NetScout Systems, Inc. (NTCT)

NASDAQ: NTCT · USD

$39.6

-0.90 (-2.2%)· Recorded snapshot

Market cap	2.9B
Revenue (ttm)	883.2M
Net income (ttm)	121M
EPS (ttm)	$1.63
Shares out	72.7M
P/E (trailing)	24.3x
P/E (forward)	14.7x
Volume	248,395
Beta	0.69

Market data

Price

Recent price action with selectable time range.

Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 883.2M
Net income (ttm): 121M
EPS (ttm): $1.63
P/E (trailing): 24.3x
P/E (forward): 14.7x
Market cap: 2.9B

Calendar

Next earnings

Upcoming earnings date and setup when available.

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Sector percentile context

Refreshed 2026-10-28 19:55 UTC

Forward P/E14.7

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Trailing P/E24.3

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ROE7.5

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ROIC10.8

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Amount currency	USD
CIK code	0001078075
Company name	NetScout Systems, Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
CUSIP number	64115T104
Earnings date	2026-11-05
Earnings time	bmo
Employees	2,073
Employees change	-50
Employees growth	-2.36%
Enterprise value	$2.3B
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-06-30
First seen	2026-05-09
Fiscal year end	March
Founded	1984
In index	RUSSELL2000
Industry	Software - Infrastructure
IPO date	1999-08-12
Is primary listing	Yes
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	US64115T1043
Last 10-K release date	2026-05-14
Last earnings date	2026-08-06
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split type	Never
Market cap	$2.9B
Market cap category	Mid-Cap
Next earnings date	2026-11-05
Options	Yes
Price	$39.60
Price currency	USD
Sector	Technology
SIC code	7373
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	NTCT
U.S. state	Massachusetts
Website	https://www.netscout.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Adjusted P/E ratio	14.89x
Average P/E ratio (10Y)	85.53x
Average P/E ratio (5Y)	37.82x
Earnings yield	4.11%
EV/Earnings	18.71x
EV/EBIT	17.25x
EV/EBITDA	12.06x
EV/FCF	8.68x
EV/Sales	2.56x
FCF / EV yield	11.53%
FCF yield	9.02%
Forward EV/Sales	2.52x
Forward P/E	14.74x
Forward P/S	3.21x
Graham number	28.94573
Graham upside	-27.25%
Industry forward P/E	29.48x
Industry P/E	39.18x
Lynch fair value	$40.70
Lynch upside	2.28%
P/(FCF - SBC) ratio	14.25x
P/(OCF - SBC) ratio	13.53x
P/B ratio	1.77x
P/E ratio	24.33x
P/FCF ratio	11.08x
P/OCF ratio	10.65x
P/S ratio	3.28x
PEG ratio	2.03x
Price / tangible book value	8.52x
Price/EBITDA ratio	15.41x
Sector forward P/E	18.86x
Sector P/E	32.77x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	14.86%
EBITDA margin	21.26%
Effective tax rate	13.72%
FCF margin	29.56%
Gross margin	79.84%
Operating margin	14.86%
Pretax margin	15.89%
Profit margin	13.71%
Profit per employee	$58,391
Profitable quarters	4
Profitable years	1
Revenue per employee	$426,029
ROA	3.67%
ROA (5Y)	1.84%
ROCE	6.95%
ROE	7.54%
ROE (5Y)	-3.63%
ROIC	10.81%
ROIC (5Y)	4.79%
SBC / revenue	6.56%
Tax / revenue	2.18%

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
EPS growth	60.37%
EPS growth (QoQ)	21.01%
EPS growth 3Y	23.55%
EPS growth 5Y	36.53%
EPS growth quarters	1
EPS growth years	1
FCF growth	5.78%
FCF growth (Q)	-34.04%
FCF growth (QoQ)	-68.5%
FCF growth 3Y	24.11%
FCF growth 5Y	7.59%
Gross profit growth	7.31%
Gross profit growth (Q)	15.77%
Gross profit growth 3Y	0.19%
Gross profit growth 5Y	2.8%
Net income growth	66.33%
Net income growth (QoQ)	19.71%
Net income growth 3Y	24.6%
Net income growth 5Y	36.62%
Net income growth quarters	1
Net income growth years	1
OCF growth	7.5%
OCF growth (Q)	-30.97%
OCF growth (QoQ)	-66.66%
OCF growth 10Y	8.19%
OCF growth 3Y	22.79%
OCF growth 5Y	7.08%
Operating income growth	38.76%
Operating income growth 3Y	16.7%
Operating income growth 5Y	24.59%
Revenue growth	5.79%
Revenue growth (Q)	12.68%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	3.64%
Revenue growth 10Y	-2.38%
Revenue growth 3Y	-1.24%
Revenue growth 5Y	1.06%
Revenue growth quarters	1
Revenue growth years	1

