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NTAP vs. AMAT, NVDA, ZS, DELL, HPE, HPQ, PSTG, WDC, SYNA, and IMMR

Should you be buying NetApp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NetApp include Applied Materials (AMAT), NVIDIA (NVDA), Zscaler (ZS), Dell Technologies (DELL), Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), HP (HPQ), Pure Storage (PSTG), Western Digital (WDC), Synaptics (SYNA), and Immersion (IMMR). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.

NetApp vs. Its Competitors

NetApp (NASDAQ:NTAP) and Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and profitability.

In the previous week, Applied Materials had 1 more articles in the media than NetApp. MarketBeat recorded 54 mentions for Applied Materials and 53 mentions for NetApp. Applied Materials' average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat NetApp's score of 0.82 indicating that Applied Materials is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
NetApp
23 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
15 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Applied Materials
38 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Applied Materials has a net margin of 23.88% compared to NetApp's net margin of 18.05%. NetApp's return on equity of 126.96% beat Applied Materials' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
NetApp18.05% 126.96% 12.84%
Applied Materials 23.88%40.96%22.99%

NetApp has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Applied Materials has a beta of 1.7, suggesting that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.

92.2% of NetApp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.6% of Applied Materials shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of NetApp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Applied Materials shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Applied Materials has higher revenue and earnings than NetApp. Applied Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NetApp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
NetApp$6.57B3.57$1.19B$5.6620.71
Applied Materials$28.61B4.60$7.18B$8.3919.70

NetApp pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Applied Materials pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. NetApp pays out 36.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Applied Materials pays out 21.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. NetApp has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Applied Materials has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years.

NetApp presently has a consensus target price of $120.79, suggesting a potential upside of 3.04%. Applied Materials has a consensus target price of $193.88, suggesting a potential upside of 17.31%. Given Applied Materials' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Applied Materials is more favorable than NetApp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
NetApp
0 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38
Applied Materials
1 Sell rating(s)
13 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.52

Summary

Applied Materials beats NetApp on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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NTAP vs. The Competition

MetricNetAppCOMP IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$23.49B$11.89B$30.05B$9.84B
Dividend Yield1.90%1.20%3.06%4.02%
P/E Ratio20.6441.7356.3426.63
Price / Sales3.572.741,419.87121.17
Price / Cash15.0825.2835.7359.36
Price / Book22.5911.009.526.69
Net Income$1.19B$470.92M$806.27M$265.59M
7 Day Performance8.76%9.07%3.38%3.44%
1 Month Performance9.64%2.94%0.70%1.12%
1 Year Performance-11.14%24.84%23,930.55%23.91%

NetApp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NTAP
NetApp
4.4068 of 5 stars
$117.22
+4.5%
$120.79
+3.0%
-15.8%$23.49B$6.57B20.6411,700Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
AMAT
Applied Materials
4.8642 of 5 stars
$163.53
+1.1%
$194.84
+19.1%
-16.0%$131.23B$27.18B19.4935,700Positive News
NVDA
NVIDIA
4.8226 of 5 stars
$182.01
+0.9%
$187.61
+3.1%
+41.5%$4.44T$130.50B58.7136,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
ZS
Zscaler
3.5856 of 5 stars
$277.03
+0.7%
$296.82
+7.1%
+38.5%$43.13B$2.17B-1,065.507,348Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
DELL
Dell Technologies
4.9933 of 5 stars
$138.19
-0.1%
$143.00
+3.5%
+18.4%$93.81B$95.57B22.04108,000Positive News
HPE
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
4.6539 of 5 stars
$21.63
+2.2%
$22.87
+5.7%
+19.2%$28.38B$30.13B21.8561,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Insider Trade
Options Volume
HPQ
HP
4.1823 of 5 stars
$26.82
+0.3%
$29.54
+10.1%
-23.6%$25.19B$53.56B10.3658,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
PSTG
Pure Storage
4.1451 of 5 stars
$58.62
0.0%
$70.21
+19.8%
-0.4%$19.16B$3.17B158.436,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Gap Up
WDC
Western Digital
4.6131 of 5 stars
$76.29
+1.6%
$78.39
+2.8%
+28.4%$26.62B$9.52B14.8140,000Trending News
Insider Trade
SYNA
Synaptics
3.0967 of 5 stars
$70.12
+5.0%
$91.33
+30.3%
-12.3%$2.70B$1.07B-57.951,716
IMMR
Immersion
3.2115 of 5 stars
$7.07
+0.3%
$12.25
+73.3%
-21.0%$229.04M$163.13M2.5420

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This page (NASDAQ:NTAP) was last updated on 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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