NETGEAR, Inc. (NTGR)Technology | Communication Equipment | San Jose, United States | NasdaqGS
22.86 USD
-0.12
(-0.522%) ⇩
(July 13, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
|
Hot Take ↕ | July 11, 2026, 2:44 a.m. EDT
The investment case for NETGEAR is fundamentally broken despite the recent price surge. The company is hemorrhaging cash with negative free cash flow and operating margins, while revenue is shrinking. The balance sheet is fragile, carrying debt that exceeds equity, which makes the stock highly sensitive to interest rate hikes or credit tightening. While the recent 10%+ jump and analyst targets suggest a potential turnaround story or a merger catalyst, the underlying business metrics—negative returns on assets and equity, and declining sales—do not support a long-term hold. The options market reflects this uncertainty by betting on a volatile swing rather than a steady climb. Until the company demonstrates a path to profitability and stabilizes its revenue stream, this remains a high-risk speculative vehicle unsuitable for core portfolios. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL_79_115 ✓ | 0.042543 |
| MSTL_79 | 0.044031 |
| MSTL | 0.049192 |
| AutoETS | 0.050577 |
| AutoTheta | 0.050745 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.053822 |
| MSTL_115 | 0.075285 |
Forecast horizon: 60 days | Selected: MSTL_79_115
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 46% |
| H-stat | 0.55 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.670 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.25 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 10.207 |
| Revenue per Share | 24.501 |
| Market Cap | 613,560,192 |
| Forward P/E | 37.68 |
| Beta | 1.19 |
| Profit Margins | -3.58% |
| Website | https://www.netgear.com |
As of July 11, 2026, 2:44 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for significant volatility rather than a clear directional trend. Call volume is heavily skewed toward out-of-the-money strikes (31 and 32) in September, suggesting a speculative bet on a sharp rally, while put volume concentrates deep in-the-money (15 and 17), indicating a hedge against a severe crash. The implied volatility gap between these extremes and the at-the-money anchors suggests the market is pricing in a binary event or a wide trading range, with neither side currently dominating the flow decisively.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.23400003 |
| Address1 | 3,553 North First Street |
| All Time High | 48.5732 |
| All Time Low | 5.093052 |
| Ask | 28.99 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 2 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 320,130 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 416,549 |
| Average Volume | 416,549 |
| Average Volume10Days | 320,130 |
| Beta | 1.191 |
| Bid | 16.26 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Board Risk | 1 |
| Book Value | 17.231 |
| City | San Jose |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 6 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 22.86 |
| Current Ratio | 2.584 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,782,777,600 |
| Day High | 23.05 |
| Day Low | 22.425 |
| Debt To Equity | 10.207 |
| Display Name | NETGEAR |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,777,496,400 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,777,496,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,777,492,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,785,355,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,785,355,200 |
| Ebitda | -16,365,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | -0.0235 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | -22.312 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 0.524 |
| Enterprise Value | 365,141,184 |
| Eps Current Year | 0.2 |
| Eps Forward | 0.60667 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -0.89 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 24.542 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -1.6819992 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.06853554 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -23.400003 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 36.86 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -14.0 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.37981552 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 19.0 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 3.8600006 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.20315793 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 19.0 - 36.86 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,059,658,200,000 |
| Float Shares | 23,897,713 |
| Forward Eps | 0.60667 |
| Forward P E | 37.68111 |
| Free Cashflow | -4,812,125 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 786 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,782,864,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.3937 |
| Gross Profits | 274,167,008 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.04106 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 1.02546 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 26,839,903 |
| Industry | Communication Equipment |
| Industry Disp | Communication Equipment |
| Industry Key | communication-equipment |
| Ir Website | http://investor.netgear.com/ |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Last Split Date | 1,546,387,200 |
| Last Split Factor | 1,612:1000 |
| Long Business Summary | NETGEAR, Inc. provides networking technologies for businesses, homes, and service providers in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. The company operates in two segments, Enterprise and Consumer. It offers Wi-Fi routers and home Wi-Fi mesh systems, Wi-Fi hotspots, broadband modems, Wi-Fi gateways, Wi-Fi range extenders, powerline adapters, and Wi-Fi network adapters; and provides value-added service offerings, including security and privacy, technical support, and parental controls. The company also provides pro AV Solutions, which includes Ethernet switches and WiFi access points; NETGEAR Engage Controller, a software that provides centralized, profile-based configuration, and unified management; NETGEAR Insight Remote Management; Pro Routers; enterprise-grade cloud managed or standalone access points; general purpose ethernet switches; and NETGEAR Exium Security Solutions, a security software that provides on-premises next-generation firewall and cloud-based secure access service edge. It markets and sells its products through wholesale distributors, traditional and online retailers, direct market resellers, value-added resellers, managed service provider, and broadband service providers, as well as through its direct online store. NETGEAR, Inc. was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in San Jose, California. |
| Long Name | NETGEAR, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 613,560,192 |
| Market State | PRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_166754 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,774,742,400 |
| Net Income To Common | -24,929,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 616,780,970 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 3 |
| Open | 22.83 |
| Operating Cashflow | 11,994,000 |
| Operating Margins | -0.05173 |
| Overall Risk | 2 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 0.74 |
| Phone | 408 907 8000 |
| Previous Close | 22.98 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 114.3 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 1.3266786 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.8810709 |
| Profit Margins | -0.0358 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.769 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.119999 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -0.522189 |
| Regular Market Day High | 23.05 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 22.425 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 22.425 - 23.05 |
| Regular Market Open | 22.83 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 22.98 |
| Regular Market Price | 22.86 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,783,972,800 |
| Regular Market Volume | 252,842 |
| Return On Assets | -0.02034 |
| Return On Equity | -0.049590003 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.02 |
| Revenue Per Share | 24.501 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20847368 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 2 |
| Shares Outstanding | 26,839,903 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0926 |
| Shares Short | 2,484,350 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,780,012,800 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 2,346,515 |
| Short Name | NETGEAR, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.107200004 |
| Short Ratio | 6.16 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | CA |
| Symbol | NTGR |
| Target High Price | 36.0 |
| Target Low Price | 34.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 35.0 |
| Target Median Price | 35.0 |
| Total Cash | 296,508,992 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 11.047 |
| Total Debt | 48,090,000 |
| Total Revenue | 696,380,032 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -0.89 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 25.18095 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -2.3209496 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.09217085 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 252,842 |
| Website | https://www.netgear.com |
| Zip | 95,134 |