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	$-10.7M
Depreciation and amortization	$56.5M
EBIT	$131.2M
EBITDA	$187.8M
EPS	$1.63
FCF per share	$3.59
Financing cash flow	$-73.2M
Free cash flow	$261M
Free cash flow minus SBC	$203.1M
Gross profit	$705.1M
Income taxes	$19.2M
Investing cash flow	$-133.4M
Net cash flow	$63.3M
Net income	$121M
Operating cash flow minus SBC	$213.8M
Operating income	$131.2M
Revenue	$883.2M
Stock-based compensation	$58M

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Altman Z-Score	2.75
Book value per share	$22.88
Debt / EBITDA	0.2
Debt / equity	0.02
Debt / FCF	0.15
Goodwill	$1.1B
Interest coverage	76.26
Long-term assets	$1.5B
Long-term liabilities	$224.7M
Net cash (debt)	$628.5M
Net cash / market cap	21.72%
Net cash growth	25.2%
Net debt / EBITDA	-3.35
Net debt / equity	-0.38
Net debt / FCF	-2.41
Piotroski F-Score	7
Property, plant and equipment	$62.2M
Shareholders' equity	$1.7B
Tangible book value	$339.7M
Tangible book value per share	$4.67
Total assets	$2.3B
Total cash	$629.4M
Total debt	$40M
Total liabilities	$647.8M
WACC	7.98%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	0.4
Current assets	$772.3M
Current liabilities	$423.1M
Current ratio	1.83
Inventory turnover	10.49
Net working capital	$-269.4M
Quick ratio	1.68
Working capital	$349.1M
Working capital turnover	2.73

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	-3.32%
Dividend yield	0%
Shareholder yield	-3.32%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y price change	45.06%
10Y return CAGR	3.79%
10Y total return	45.06%
150-day SMA	$38.65
15Y price change	124.36%
15Y return CAGR	5.54%
15Y total return	124.36%
1D price change	-2.22%
1M price change	0.41%
1M total return	0.41%
1W price change	2.33%
1W total return	2.33%
1Y price change	46.78%
1Y return CAGR	46.81%
1Y total return	46.78%
20-day SMA	$39.70
200-day SMA	$36.25
20Y price change	405.1%
20Y return CAGR	8.44%
20Y total return	405.1%
3M price change	-0.95%
3M total return	-0.95%
3Y price change	78.7%
3Y return CAGR	21.35%
3Y total return	78.7%
50-day SMA	$38.94
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
52-week high	$45.28
52-week high date	2026-07-10
52-week low	$25.29
52-week low date	2025-11-21
5Y price change	48.43%
5Y return CAGR	8.22%
5Y total return	48.43%
6M price change	19.1%
6M total return	19.1%
All-time high	$48.13
All-time high date	2014-09-10
All-time low	$2.48
All-time low date	2003-05-01
Average true range (ATR)	$1.19
Average volume	468.6K
Beta (1Y)	0.45
Beta (2Y)	0.95
Beta (5Y)	0.69
Change from 52-week high	-12.54%
Change from 52-week low	56.58%
Change from all-time high	-17.72%
Change from all-time low	1,496.77%
Change from open	-2.2%
Day's gap	-0.02%
Dollar volume	$9.8M
High price	$40.49
Low price	$39.48
Monthly RSI	66.83
Open price	$40.49
Position in 52-week range	11.88%
Premarket change	0.02%
Premarket close	$40.50
Premarket price	$40.51
Premarket volume	4.2K
Previous close	$40.50
Price vs 150-day SMA	2.45%
Price vs 20-day SMA	-0.25%
Price vs 200-day SMA	9.24%
Price vs 50-day SMA	1.7%
Relative volume	0.54
RSI	51.2
Sharpe ratio	1.23
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	0.64
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	0.26
Sortino ratio	2.09
Sortino ratio (3Y)	1.17
Sortino ratio (5Y)	0.57
Volume	248.4K
Weekly RSI	55.88
YTD price change	46.34%
YTD total return	46.34%

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	69M
Float percentage	94.95%
Shares change (QoQ)	0.57%
Shares change (YoY)	3.32%
Shares held by insiders	5.01%
Shares held by institutions	95.73%
Shares outstanding	72.7M
Short % of float	4.85%
Short % of shares	4.6%
Short ratio	4.9 days

Deeper analysis on NTCT

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Forecast

Base and Bull forecast paths with report-date return framing.

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Valuation

Fair-value bridge, DCF, owner earnings, and peer multiples.

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Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

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Risks

Kill scenarios, soft-pass flags, and downside catalysts.

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Earnings

Next earnings setup and beat / inline / miss thresholds.

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Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

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Financials

Revenue, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet context.

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Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

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Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

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Industry cycle

Sector phase, capital cycle, and secular tailwinds.

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