NASDAQ:NTAP - NetApp Stock Price, Forecast & News

NetApp's stock was trading at $40.45 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, NTAP shares have decreased by 1.1% and is now trading at $40.01. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

25 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for NetApp in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 14 hold ratings and 8 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, May 27th 2020. View our earnings forecast for NetApp.

NetApp Inc. (NASDAQ:NTAP) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, February, 12th. The data storage provider reported $1.16 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.18 by $0.02. The data storage provider had revenue of $1.40 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.47 billion. NetApp had a net margin of 18.19% and a return on equity of 123.49%. NetApp's quarterly revenue was down 10.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.20 EPS. View NetApp's earnings history.

NetApp announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 12th. Investors of record on Friday, April 3rd will be given a dividend of $0.48 per share on Wednesday, April 22nd. This represents a $1.92 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.80%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 2nd. View NetApp's dividend history.

NetApp updated its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 12th. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.28-1.36 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $1.39. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.455-1.605 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.57 billion.

25 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for NetApp's stock. Their forecasts range from $32.00 to $93.00. On average, they expect NetApp's share price to reach $60.63 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 51.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for NetApp.

News coverage about NTAP stock has trended very negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. NetApp earned a news sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the data storage provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news aboutNetApp.

NetApp saw a decrease in short interest during the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 11,482,400 shares, a decrease of 11.5% from the February 27th total of 12,970,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,752,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.2 days. Approximately 5.2% of the company's stock are short sold. View NetApp's Current Options Chain.

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

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other NetApp investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Netflix (NFLX), Alibaba Group (BABA), Intel (INTC), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Micron Technology (MU), Twitter (TWTR), Adobe (ADBE), QUALCOMM (QCOM) and salesforce.com (CRM).

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

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One share of NTAP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $40.01.

NetApp has a market capitalization of $8.85 billion and generates $6.15 billion in revenue each year. The data storage provider earns $1.17 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.02 on an earnings per share basis. NetApp employs 10,500 workers across the globe. View additional information about NetApp.

The official website for NetApp is http://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]