NASDAQ:NTAPNetApp Stock Price, Forecast & News

NetApp's stock was trading at $40.45 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, NTAP shares have increased by 18.8% and is now trading at $48.06. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

24 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for NetApp in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 16 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for NetApp.

NetApp is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 12th 2020. View our earnings forecast for NetApp.

NetApp Inc. (NASDAQ:NTAP) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May, 27th. The data storage provider reported $1.19 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.04 by $0.15. The data storage provider earned $1.40 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.37 billion. NetApp had a return on equity of 168.65% and a net margin of 15.13%. NetApp's quarterly revenue was down 12.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.22 EPS. View NetApp's earnings history.

NetApp announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 27th. Investors of record on Friday, July 10th will be given a dividend of $0.48 per share on Wednesday, July 29th. This represents a $1.92 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.00%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, July 9th. View NetApp's dividend history.

NetApp issued an update on its first quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday, May, 27th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $0.36-0.44 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $0.60. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.09-1.24 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.14 billion.

24 analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for NetApp's shares. Their forecasts range from $34.00 to $75.00. On average, they expect NetApp's stock price to reach $53.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 10.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for NetApp.

Press coverage about NTAP stock has been trending extremely negative recently, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. NetApp earned a media sentiment score of -4.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the data storage provider a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutNetApp.

Some companies that are related to NetApp include Western Digital (WDC), Synaptics (SYNA), Immersion (IMMR), Intevac (IVAC) and HGST Technologies Santa Ana (STEC). View all competitors.

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NetApp trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "NTAP."

NetApp's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Primecap Management Co. CA (13.89%), Capital International Investors (11.72%), BlackRock Inc. (7.77%), State Street Corp (4.50%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.51%) and American International Group Inc. (2.04%). Company insiders that own NetApp stock include George Kurian, Gerald Held, Henri P Richard, Joel D Reich, Kathryn Hill, Matthew K Fawcett, Ronald J Pasek and Scott R Allen. View institutional ownership trends for NetApp.

NTAP stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Primecap Management Co. CA, Capital International Investors, Wellington Management Group LLP, American International Group Inc., Two Sigma Advisers LP, AJO LP, Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., and UBS Group AG. Company insiders that have sold NetApp company stock in the last year include Gerald Held, Henri P Richard, Joel D Reich, Matthew K Fawcett, and Scott R Allen. View insider buying and selling activity for NetApp.

NTAP stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including APG Asset Management N.V., Schroder Investment Management Group, Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY, Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley, Hexavest Inc., Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, and KBC Group NV. View insider buying and selling activity for NetApp.

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One share of NTAP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $48.06.

NetApp has a market capitalization of $10.63 billion and generates $5.41 billion in revenue each year. The data storage provider earns $819 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.53 on an earnings per share basis. NetApp employs 10,500 workers across the globe.

The official website for NetApp is www.netapp.com.

NetApp's mailing address is 1395 CROSSMAN AVENUE, SUNNYVALE CA, 94089. The data storage provider can be reached via phone at 408-822-6000 or via email at [email protected]