norton Identity Theft Protection, and Dark Web Monitoring for monitoring of credit reports, financial accounts, the dark web, and social media accounts to help safeguard customers’ personal information. In addition, the company offers Virtual Private Network (VPN) solutions under Norton, Avast and AVG brands to enhance security and online privacy that allows customers to securely transmit and access private information, such as passwords, bank details, and credit card numbers, when using public Wi-Fi on PCs, Macs, and mobile iOS and Android devices; AntiTrack and Secure Browser products which helps to keep personal information and browsing activity anonymous while browsing online; and Privacy Monitor Assistant and BreachGuard products for removing customers’ data from public data broker sites; and ReputationDefender, a white glove service that helps customers manage all aspects of their personal branding online, including search results, social media sites, and overall web presence. It markets and sells its products and related services through retailers, telecom service providers, hardware original equipment manufacturers, and employee benefit providers, as well as e-commerce platform. The company was formerly known as NortonLifeLock Inc. and changed its name to Gen Digital Inc. in November 2022. Gen Digital Inc. was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Tempe, Arizona.