NTCT

NetScout Systems, Inc.
NasdaqGSUSDEQUITY Technology DELAYED
Last price
40.53
▼ 0.67 (1.63%)
MARKET · —

Price

1D — H — L — Range — Vol —
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Open
40.91
Prev close
41.20
Day high
41.81
Day low
40.82
Volume
460.54K
Market cap
$2.98B
P/E (TTM)
25.30
52W range
25.20 – 45.28

Day trading desk

Current session · delayed
Gap from prior close
-0.70%
Prior close 41.20
VWAP
41.03
-1.22% from price
Relative volume
1.26×
Normal
Session range
7.21%
39.00 – 41.81
Position in range
54%
Mid range
ATR (14D)
1.03
2.54% of price
Prior day high
41.50
PDH
Prior day low
40.67
PDL
Bid / ask spread
—
Quote not published
Session volume
762.45K
Avg 607.24K

VWAP and the session figures are computed from the delayed intraday series on this page, so they lag the live tape and will not match a broker's real-time VWAP exactly. Turn on Prior day H/L/C, Opening range and Volume profile in the chart's Studies menu to see these levels drawn on price.

Trailing performance

Price return · vs SPY
Returnvs SPY
1W
+5.10% +3.2%
1M
+10.13% +9.0%
3M
-4.67% -9.2%
6M
+23.76% +5.6%
YTD
+51.48% +37.2%
1Y
+54.39% +38.0%
3Y
+46.29% -36.0%
5Y
— —

Price return only. Dividends are not reinvested, so total return on a dividend payer will be higher than shown.

Unusual options activity

Account required
Nothing crossed the thresholds in the expiries we scanned.
That is the normal state — most contracts trade well inside their existing open interest.
Free account required

Contracts trading at or above their open interest, ranked by notional and where the print landed.

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Options chains and analytics, valuation ratios, insider filings, analyst targets and ownership. No card, no trial, nothing to cancel.

Insider net activity

6m · Form 4 rollup
Net shares
+121.98K
Net buying
Buy transactions
27
162.23K shares
Sell transactions
8
40.25K shares
Net transactions
+35
Buys less sells
Sell : buy shares
0.2 : 1
Mixed
Insider-held shares
3.50M
Total on file
Bought 162.23KSold 40.25K

Insider transactions

Account required
DateInsiderAction SharesValueHeld
Sep 11, 26
PERRETTA CHRISTOPHER
Director
SELL 7.00K $266.00K Direct
Sep 10, 26
EGAN JOHN R
Director
— 7.00K — Direct
Sep 10, 26
DONAHUE ROBERT E
Director
— 7.00K — Direct
Sep 10, 26
VITALE VIVIAN M
Director
— 7.00K — Direct
Sep 10, 26
PERRETTA CHRISTOPHER
Director
— 7.00K — Direct
Sep 10, 26
GRASSO ALFRED
Director
— 7.00K — Direct
Sep 10, 26
NASH SHANNON
Director
— 7.00K — Indirect
Sep 10, 26
PELAGE MARLENE
Director
— 7.00K — Direct
Sep 10, 26
HADZIMA JOSEPH G JR.
Director
— 7.00K — Direct
Aug 25, 26
PIAZZA ANTHONY JOHN
Chief Financial Officer
— 2.50K — Direct
Aug 25, 26
MUNSHI SANJAY
Chief Operating Officer
— 3.00K — Direct
Aug 25, 26
SZABADOS MICHAEL
Director
SELL 4.00K $150.80K Direct
Aug 17, 26
MUNSHI SANJAY
Chief Operating Officer
SELL 2.27K $89.10K Direct
Aug 11, 26
DOWNING JOHN WILLIAM
Officer
SELL 8.00K $307.28K Direct
What this is, and what it is not

These are SEC Form 4 filings — officers, directors and 10% owners reporting their own trades in the company's stock. Filing is due within two business days of the transaction, so this lags reality by days, and the provider adds its own lag on top.

A sale is not automatically bearish. Executives sell on scheduled 10b5-1 plans, to cover tax on vesting equity, and to diversify. Purchases with cash are generally the more informative signal, and they are far rarer.

