NetApp Valuation

Is NTA undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of NTA when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: NTA (€112.22) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€197.78)

Significantly Below Fair Value: NTA is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for NTA?

Key metric: As NTA is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for NTA. This is calculated by dividing NTA's market cap by their current earnings.
What is NTA's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio20.9x
EarningsUS$1.15b
Market CapUS$24.06b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does NTA's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for NTA vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average53.3x
HPE Hewlett Packard Enterprise
11.3x0.6%US$28.8b
4901 FUJIFILM Holdings
16.7x9.5%JP¥3.9t
2382 Quanta Computer
20.7x19.7%NT$1.1t
PSTG Pure Storage
164.4x49.3%US$21.1b
NTA NetApp
21x5.1%€24.2b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: NTA is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21x) compared to the peer average (52.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does NTA's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Tech Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
NTA 20.9xIndustry Avg. 22.5xNo. of Companies4PE01020304050+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: NTA is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21x) compared to the Global Tech industry average (22x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is NTA's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

NTA PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio20.9x
Fair PE Ratio14x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: NTA is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst NTA forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€112.22
€132.42
+18.0%
9.6%€152.56€110.61n/a17
Dec ’25€117.52
€130.62
+11.1%
9.2%€151.60€109.91n/a17
Nov ’25€107.74
€120.55
+11.9%
10.1%€140.38€97.82n/a16
Oct ’25€109.20
€120.55
+10.4%
10.1%€140.38€97.82n/a16
Sep ’25€106.14
€118.54
+11.7%
9.9%€139.95€97.51n/a16
Aug ’25€116.08
€118.68
+2.2%
10.5%€144.24€97.71n/a16
Jul ’25€118.22
€116.85
-1.2%
10.0%€143.45€97.18n/a16
Jun ’25€111.00
€109.53
-1.3%
8.2%€127.21€96.79n/a16
May ’25€94.27
€97.07
+3.0%
9.6%€110.74€78.44n/a17
Apr ’25€98.20
€95.70
-2.5%
9.8%€109.63€77.66n/a16
Mar ’25€101.50
€91.47
-9.9%
11.7%€110.74€71.98n/a16
Feb ’25€79.70
€83.05
+4.2%
9.5%€96.48€67.08n/a16
Jan ’25€78.50
€82.11
+4.6%
7.9%€92.90€67.82n/a18
Dec ’24€82.70
€80.04
-3.2%
8.2%€91.88€67.07€117.5218
Nov ’24€67.75
€75.60
+11.6%
10.1%€93.59€58.96€107.7418
Oct ’24€71.05
€75.60
+6.4%
10.1%€93.59€58.96€109.2018
Sep ’24€69.85
€72.26
+3.4%
10.2%€83.31€57.39€106.1418
Aug ’24€69.65
€68.66
-1.4%
9.5%€80.22€54.99€116.0818
Jul ’24€68.75
€68.17
-0.8%
10.2%€81.56€54.98€118.2218
Jun ’24€66.00
€67.79
+2.7%
10.6%€82.72€55.76€111.0018
May ’24€56.65
€64.15
+13.2%
9.9%€78.29€52.80€94.2719
Apr ’24€56.63
€66.77
+17.9%
9.1%€80.08€54.01€98.2020
Mar ’24€59.82
€68.86
+15.1%
12.0%€94.27€54.68€101.5021
Feb ’24€59.64
€70.76
+18.7%
14.4%€101.53€53.53€79.7021
Jan ’24€55.94
€72.65
+29.9%
14.4%€103.60€54.62€78.5021
Dec ’23€64.60
€76.81
+18.9%
13.7%€104.50€61.75€82.7021

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/27 08:33
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/23 00:00
Earnings2024/10/25
Annual Earnings2024/04/26

Data Sources

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Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

NetApp, Inc. is covered by 70 analysts. 19 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
James KelleherArgus Research Company
Josep BoriAtlantic Equities LLP
Jayson NolandBaird