NETSCOUT SYSTEMS INC (NTCT)
Information Technology · Network management and cybersecurity software · NASDAQ
NetScout provides deep-packet inspection-based observability and cybersecurity solutions to ensure network performance and protection for enterprises and service providers.
What NETSCOUT SYSTEMS INC does
NetScout Systems provides enterprise network observability, carrier service assurance, and cybersecurity solutions, including Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) protection. The company uses deep packet inspection (DPI) technology to create "Smart Data," which provides a real-time, high-fidelity foundation for monitoring performance, availability, and security across legacy, hybrid, and cloud-native environments.
Themes: network observability, cybersecurity / DDoS protection, 5G infrastructure, cloud monitoring, AI-driven operations
Fundamentals
- Price$39.30 as of 2026-10-08 close
- Market cap$2.9B as of 2026-07-28 (share count; price 2026-10-08)
- 1-year return+48.6% 2025-10-08 close $26.44 → 2026-10-08 close $39.30
- P/E30.30 as of 2026-10-08
- Net margin+11.1% FY2026, SEC XBRL
- Gross margin+79.4% FY2026, SEC XBRL
- ROE+5.8% FY2026, SEC XBRL
- Debt / equity0.00 as of 2026-09-03
- Revenue growth (YoY)+4.5% as of 2026-09-03
- Revenue CAGR (3y)-2.0% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.98 as of 2026-09-03
- Last reported earnings2026-08-06 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
How NTCT compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiomiddle range 253 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-10-08
- net profit marginmiddle range 380 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-09-03
- operating marginmiddle range 375 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-09-03
- gross margintop 25% 311 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-09-03
- return on equitymiddle range 370 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-09-03
- 3-year revenue CAGRbottom 25% 385 covered Information Technology peers
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)middle range 382 covered Information Technology peers, as of FY2026
Position among covered Information Technology companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Top 10 scores & list membership
NTCT is not currently in any published Top 10 list. Its scores are below.
Top 10 score
55.2 #460 of 1,379 scored · #78 of 203 in Information Technology
Financial health 93rd (debt to equity 0, free cash flow margin 33.2%) and trend 80th (a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day); weakest is capital return (20th, consecutive years of dividend increases 0 years, net share count bought back over the year -2.4).
Scores as of 8 Oct 2026. Each bar is a percentile: how this company ranked against every company the score ranked, 0–100. A list is a published formula and its output, not a recommendation. Method version 4.
How NETSCOUT SYSTEMS INC looks technically
NETSCOUT SYSTEMS INC (NTCT) is trading 11.6% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 330 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. There is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 16, below the 25 that marks a real trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 49, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). It made a new 20-day high about 4 trading days ago.
Trend
8
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 11.6% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +11.6% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $39.07 | $39.07 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $35.23 | $35.23 |
| Swing structure | each recent peak has been lower than the one before it and each dip deeper — the pattern chart-watchers call a downtrend, which describes where price has already been and not where it goes next | lower highs and lower lows |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing low 30 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 30 sessions |
| Wave structure | its recent swings can be read as a completed three-part downward correction — a pullback in the A-B-C shape Elliott-wave chartists use; the labelling fails if price closes below 36.41. It is the only labelling that fits, though not with textbook proportions, and it describes the swings already printed, not what comes next. | possible three-wave downward correction, complete (atypical proportions) |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 330 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 330 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | there is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 16, below the 25 that marks a real trend) | 16.2 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 49, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 48.9 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading in the lower half of its 14-day range ($38.14 to $41.81) — its "stochastic" reading is 32 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been slipping within that range over the last few sessions. | 31.6 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, is in positive territory (momentum leaning bullish) | 20 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $45.28 | $45.28 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 13.2% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -13.2% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 56.0% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +56.0% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 13.2% below its highest point of the past year | 13.2% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day high about 4 trading days ago | 4 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day low about 23 trading days ago | 23 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $48.13 (set on 2014-09-10) | $48.13 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($25.47 to $44.84), and it has given back roughly a quarter of its rise from last year’s low — 29% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $32.25 to $32.87. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 28.6% |
