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NTAP vs. AMAT, NVDA, ZS, DELL, PSTG, WDC, SYNA, IMMR, SMCI, and TDC

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), Pure Storage (PSTG), Western Digital (WDC), Synaptics (SYNA), Immersion (IMMR), Super Micro Computer (SMCI), and Teradata (TDC). 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 better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

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

NetApp currently has a consensus price target of $118.86, indicating a potential upside of 12.18%. Applied Materials has a consensus price target of $204.09, indicating a potential upside of 10.63%. Given NetApp's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe NetApp is more favorable than Applied Materials.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
NetApp
1 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.31
Applied Materials
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.68

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
NetApp$6.57B3.23$1.19B$5.6818.65
Applied Materials$27.18B5.45$7.18B$8.2222.44

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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Applied Materials shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

NetApp pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Applied Materials pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. NetApp pays out 36.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Applied Materials pays out 22.4% 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.

In the previous week, Applied Materials had 42 more articles in the media than NetApp. MarketBeat recorded 67 mentions for Applied Materials and 25 mentions for NetApp. Applied Materials' average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat NetApp's score of 1.20 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
16 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Applied Materials
51 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Applied Materials has a net margin of 24.06% 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 24.06%40.15%22.42%

Summary

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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NTAP vs. The Competition

MetricNetAppCOMP IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$21.18B$10.76B$29.63B$9.64B
Dividend Yield2.01%1.28%3.11%4.14%
P/E Ratio18.6139.5850.8125.17
Price / Sales3.232.441,573.7077.01
Price / Cash14.2425.0236.7258.58
Price / Book20.419.757.335.69
Net Income$1.19B$482.46M$803.33M$265.48M
7 Day Performance4.80%0.23%1.41%2.60%
1 Month Performance-0.67%-1.57%-0.54%1.95%
1 Year Performance-11.13%8.43%53,046.02%23.97%

NetApp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NTAP
NetApp
4.8092 of 5 stars
$105.95
+2.0%
$118.86
+12.2%
-10.7%$21.18B$6.57B18.6111,700Positive News
AMAT
Applied Materials
4.9231 of 5 stars
$190.27
+2.5%
$205.17
+7.8%
+2.6%$152.69B$28.09B23.1535,700Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
NVDA
NVIDIA
4.659 of 5 stars
$176.75
+1.9%
$181.22
+2.5%
+82.8%$4.31T$130.50B57.0236,000Trending News
Insider Trade
ZS
Zscaler
3.6134 of 5 stars
$289.04
+1.0%
$296.82
+2.7%
+64.0%$45.00B$2.55B-1,111.697,348Positive News
DELL
Dell Technologies
4.9845 of 5 stars
$133.74
+1.9%
$140.06
+4.7%
+52.3%$90.79B$95.57B21.33108,000Positive News
PSTG
Pure Storage
4.4179 of 5 stars
$59.45
+3.2%
$69.95
+17.7%
+9.7%$19.43B$3.25B160.686,000Positive News
WDC
Western Digital
4.6746 of 5 stars
$68.99
+0.2%
$66.84
-3.1%
+32.3%$24.07B$13.00B13.0751,000
SYNA
Synaptics
3.7589 of 5 stars
$67.80
+2.0%
$93.75
+38.3%
-12.3%$2.61B$1.04B16.421,716News Coverage
Earnings Report
Buyback Announcement
Gap Up
IMMR
Immersion
3.6243 of 5 stars
$7.34
-0.1%
$12.25
+66.9%
-31.1%$237.82M$33.92M2.6420
SMCI
Super Micro Computer
4.3033 of 5 stars
$60.05
+10.2%
$42.89
-28.6%
-5.3%$35.84B$14.94B31.595,684Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
TDC
Teradata
3.4994 of 5 stars
$22.51
+2.0%
$27.25
+21.1%
-15.1%$2.15B$1.75B15.855,700Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision

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