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About NetScout Systems Inc
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 a… Read full Trend Edge analysis →
Sector: Technology
Industry: Software-Infrastructure
Exchange: NASDAQ
IPO Date: August 12, 1999
Headquarters: 310 Littleton Road, Westford, MA, United States, 01886-4105
Hidden Gem: Yes — undiscovered relative to its market cap tier
Founder-Led: Yes — Anil K. Singhal (Co-Founder, President, CEO, Chairman of the Board)
Key Metrics
Current Price
$41.13
Market Cap
$2.82B
Float
67.6M
Shares Outstanding
71.5M
P/E (Forward)
14.45
P/E (TTM)
30.34
Price/Sales (TTM)
3.28
vs. Analyst Target
+1.4% to analyst PT
Profit Margin
11.12%
Operating Margin (TTM)
9.66%
Revenue (TTM)
$859M
Earnings Growth (YoY)
-7.10%
Dividend Rate
None
Analyst Target Price
$41.71 (2 analysts)
Financial History
Annual Revenue & Earnings History
Year
Revenue
Net Income
Gross Profit
EBITDA
2021
$831M
$19.4M
$609M
$139M
2022
$856M
$35.9M
$641M
$147M
2023
$915M
$59.6M
$691M
$174M
2024
$829M
-$148M
$642M
-$60.9M
2025
$823M
-$367M
$644M
-$295M
2026
$859M
$95.5M
$638M
$168M
Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income
Quarter
Revenue
Net Income
Jun 2025
$187M
-$3.7M
Sep 2025
$219M
$25.8M
Dec 2025
$251M
$55.1M
Mar 2026
$203M
$18.2M
Ownership & Float
Insider Ownership
3.8%
Institutional Ownership
97.8%
Short Float
4.0%
% of All Funds Holding
3.16%
Number of Funds Holding
260
Current Moving Averages
Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.
Timeframe
SMA
Value
Trend Context
Weekly
10-Week SMA
$35.68
Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly
40-Week SMA
$29.44
Medium-term trend
Weekly
80-Week SMA
$25.85
Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly
200-Week SMA
$25.93
Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly
10-Month SMA
$29.61
Near-term monthly trend
Monthly
20-Month SMA
$25.91
Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly
40-Month SMA
$24.98
Secular monthly trend
Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance
Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume
creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative
volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.
Price Level
Type
Volume Ratio
Age
$28.60
support
1.27x
1 months ago
$25.60
support
1.02x
6 months ago
$21.20
support
1.27x
8 months ago
Historical Earnings Reactions (107 events)
Timeframe
Avg Return
Median
Win Rate
Best
Worst
Gap
-0.01%
0.20%
57.94%
20.41%
-23.34%
1 Day
1.05%
0.14%
51.40%
29.79%
-29.51%
1 Week
1.21%
1.51%
56.07%
39.33%
-25.35%
2 Weeks
1.35%
0.99%
50.47%
41.20%
-32.20%
1 Month
1.04%
0.44%
51.89%
58.49%
-57.63%
Next earnings: August 6, 2026 (70 days away)
Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns
Monthly Seasonality
Month
Avg Return
Win Rate
Samples
Jan
3.7%
55.6%
27
Feb
-3.4%
40.7%
27
Mar
-2.7%
51.9%
27
Apr
1.9%
44.4%
27
May
5.3%
50.0%
26
Jun
-0.2%
46.2%
26
Jul
-0.4%
57.7%
26
Aug
-3.1%
38.5%
26
Sep
2.9%
48.1%
27
Oct
5.4%
59.3%
27
Nov
6.4%
66.7%
27
Dec
-1.0%
44.4%
27
Day-of-Week Tendencies
Day
Avg Return
Win Rate
Samples
Monday
0.11%
49.1%
1264
Tuesday
0.14%
48.8%
1383
Wednesday
0.01%
49.4%
1382
Thursday
0.14%
48.6%
1355
Friday
0.04%
47.9%
1352
Top Institutional Holders
Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.
Total institutional ownership: 97.8%
Insider Transactions — Smart Summary
Total insider ownership: 3.8%
Founder-led management: Anil K. Singhal (Co-Founder, President, CEO, Chairman of the Board)
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