NetApp (NTAP) Stock Overview
Provides a range of enterprise software, systems, and services that customers use to transform their data infrastructures in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. More details
| Snowflake Score | |
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| Valuation | 3/6 |
| Future Growth | 2/6 |
| Past Performance | 4/6 |
| Financial Health | 6/6 |
| Dividends | 4/6 |
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Analyst Price Targets
NetApp, Inc. Competitors
Price History & Performance
| Historical stock prices | |
|---|---|
| Current Share Price | US$197.79 |
| 52 Week High | US$209.06 |
| 52 Week Low | US$93.69 |
| Beta | 1.43 |
| 1 Month Change | 1.70% |
| 3 Month Change | 23.84% |
| 1 Year Change | 58.03% |
| 3 Year Change | 160.18% |
| 5 Year Change | 111.22% |
| Change since IPO | 15,337.27% |
Recent News & Updates
Recent updates
Narrative Update • Sep 08
NTAP: AI Storage Demand And Cloud Partnerships Will Support Fair Valuation Balance
NetApp's analyst fair value target has moved up from $186.31 to $194.19 as analysts point to stronger revenue and margin estimates supported by recent "strong" quarters, raised long term revenue and EPS forecasts, and broad based demand, even as some firms trim valuation multiples on margin headwinds and pull forward concerns. Analyst Commentary Recent Street research on NetApp points to a mix of optimism on execution and growth, alongside a more cautious view on how much of that strength is already reflected in the stock.Seeking Alpha • Sep 03
NetApp Stock Is Buyable Here, Better In The $140s
Summary NetApp, Inc. delivered a record fiscal first quarter, with revenues up 30% and EPS up 66%, beating all expectations. NTAP raised fiscal 2027 revenue guidance by $650 million, implying 17% growth, but expects slower growth in coming quarters. Profitability remains exceptional: gross margin near 71%, EBIT margin 24.5%, and return on equity over 100%, supporting an 18x earnings multiple. I rate NTAP stock a Buy for its profitability and guidance raise, but see $140–$155 as the most attractive accumulation range. Read the full article on Seeking AlphaNarrative Update • Aug 24
NTAP: AI Storage Demand And Partnerships Will Offset Full Valuation Risks
NetApp's updated analyst price target of $210, up from $170, reflects a series of higher Street targets that cite stronger enterprise storage spending, AI infrastructure demand and recent earnings outperformance, even as analysts flag elevated expectations and full valuation risk. Analyst Commentary Recent research on NetApp highlights a mix of optimism around growth opportunities and caution around how much of that story may already be reflected in the stock.
Narrative Update • Aug 10
NTAP: AI Storage Upswing Will Eventually Buckle Under Rising Component Costs
Analysts lifted the NetApp fair value estimate from $137.0 to $150.0, reflecting a series of higher Street price targets that point to stronger confidence in AI driven storage demand and the company’s recent execution. Analyst Commentary Recent Street research around NetApp highlights a clear split between bullish optimism on AI driven storage demand and a more reserved camp that is focused on valuation, execution risks, and the durability of current trends.Narrative Update • Jul 16
NTAP: AI Infrastructure Demand And Partnerships Will Counter Memory Cost Pressures
NetApp's analyst-derived fair value has edged up from $171.75 to $175.69 as analysts factor in higher price targets tied to stronger AI infrastructure demand, recent Q4 earnings strength, and expectations that the company's storage and cloud portfolio can support these revised assumptions. Analyst Commentary Recent Street research on NetApp shows a broad reset higher in price targets, with analysts reacting to Q4 execution, AI related storage demand, and shifts in the company’s product mix.Narrative Update • Jul 02
NTAP: AI Infrastructure Momentum Will Mask Mounting Component Cost Pressures
The analyst price target for NetApp rises from $121.86 to $137.00 as analysts factor in recent price target increases across the Street tied to strong Q4 results, AI infrastructure demand, and expectations that the company can manage higher component costs while maintaining margins. Analyst Commentary Recent research on NetApp highlights a wide range of views, with many firms lifting price targets following strong Q4 results and increased interest in AI infrastructure.Analysis Article • Jun 19