| From the all-time high | it is 18.3% below its all-time high | -18.4% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 0.7% below a resistance level at $39.57 — a price it turned at twice since 2026-07-17, most recently on 2026-08-27. Since 2024-10-08 it has 13 such levels below the current price and 2 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | +0.7% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $5.05 (set on 2005-08-30) | $5.05 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 678.2% above its all-time low | +678.2% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are about average versus its own recent 6-month history | 31st percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $1.04 between its high and its low — about 2.7% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $1.04 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $37.37 and $41.35 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $37.37 – $39.36 – $41.35 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 2.7% in a typical session — calmer than most companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 2.6% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 3.9 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (11.6% above it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 3.9 daily ranges above its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 0.76× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading | 0.0% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | not available for this company yet | n/a |
Candlestick patterns
2
| Since a bullish engulfing | 3 sessions ago it opened below the previous session's close and finished above that session's open — a "bullish engulfing" pair, where one up day more than undid the down day before it | 3 sessions ago |
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| Since a bearish engulfing | 7 sessions ago it opened above the previous session's close and finished below that session's open — a "bearish engulfing" pair, where one down day more than undid the up day before it | 7 sessions ago |
Price gaps
2
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-10-08 0.9% below the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and had not traded back through that level by the close | -0.8% |
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| Gap filled | a 4.0% gap down opened on 2026-08-06 has been "filled" 44 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it closed again during the very session that opened it | 44 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it has closed lower 3 sessions in a row, a -4.61% move over the run — an unbroken run of down days, which describes what has already happened and says nothing about the next session | 3 sessions down |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock beat the market by 5.2 percentage points (the stock gained 6.3% while the market gained 1.0%) | +5.2% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock lagged the market by 12.4 percentage points (the stock lost 8.6% while the market gained 3.8%) | -12.4% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock beat the market by 3.9 percentage points (the stock gained 21.4% while the market gained 17.5%) | +3.9% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 33.7 percentage points (the stock gained 48.6% while the market gained 15.0%) | +33.7% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 4 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, trading above its 200-day average, MACD momentum is positive, outperforming the market over 6 months — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 4 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 0 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 0 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading inside the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-09-01 and projected forward over today's price, the zone traders read as unresolved — neither side has established a trend, and the band is where that gets settled. The band itself is moderate, spanning 4.6% of the share price. | 0.0% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 9% above the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $36.06 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 190 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +9.0% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 1% above the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-08-06 (its 10-Q), so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $38.84 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 45 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +1.2% |
Falling wedge, bullish — broke out · entry $37.66 · 78 sessions in
Price levels it has turned at before
NTCT last closed at $39.30 on 2026-10-08. Since 2024-10-08 it has turned at 13 prices below its last close and 2 above; the 3 nearest below and the 2 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $39.57 | Resistance | 0.7% above the last close | turned there twice · 2026-07-17 to 2026-08-27 |
| $38.49 | Support | 2.1% below the last close | turned there four times · 2026-05-21 to 2026-09-29 |
| $36.53 | Support | 7.0% below the last close | turned there twice · 2026-08-06 to 2026-09-08 |
| $43.80 | Resistance | 11.4% above the last close | turned there twice · 2026-06-02 to 2026-06-30 |
| $30.51 | Support | 22.4% below the last close | turned there twice · 2025-11-06 to 2026-02-20 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
Its recent swings can be read as a three-part downward correction — the A-B-C shape chartists use for a pullback — now complete.
This labelling fails — stops being a possible reading at all — if it closes below $36.41.
It is the only labelling that fits these swings, though its proportions are not the textbook ones.
This reading has stood for 18 trading days, since 2026-09-15.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-10-08.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading above the 200-day moving average · trendless / choppy (low ADX) · Trading inside the Ichimoku cloud · Near a resistance level (pressing into a price that has capped it before) | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · breakout
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-10-08. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Mean price target$43.38 range $37.13 – $50.00; median $43.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-10-04. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for NTCT
- Consensus EPS estimate$0.665 next reporting period, as of 2026-10-04
- Estimate change, 30 days$0.00 (0.0%) from $0.665, on 2026-08-30, 35-day window
- Readings revised upward0% of 7 comparable readings