This does not include congressional or senate trading. That comes from STOCK Act disclosures filed with the Senate eFD system and the House Clerk, which this data source does not carry.

Free account required

Officer and director trades in their own stock, straight from Form 4 filings.

Insider holders

10 reporting
NameRelationShares heldLatest
BUA JEAN A
Officer 71.36K Sale
DONAHUE ROBERT E
Director 73.98K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security
DOWNING JOHN WILLIAM
Officer 127.81K Sale
EGAN JOHN R
Director 112.74K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security
GRASSO ALFRED
Director 42.00K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security
HADZIMA JOSEPH G JR.
Director 125.19K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security
PERRETTA CHRISTOPHER
Director 40.87K Sale
SINGHAL ANIL K
Chief Executive Officer 1.90M Conversion of Exercise of derivative security
SZABADOS MICHAEL
Director 41.65K Sale
VITALE VIVIAN M
Director 52.97K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security

Fundamentals

TTM · reported
Market cap$2.98B
Enterprise value$2.39B
Revenue (TTM)$883.16M
Gross profit$705.10M
EBITDA$187.76M
Net income$121.05M
EPS (TTM)$1.62
Free cash flow$226.41M
Total cash$629.41M
Total debt$39.98M
Book value / share$22.88
Shares outstanding72.71M
Float69.04M
Short % of float6.29%
Dividend yield0.00%
Beta (5Y)0.69

Valuation & profitability ratios

Account required
Trailing P/E25.30
Forward P/E14.66
PEG ratio1.64
Price / sales—
Price / book1.79
EV / revenue2.71
EV / EBITDA12.73
Gross margin79.84%
Operating margin6.89%
Profit margin13.71%
Return on equity7.54%
Return on assets3.67%
Debt / equity2.40
Current ratio1.83
Free account required

Fourteen ratios including P/E, PEG, EV/EBITDA, margins and return on equity.

Financial statements

As reported · 5 years · 5 quarters
Blank means not reported, not zero
Line item2026202520242023YoY
Total revenue $859.48M$822.68M$829.46M$914.53M +4.5%
Operating revenue $859.48M$822.68M$829.46M$914.53M +4.5%
Cost of revenue $176.99M$178.74M$187.41M$223.10M -1.0%
Gross profit $682.49M$643.94M$642.04M$691.43M +6.0%
Research & development $159.46M$152.86M$161.21M$176.17M +4.3%
Selling, general & admin $367.72M$364.77M$366.87M$380.42M +0.8%
Total operating expense $571.79M$564.08M$578.41M$611.99M +1.4%
Operating income $110.71M$79.86M$63.63M$79.45M +38.6%
Net interest income $12.13M$3.58M$951.00K-$5.33M +239.1%
Pre-tax income $118.51M-$365.79M-$144.51M$68.42M +132.4%
Tax provision $22.98M$1.13M$3.22M$8.77M +1,937.0%
Net income $95.53M-$366.92M-$147.73M$59.65M +126.0%
Net income to common $95.53M-$366.92M-$147.73M$59.65M +126.0%
Basic EPS 1.33-5.12-2.070.83 +126.0%
Diluted EPS 1.30-5.12-2.070.82 +125.4%
EBIT $120.21M-$358.63M-$135.86M$78.66M +133.5%
EBITDA $176.75M-$294.85M-$60.87M$164.58M +159.9%
Basic shares 71.98M71.63M71.47M71.78M +0.5%
Diluted shares 73.36M71.63M71.47M73.05M +2.4%

Options analytics

Account required
Put / call volume
0.07
Call-heavy session
Put / call open interest
—
Positioning, not flow
Max pain
30.00
-26.8% from spot
ATM implied vol
0.0%
Nearest strike to spot
Skew (10% OTM)
+12.5%
Puts bid over calls
Call volume
29
Contracts, this expiry
Put volume
2
Contracts, this expiry
Heaviest call OI
30.00
0 contracts
Heaviest put OI
30.00
0 contracts

Max pain is the strike at which the largest dollar value of open contracts expires worthless. It describes current positioning; it is not a forecast and it moves as open interest changes.

Free account required

Put/call ratios, max pain, implied volatility skew and where open interest is concentrated.

