NetScout Systems (NTCT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

NetScout Systems, Inc. develops solutions that help organizations monitor, manage, and secure digital networks. Its offerings provide visibility into network traffic, application performance, user experience, and cybersecurity events across enterprise, cloud, data center, and telecommunications environments.

The company’s portfolio includes the nGenius service assurance platform, packet-based monitoring and analysis tools, network traffic management products, and cybersecurity solutions designed to detect and mitigate distributed denial-of-service attacks and other network threats. NetScout serves communications service providers, enterprises, government agencies, and other large organizations.

Founded in 1984 and headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts, NetScout expanded its capabilities through acquisitions, including the 2015 purchase of Danaher Corporation’s communications business. This transaction added technology and businesses associated with Arbor Networks and other network-performance operations. The company serves customers internationally, and co-founder Anil Singhal has held senior leadership roles including president and chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $40.67 to $41.50
• 50-Day Range: $36.97 to $42.21
• 52-Week Range: $25.20 to $45.28
• Volume: 774,487 shs
• Average Volume: 606,892 shs
• Market Capitalization: $3.00 billion
• P/E Ratio: 25.12
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $38.00
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

NetScout Systems Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

NetScout Systems scored higher than 43% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 392nd out of 598 stocks in the technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

NetScout Systems has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.67, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, no buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Downside Risk

NetScout Systems has a consensus price target of $38.00, representing about 7.8% downside from its current price of $41.20.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

NetScout Systems has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 10.23%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for NetScout Systems are expected to grow by 10.23% in the coming year, from $2.15 to $2.37 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of NetScout Systems is 25.12, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.95.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of NetScout Systems is 25.12, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 82.08.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

NetScout Systems has a P/B Ratio of 1.80. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

5.33% of the float of NetScout Systems has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

NetScout Systems has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.76.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in NetScout Systems has recently decreased by 2.94%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

NetScout Systems does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

NetScout Systems does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

NetScout Systems has a news sentiment score of 1.26. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.46 average news sentiment score of Technology companies.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.6 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, NetScout Systems insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $813,184.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

4.74% of the stock of NetScout Systems is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

91.64% of the stock of NetScout Systems is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/06/2026
• Today: 10/05/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/05/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 3/31/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Technology
• Industry: Communications Equipment
• Sub-Industry: Communications Equipment
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:NTCT
• CIK: 1078075
• Web: www.netscout.com
• Phone: (978) 614-4000
• Fax: 978-614-4004
• Employees: 2,073
• Year Founded: 1984

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for NetScout Systems: $38.00
• High Price Target: $38.00
• Low Price Target: $38.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -7.8%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.67
• Research Coverage: 3 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.64
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 25.12
• Forward P/E Ratio: 19.16
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $95.53 million
• Net Margins: 13.71%
• Pretax Margin: 15.89%
• Return on Equity: 9.25%
• Return on Assets: 6.59%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 1.83
• Quick Ratio: 1.78

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $859.48 million
• Price / Sales: 3.49
• Cash Flow: $2.66 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 15.50
• Book Value: $22.84 per share
• Price / Book: 1.80

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 72,710,000
• Free Float: 69,261,000
• Market Cap: $3.00 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.69