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Dan Bergstrom

RBC Capital Markets · covers Technology

Period: Reporting periods mapped to calendar 2024 Q3 – 2026 Q2 (8 quarters; questions recorded in 6).

Questions
12on tracked calls
Challenge rate
0%none of 12 questions
Companies
1questioned at least once
Reporting periods
6with questions

These figures cover the whole profile: every tracked question, all reporting periods.

How to read these numbers

Challenge rate is the share of questions that pushed back, pressed for specifics or questioned management’s assumptions. It describes how questions were asked on the calls tracked here; it does not measure whether any view turned out to be right.

Rounding. Rates are rounded to whole percentages, so a small share can show as 0% even when some questions were challenging. The count beside each rate is exact; “none of N questions” means no question was challenging.

No questions recorded. “—” means there is nothing to calculate: no questions were recorded for that period on the calls tracked here. It does not mean there was no activity.

Fewer than 3 questions. A company-level rate is withheld when fewer than 3 questions were recorded for that company; the questions are still counted everywhere else.

Small samples. Profiles with fewer than 10 questions are marked Limited sample.

Reporting periods. Questions are grouped by the calendar quarter each company’s fiscal reporting period maps to, not by the date of the call. Periods without a calendar mapping are listed separately under their fiscal label.

Questions asked

Grouped by company, most questions first. Open a company to read its questions, newest reporting period first.

Showing 12 of 12 questions from 1 company

GENGen Digital12 questions · 6 reporting periods · 0 of 12 challenging
GEN company page →

Calendar 2026 Q2

you talked to adding new verticals in Engine. Any sense of potential adjacent areas that could be of interest to customers?

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Vincent said the Engine marketplace, previously focused on loans and credit cards, added insurance as a new vertical built on capability acquired from Trellis and integrated in under a quarter, with 10 more partners already active and selling. He described the marketplace as an embedded, AI-matching engine that removes friction toward a near one-click financial-product experience, and said Gen will keep adding verticals organically and inorganically around protecting consumers' digital and financial lives.

can you talk to the response around Avast ONE and maybe more generally the concept of a more comprehensive free tier Is that something you’ve done historically or could look to do more broadly?

Product LaunchGeographic ExpansionTranscript · FY2027 Q1 →
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Vincent explained the Norton 360 all-in-one membership playbook is being applied to Avast, which brings a freemium model. Avast ONE offers an all-in-one freemium with an a la carte upgrade path, letting customers pay for the features they use. It launched last fall with good early traction in France and Germany, and Gen is methodically ramping it across additional countries.

Calendar 2025 Q3

that's impressive, but at the upper end of what we'd expect historically. And again, I know it's a seasonally strong quarter here, but maybe what was some -- what was behind some of the strength on...

Subscriber GrowthDemandTranscript · FY2026 Q2 →
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Vincent noted 400K is at the upper end of the consistent 250-400K quarterly range they've maintained for 7-8 quarters, driven by increased engagement, channel expansion, and retention improvements across all dimensions. Provided old direct customer metric alongside new consolidated KPIs for investor transparency.

Beyond that, maybe what are some keys to the momentum in upselling customers into those higher-tier Norton 360 memberships?

Subscriber GrowthProduct LaunchTranscript · FY2026 Q2 →
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Vincent described Norton Genie's evolution into an AI cyber safety assistant now in 40+ countries and languages as the core engagement driver. Norton 360 with Genie Pro at upper tiers offers insurance, voice/text block, and enriched protection. Norton Money launching as an alternative path to higher tiers with credit monitoring and curated marketplace.

Calendar 2025 Q2

Could you maybe provide some more details about what it could look like or what it could entail?

M&ASubscriber GrowthTranscript · FY2026 Q1 →
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Vincent explained MoneyLion's revenue is transactional but ~80% recurring with the same customers, making it a natural fit for Gen's membership model. Plans to develop and sell a membership structure in H2 to extend financial wellness journeys, increasing engagement and retention, though acknowledging potential short-term bookings trade-off for long-term value.

anything that may be pleasantly surprised you or that you were able to better appreciate versus your prior thoughts?

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Vincent highlighted the engine/marketplace as uniquely differentiated, a white-label B2B2C financial ecosystem embeddable into other internet platforms. Partner reactions have been very strong when Gen positions its 65M paid + 150M free users. Called the engine potentially game-changing for Gen's future identity.

Calendar 2025 Q1

Are there any other KPIs for those trust-based solutions that we should be thinking about?

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Vincent said they're still refining which KPIs to report beyond bookings and operating margins for each segment, promising more detail at Q1 results in late July/early August.

Any thoughts or could you drill down into that stronger domestic growth?

Revenue GrowthDemandTranscript · FY2025 Q4 →
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Natalie attributed stronger US growth to NPD breach-driven LifeLock awareness, scaling identity offerings, and increased membership adoption.

Calendar 2024 Q4

Maybe a little bit more on what you're doing there? Some of the areas that you could lead into to help drive that mobile adoption of 360?

Subscriber GrowthProduct LaunchTranscript · FY2025 Q3 →
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Vincent cited the Ultra VPN membership launch and Gen Stack's in-product messaging tool as key drivers, noting all mobile metrics are trending positively due to the membership structure shift.

could you talk a little bit about the customization and personalization of offerings? I know that's something that remains underway maybe what are some of those personalization efforts that have be...

Innovation & R&DCloud & AITranscript · FY2025 Q3 →
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Vincent described the Gen Stack migration as the foundation, enabling unified data, AI-driven in-product messaging, and LLM-based cohort segmentation for hyper-personalized cross-sell and upsell.

Calendar 2024 Q3

did you change marketing, messaging channels?

DemandSubscriber GrowthTranscript · FY2025 Q2 →
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Natalie confirmed they did a full marketing reallocation into LifeLock, leveraging SEO, paid search, and affiliate channels to capture the identity demand surge.

Maybe just what could that 5% portend for revenue growth over the next year?

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Natalie explained the bookings-to-revenue mechanics: annual subscriptions are ratable over four quarters, with monthly subscribers (small share) hitting both periods simultaneously.

Challenge rate by company

Every company this analyst questioned, most questions first. A company-level rate is shown from 3 questions; below that it is withheld.

CompanyQuestionsChallenge rate
GEN Gen Digital120%none of 12 questions
  • GEN
    Gen Digital · 12 questions
    0%none of 12 questions

Activity by reporting period

Questions recorded for each calendar quarter that companies’ reporting periods map to (not the call date), with the challenge rate for that period. Periods inside the range with no questions are shown as “No questions recorded”.

Questions by calendar reporting period
Calendar periodQuestionsChallenge rateCompanies
2024 Q320%none of 2 questions1
2024 Q420%none of 2 questions1
2025 Q120%none of 2 questions1
2025 Q220%none of 2 questions1
2025 Q320%none of 2 questions1
2025 Q4No questions recorded——
2026 Q1No questions recorded——
2026 Q220%none of 2 questions1
  1. 2024 Q32 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 2 questions) · 1 company
  2. 2024 Q42 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 2 questions) · 1 company
  3. 2025 Q12 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 2 questions) · 1 company
  4. 2025 Q22 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 2 questions) · 1 company
  5. 2025 Q32 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 2 questions) · 1 company
  6. 2025 Q4No questions recorded
  7. 2026 Q1No questions recorded
  8. 2026 Q22 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 2 questions) · 1 company

Topics

Topics tagged on this analyst’s questions.

  • Subscriber Growth5
  • Product Launch4
  • Demand4
  • M&A3
  • Revenue Growth3
  • Geographic Expansion1
  • Innovation & R&D1
  • Cloud & AI1