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Highly competitive and rapidly changing technology environment","Reliance on ability to successfully introduce new products and technologies","Dependence on customer digital transformation and 5G deployment trends"]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of NTCT's 10-Q filed 2026-02-05 against the prior one filed 2025-11-06.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- Added reference to Part II, Item 1A of Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2025, filed November 6, 2025 in risk factors discussion (filed 2026-02-05)
- Added 'enterprise network observability' and 'Distributed-Denial-Of-Service, or DDoS, protection solutions' to opening description of company offerings (filed 2026-02-05)
- Added 'AI-related supply-chain dynamics which could influence the timing and size of certain customer orders' to macroeconomic conditions discussion (filed 2026-02-05)
- Specified revolving credit facility availability as 'based on covenant levels at December 31, 2025' (filed 2026-02-05)
- Removed:
- Removed reference to 'impacts associated with the U.S. Government shutdown' from macroeconomic conditions discussion (filed 2025-11-06)
- Removed explanation of product revenue acceleration related to 'U.S. Government agency related orders received in the period that were originally expected in the second half of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026' (filed 2025-11-06)
- Removed explanation that 'Service revenue benefited from the timing of customer maintenance renewals' (filed 2025-11-06)
- Removed reference to '$13.4 million' offset partially mentioned at end of net loss discussion (filed 2025-11-06)
- Reworded:
- Changed 'four decades' to 'over four decades' in company description (filed 2026-02-05)
- Changed description from 'service assurance and cybersecurity solutions' to 'enterprise network observability, carrier service assurance, cybersecurity, and Distributed-Denial-Of-Service, or DDoS, protection solutions' (filed 2026-02-05)
- Changed 'remain uncertain' to 'remain dynamic' regarding macroeconomic conditions (filed 2026-02-05)
- Changed 'macroeconomic uncertainty' to 'macroeconomic dynamics' (filed 2026-02-05)
- Changed revenue period from 'six months ended September 30, 2025' to 'nine months ended December 31, 2025' (filed 2026-02-05)
- Changed revenue increase from '$40.1 million, or 11%' to '$38.8 million, or 6%' (filed 2026-02-05)
- Changed gross profit percentage from '79%' to '80%' and comparison period from 'six months' to 'nine months' (filed 2026-02-05)
- Changed net income figure from '$22.1 million' to '$77.3 million' for nine months ended December 31, 2025 (filed 2026-02-05)
- Changed comparison net loss from 'six months ended September 30, 2024' to 'nine months ended December 31, 2024' with figure of '$385.5 million' (filed 2026-02-05)
- Changed total net loss decrease from '$456.5 million' to '$462.8 million' (filed 2026-02-05)
- Changed revenue increase component from '$40.1 million' to '$38.8 million' (filed 2026-02-05)
- Changed restructuring charge decrease from '$18.1 million' to '$19.0 million' (filed 2026-02-05)
- Notes:
- Newer filing text appears truncated at end of Results Overview section, cutting off mid-sentence after '$19.0 million decrease from restructuring charge'
- Older filing text also appears truncated at end, cutting off after reference to '$13.4 mi'
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
0 open-market purchases and 4 open-market sales by insiders in the last 90 days, of which we have read Form 4 filings through 2026-10-04. The 5 days since 2026-10-04 have not been checked yet.
- Last 30 days · read to 2026-10-040 buys · 1 sell ($266000) — 1 selling insider
- Last 90 days · read to 2026-10-040 buys · 4 sells ($813184) — 4 selling insiders
- Last 180 days · read to 2026-10-040 buys · 8 sells ($2M) — 5 selling insiders
Activity heuristic: net selling (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-09-11. Based on Form 4 filings read through 2026-10-04; anything filed since is not yet included.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about NTCT's insider activity →
Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Institutional ownership (13F)
5 institutional 13F filers reported holding NTCT as of 2026-06-30 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 5
- Reported shares held 16,231,986
- Reported value $706,902,980
reported quarterly holdings change (2026-03-31 → 2026-06-30): 0 new, 4 increased, 1 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
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Short interest (FINRA)
NTCT had 3,693,254 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
NTCT had 5.08% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 5.76 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 3,693,254
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 5.08%
- Prior settlement (shares) 3,805,301
- Reported change -2.94%
- Days to cover (reported) 5.76
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-09-15 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- Cisco Systems (CSCO)
- Juniper Networks (JNPR)
- Keysight Technologies (KEYS)
- Viavi Solutions (VIAV)
- Arista Networks (ANET)
- Fortinet (FTNT)
- Palo Alto Networks (PANW)
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Frequently asked questions
What does NETSCOUT SYSTEMS INC (NTCT) do?
NetScout Systems provides enterprise network observability, carrier service assurance, and cybersecurity solutions, including Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) protection. The company uses deep packet inspection (DPI) technology to create "Smart Data," which provides a real-time, high-fidelity foundation for monitoring performance, availability, and security across legacy, hybrid, and cloud-native environments.
What sector is NETSCOUT SYSTEMS INC (NTCT) in?
NETSCOUT SYSTEMS INC (NTCT) is classified in the Information Technology sector. Its industry is Network management and cybersecurity software. It trades on NASDAQ.
Who are NETSCOUT SYSTEMS INC's (NTCT) competitors?
Notable peers of NETSCOUT SYSTEMS INC (NTCT) include Cisco Systems, Juniper Networks, Keysight Technologies, Viavi Solutions and Arista Networks. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is NETSCOUT SYSTEMS INC (NTCT) overbought or oversold right now?
NETSCOUT SYSTEMS INC (NTCT) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 49, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-10-08). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on NTCT come from?
Fundamentals come from SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-03 for the rest; prices are market data, as of 2026-09-03; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-03 for the rest. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-10-08.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.