NetScout Systems, Inc. (NTCT)Technology | Software - Infrastructure | Westford, United States | NasdaqGS
33.55 USD
+0.48
(1.451%)
⇧
(April 17, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 34.17 +0.62 (1.848%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 7:14 p.m. EDT) Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★★★★☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 11, 2026, 2:58 p.m. EDT
NTCT has shown recent momentum with price gains and a positive earnings outlook, but the lack of dividends makes it less attractive for income-focused investors. The stock appears to be in a consolidation phase, with mixed options activity indicating both potential for upside and caution. While the fundamentals are solid with positive earnings growth and strong revenue per share, the recent price movement and low volatility suggest a cautious approach for short-term traders. Long-term investors might consider holding or buying if the fundamentals continue to support growth. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoETS ✓ | 0.083034 |
| AutoTheta | 0.083061 |
| MSTL | 0.083509 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.085641 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 42% |
| H-stat | 25.09 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.285 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.16 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 2.547 |
| Revenue per Share | 11.97 |
| Market Cap | 2,422,992,640 |
| Trailing P/E | 25.23 |
| Forward P/E | 13.34 |
| Beta | 0.58 |
| Profit Margins | 11.13% |
| Website | https://www.netscout.com |
As of April 11, 2026, 2:58 p.m. EDT: Options speculators are showing mixed signals. There is significant positioning in both calls and puts, with a notable concentration on out-of-the-money (OTM) strikes, particularly for puts. This suggests a degree of caution or potential downside risk perception. However, there is also substantial interest in calls, especially for higher strikes, indicating optimism about potential price appreciation. The overall volatility (IV) is low, suggesting a lack of strong directional sentiment, but the presence of high open interest (OI) on certain strikes indicates that traders are preparing for potential price movements.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.66767526 |
| Address1 | 310 Littleton Road |
| All Time High | 48.13 |
| All Time Low | 2.48 |
| Ask | 33.6 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 1 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 2.0 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 515,350 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 585,518 |
| Average Volume | 585,518 |
| Average Volume10Days | 515,350 |
| Beta | 0.575 |
| Bid | 33.5 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Board Risk | 3 |
| Book Value | 22.725 |
| City | Westford |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 2 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 33.55 |
| Current Ratio | 1.936 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 33.81 |
| Day Low | 33.35 |
| Debt To Equity | 2.547 |
| Display Name | NetScout Systems |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,770,298,200 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,770,298,200 |
| Earnings Growth | 0.119 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | 0.13 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,770,298,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,778,157,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,778,157,000 |
| Ebitda | 170,451,008 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.19787 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 11.099 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 2.196 |
| Enterprise Value | 1,891,793,792 |
| Eps Current Year | 2.415 |
| Eps Forward | 2.515 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 1.33 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fax | 978 614 4004 |
| Fifty Day Average | 30.4578 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 3.0921993 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.101524055 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 66.767525 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 34.46 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -0.90999985 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.026407424 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 19.57 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 13.98 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.7143587 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 19.57 - 34.46 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 934,464,600,000 |
| Float Shares | 68,294,452 |
| Forward Eps | 2.515 |
| Forward P E | 13.339959 |
| Free Cashflow | 222,939,008 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 2,102 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.79249 |
| Gross Profits | 682,675,968 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.037750002 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.97132003 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 72,220,350 |
| Industry | Software - Infrastructure |
| Industry Disp | Software - Infrastructure |
| Industry Key | software-infrastructure |
| Ir Website | http://ir.netscout.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=92658&p=irol-irhome |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,743,379,200 |
| Long Business Summary | NetScout Systems, Inc. provides service assurance and cybersecurity solutions to protect digital business services against disruptions in the United States, Europe, Asia, and internationally. It offers nGeniusONE management software to predict, preempt, and resolve network and service delivery problems, as well as facilitate the optimization and capacity planning of their network infrastructures; and specialized platforms and analytic modules to analyze and troubleshoot traffic in radio access and Wi-Fi networks. The company also provides nGeniusPULSE, an active testing tool to identify infrastructure performance issues and determine application availability, reliability, and performance; and nGenius Business Analytics solution, which enables service providers to analyze their network traffic. In addition, it offers ISNG platform for real-time collection and analysis of information-rich, high-volume packet-flow data from across the network that is displayed through the nGeniusONE Service Assurance Solution; vSTREAM, a virtualized form factor version of its intelligent data source; packet flow systems, including the nGeniusONE Service Assurance platform; and test access points. Further, the company provides cybersecurity solutions to protect networks against distributed denial of service attacks under the Arbor brand, such as Arbor Sightline, Arbor Threat Mitigation System, Arbor Insight, Arbor Edge Defense, and Arbor Cloud; and advanced threat detection solutions, such as Omnis Cyber Investigator. It serves enterprise customers in financial services, technology, manufacturing, healthcare, utilities, education, transportation, and retail; mobile operators, wireline operators, cable operators, internet service providers, and cloud providers industries; and government and associated agencies through a direct sales force, and indirect reseller and distribution channels. The company was incorporated in 1984 and is headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts. |
| Long Name | NetScout Systems, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 2,422,992,640 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_32039 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | 95,908,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,774,915,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 2,388,326,974 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 2 |
| Open | 33.41 |
| Operating Cashflow | 283,800,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.25666 |
| Overall Risk | 4 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 1.64 |
| Phone | 978 614 4000 |
| Post Market Change | 0.61999893 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 1.8479849 |
| Post Market Price | 34.17 |
| Post Market Time | 1,776,467,694 |
| Previous Close | 33.07 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 13.89234 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 1.4763476 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 2.8127432 |
| Profit Margins | 0.11134 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.825 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 2.0 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.48 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 1.45147 |
| Regular Market Day High | 33.81 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 33.35 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 33.35 - 33.81 |
| Regular Market Open | 33.41 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 33.07 |
| Regular Market Price | 33.55 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,456,000 |
| Regular Market Volume | 950,636 |
| Return On Assets | 0.03129 |
| Return On Equity | 0.06067 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.005 |
| Revenue Per Share | 11.97 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.36506534 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 7 |
| Shares Outstanding | 72,220,350 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0328 |
| Shares Short | 2,367,155 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 1,929,783 |
| Short Name | NetScout Systems, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0482 |
| Short Ratio | 3.53 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | MA |
| Symbol | NTCT |
| Target High Price | 35.0 |
| Target Low Price | 29.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 32.0 |
| Target Median Price | 32.0 |
| Total Cash | 573,003,008 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 7.934 |
| Total Debt | 41,804,000 |
| Total Revenue | 861,433,984 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 1.33 |
| Trailing P E | 25.225563 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 26.8711 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 6.6789 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.24855328 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 950,636 |
| Website | https://www.netscout.com |
| Zip | 01,886-4105 |