NetScout Systems, Inc. (NTCT)Technology | Software - Infrastructure | Westford, United States | NasdaqGS
43.04 USD
-0.10
(-0.243%) ⇩
(July 14, 2026, 9:55 a.m.
EDT)
|
Hot Take ↕ | July 11, 2026, 2:44 a.m. EDT
The immediate outlook is strongly bullish, driven by a powerful convergence of technical momentum and aggressive speculative positioning. The stock has successfully reclaimed its 200-day moving average and is trading near its 52-week high, creating a favorable environment for a momentum play. This technical strength is amplified by a distinct lack of hedging; options data shows massive call open interest at upside strikes with virtually no corresponding put protection, indicating that smart money is betting on further appreciation rather than downside risk. However, the long-term investment case remains mixed due to a lack of dividend income and a volatile historical price trajectory. While the company recently posted a positive year-over-year gain, the broader multi-year history includes a severe 39% collapse in 2024, which suggests the current recovery is still fragile and dependent on sustained operational improvements. The balance sheet is healthy with low debt, but the absence of a dividend yield removes a critical safety margin for a long-term holder. Consequently, while the stock offers a compelling entry for a swing trade targeting the upside, it lacks the fundamental durability and income characteristics required for a top-tier buy-and-hold recommendation. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL_84_126 ✓ | 0.138716 |
| MSTL_84 | 0.154785 |
| MSTL_126 | 0.165122 |
| MSTL | 0.176965 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.179026 |
| AutoETS | 0.179027 |
| AutoTheta | 0.179139 |
Forecast horizon: 60 days | Selected: MSTL_84_126
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 46% |
| H-stat | 5.07 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.312 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.63 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 2.401 |
| Revenue per Share | 11.94 |
| Market Cap | 3,076,796,672 |
| Trailing P/E | 33.10 |
| Forward P/E | 15.41 |
| Beta | 0.68 |
| Profit Margins | 11.12% |
| Website | https://www.netscout.com |
As of July 11, 2026, 2:44 a.m. EDT: Speculators are overwhelmingly bullish, positioning heavy call volume and open interest at strikes above the current price (45.0 and 50.0), while put activity remains negligible. Implied volatility is elevated for near-term expirations, suggesting a high-convience expectation of a continued rally.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.9609091 |
| Address1 | 310 Littleton Road |
| All Time High | 48.13 |
| All Time Low | 2.48 |
| Ask | 55.0 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 1 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 641,100 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 644,647 |
| Average Volume | 644,647 |
| Average Volume10Days | 641,100 |
| Beta | 0.678 |
| Bid | 30.65 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Board Risk | 3 |
| Book Value | 23.078 |
| City | Westford |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 2 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 43.035 |
| Current Ratio | 1.846 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,782,777,600 |
| Day High | 43.325 |
| Day Low | 42.82 |
| Debt To Equity | 2.401 |
| Display Name | NetScout Systems |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,778,157,000 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,778,157,000 |
| Earnings Growth | -0.071 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | -0.02 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,778,157,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,786,019,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,786,019,400 |
| Ebitda | 168,200,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.19569999 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 14.601 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 2.857 |
| Enterprise Value | 2,455,938,560 |
| Eps Current Year | 2.74 |
| Eps Forward | 2.79333 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 1.3 |
| 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 | 40.3858 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 2.6492004 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.065597326 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 96.09091 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 45.28 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -2.244999 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.049580365 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 20.39 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 22.645 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 1.1105934 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 20.39 - 45.28 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 934,464,600,000 |
| Float Shares | 67,520,081 |
| Forward Eps | 2.79333 |
| Forward P E | 15.406343 |
| Free Cashflow | 261,219,248 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 2,052 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,782,864,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.79407996 |
| Gross Profits | 682,494,016 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.03871 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.97756 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 71,495,215 |
| 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 | 1,774,915,200 |
| Long Business Summary | NetScout Systems, Inc. provides carrier service assurance, cybersecurity, and Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) solutions to protect digital business services against disruptions. 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; and Omnis Insights, a solution that is designed to generate a high-fidelity and curated dataset that strengthens observability and cybersecurity operations. Its platform provides real-time generation and analysis of information-rich, high-volume network-derived data for use its applications and partner networks. In addition, it offers ISNG, a real-time information platform that provides insights to optimize network performance; packet flow systems that delivers targeted network traffic access to a range of monitoring and cybersecurity tools and systems, including the nGeniusONE application; vSTREAM, a virtualized form factor version; Infinistream, an advanced passive network probe; and markets test access points that enables full and non-disruptive access to network traffic. Further, the company provides cybersecurity solutions to protect networks against DDoS attacks under the Arbor solutions, including Arbor Sightline, Arbor Threat Mitigation System, Arbor Insight, Arbor Edge Defense, and Omnis Cyber Intelligence solutions. It serves enterprise customers in financial services, technology, manufacturing, healthcare, utilities, education, transportation, and retail; mobile, wireline, and 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 | 3,076,796,672 |
| Market State | REGULAR |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_32039 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,774,915,200 |
| Net Income To Common | 95,531,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,806,451,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 3,084,303,575 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 3 |
| Open | 42.82 |
| Operating Cashflow | 294,537,984 |
| Operating Margins | 0.096599996 |
| Overall Risk | 4 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 1.64 |
| Phone | 978 614 4000 |
| Previous Close | 43.14 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 15.706204 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 1.864763 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 3.5798268 |
| Profit Margins | 0.11115 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.743 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.10499954 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -0.24339254 |
| Regular Market Day High | 43.325 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 42.82 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 42.82 - 43.325 |
| Regular Market Open | 42.82 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 43.14 |
| Regular Market Price | 43.035 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,784,037,331 |
| Regular Market Volume | 10,528 |
| Return On Assets | 0.030739998 |
| Return On Equity | 0.05953 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.01 |
| Revenue Per Share | 11.94 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20365608 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 7 |
| Shares Outstanding | 71,495,215 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.046 |
| Shares Short | 3,287,541 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,780,012,800 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 2,743,990 |
| Short Name | NetScout Systems, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.068 |
| Short Ratio | 4.32 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | MA |
| Symbol | NTCT |
| Target High Price | 50.0 |
| Target Low Price | 37.13 |
| Target Mean Price | 41.71 |
| Target Median Price | 38.0 |
| Total Cash | 667,956,992 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 9.343 |
| Total Debt | 39,592,000 |
| Total Revenue | 859,481,984 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 1.3 |
| Trailing P E | 33.103848 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 31.5321 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 11.502899 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.36479965 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 10,528 |
| Website | https://www.netscout.com |
| Zip | 01,886-4105 |