Earnings

History & consensus estimates
Reported vs expected · EPS
QuarterEst.ActualSurprise
Jun 2026 0.390.52 +33.3%
Mar 2026 0.460.52 +14.3%
Dec 2025 0.821.00 +22.0%
Sep 2025 0.450.62 +39.3%
Forward consensus
PeriodEPSAnalystsRevenueGrowth
Current quarter 0.67 2 $218.77M -0.1%
Next quarter 0.97 2 $259.08M +3.4%
Current year 2.74 2 $904.36M +5.2%
Next year 2.80 3 $925.32M +2.3%

Analyst targets & ownership

Account required
Mean target$43.38
High target$50.00
Low target$37.13
Implied upside7.02%
Analyst count3
ConsensusNONE
Strong buy / Buy0 / 2
Hold1
Sell / Strong sell0 / 0
Held by insiders4.81%
Held by institutions97.90%
Institutions holding440
Free account required

Price targets, consensus spread, insider and institutional ownership.

Moving averages & technicals

Computed from 2Y daily closes
SMA 10
40.00
+1.31% from price
SMA 20
39.13
+4.75% from price
SMA 50
39.05
+4.96% from price
SMA 100
40.13
+1.00% from price
SMA 200
35.30
+16.12% from price
EMA 12
39.98
+1.37% from price
EMA 26
39.41
+2.84% from price
EMA 50
39.29
+3.15% from price
RSI (14)
64.2
Neutral
MACD (12,26,9)
0.57
Hist 0.29
ATR (14)
1.03
2.51% of price
Realised vol 30D
21.9%
Annualised
Bollinger upper
41.42
20, 2σ
Bollinger lower
36.84
20, 2σ
50 / 200 cross
Golden
39.05 vs 35.30
Trend bias
Above 200
+16.12%

Options chain

Account required
Expiry
Spot 40.53
Calls
StrikeLastBidAskVolOIIV
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Puts
StrikeLastBidAskVolOIIV
000.000.000.000.00000.0%
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Free account required

Every listed expiry, both sides of the book, with volume, open interest and implied volatility.

Risk profile

Daily returns · 1Y window
Beta vs SPY
0.97
Less volatile than market
Correlation to SPY
0.40
Loosely linked
Realised vol 30D
21.9%
Annualised
Market vol 1Y
13.0%
SPY, annualised
Max drawdown 1Y
-17.5%
Peak to trough
Max drawdown 5Y
-53.4%
Peak to trough
ATR 14
1.03
2.51% of price
Beta (reported)
0.69
5Y monthly, from filing

Short interest

Semi-monthly exchange report · lags by ~2 weeks
Shares short
3.69M
Prior 2.97M
Change vs prior
+24.3%
Shorts adding
% of float
6.29%
Normal
% of shares out
5.08%
Against total outstanding
Days to cover
6.1
Crowded exit
Float
69.04M
Freely tradeable shares

Exchanges publish short interest twice a month with a settlement lag, so this is roughly two weeks behind. Days to cover divides shares short by average daily volume — it estimates how long covering would take, not whether it will happen.

Rating changes

42 on file
DateFirm ActionFromTo
May 8, 26 RBC Capital MAINTAINED Sector Perform Sector Perform
Jan 5, 26 RBC Capital MAINTAINED Sector Perform Sector Perform
Nov 7, 25 RBC Capital MAINTAINED Sector Perform Sector Perform
Aug 26, 25 B. Riley Securities INITIATED — Buy
Jan 31, 25 RBC Capital MAINTAINED Sector Perform Sector Perform
Jul 26, 24 RBC Capital MAINTAINED Sector Perform Sector Perform
May 5, 23 RBC Capital MAINTAINED — Sector Perform
May 5, 23 Piper Sandler UPGRADE Underweight Neutral
Jan 17, 23 Piper Sandler MAINTAINED — Underweight
May 31, 22 Piper Sandler DOWNGRADE Neutral Underweight
Nov 5, 21 RBC Capital MAINTAINED — Sector Perform
Jul 30, 21 RBC Capital MAINTAINED — Sector Perform

Dividends & splits

Declared · from the issuer
Forward rate—
Forward yield0.00%
5-year avg yield—
Payout ratio0.00%
Ex-dividend date—
Next pay date—
Last split—
Split date—

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