NetApp (NTAP) Stock Could Be 7% Undervalued After EPS Estimate Revisions
Estimate Revisions Put NetApp (NTAP) Back in Focus Upward revisions to consensus earnings per share estimates have put NetApp (NTAP) back on investor radar, drawing attention to how shifting expectations may relate to the stock’s recent strong price performance. See our latest analysis for NetApp. The recent revision to earnings expectations comes on top of strong share price momentum for NetApp, with a 30-day share price return of 34.24% and a 90-day share price return of 57.96%. The 1-year...Narrative Update • Jun 18
NTAP: AI Infrastructure And Hybrid Cloud Strength Will Offset Memory Cost Risks
Analysts have nudged the NetApp price target higher to $171.75 from $167.93, reflecting updated assumptions that include slightly adjusted revenue growth, profit margin expectations, discount rate, and a higher future P/E multiple, supported by recent research citing strong Q4 results, AI infrastructure demand, and an expanding solutions portfolio. Analyst Commentary Recent Street research around NetApp reflects a broadly constructive tone, with most firms lifting price targets after the latest Q4 and FY26 results, while still flagging some areas of execution and valuation risk.New Narrative • Jun 15
AI Storage And Cloud Services Dependence Will Increase Earnings Risk Over Time
Catalysts About NetApp NetApp provides data storage and data management solutions across on premises, public cloud and hybrid cloud environments, including offerings tailored for AI workloads. What are the underlying business or industry changes driving this perspective?Analysis Article • Jun 12
NetApp's (NASDAQ:NTAP) Earnings Seem To Be Promising
Shareholders appeared to be happy with NetApp, Inc.'s ( NASDAQ:NTAP ) solid earnings report last week. Looking deeper...Narrative Update • Jun 04
NTAP: AI And Hybrid Cloud Partnerships Will Offset Higher Memory Cost Pressures
NetApp's fair value estimate has been raised from about $117 to about $168. This change reflects higher analyst price targets that credit stronger recent earnings, improving margins, and growing interest in the company's role in supporting on-premise AI infrastructure and storage demand.
New Narrative • Jun 01
AI And Cloud Catalysts Will Drive Stronger Profitability For This Data Storage Leader
Catalysts About NetApp NetApp provides data storage and data management solutions for enterprise and cloud environments. What are the underlying business or industry changes driving this perspective?Narrative Update • Apr 24
NTAP: Flash And Cloud Exposure Will Counter Higher Memory Cost Pressures
NetApp's analyst price target has edged lower by about $0.80 to roughly $117, as analysts factor in concerns around higher memory component costs and potential pressure on product gross margins, while still seeing some support from flash and public cloud exposure. Analyst Commentary Recent Street research on NetApp points to a mixed setup, with most firms trimming price targets and highlighting both execution strengths and margin risks tied to memory costs.Narrative Update • Apr 07
NTAP: Flash And Cloud Mix Will Offset Rising Memory Cost Headwinds
Narrative Update on NetApp NetApp's updated fair value framework remains steady at about $118 per share while analysts fine tune assumptions around discount rates and product margins. This is reflected in recent price target moves that range from $88 to $120 as they weigh higher memory component costs against expectations for flash and public cloud mix.Narrative Update • Mar 24
NTAP: Flash And Cloud Mix Will Outweigh Rising Memory Cost Headwinds
Narrative Update The analyst price target for NetApp has been reset to $117.93. This reflects mixed recent revisions as analysts weigh higher memory and component costs, pressure on product gross margins, and solid expectations for flash- and cloud-driven revenue over time.Narrative Update • Mar 10
NTAP: Flash And Public Cloud Mix Will Offset Rising Memory Costs
Analysts have nudged their blended price target for NetApp lower to around $118, reflecting recent cuts from firms citing rising memory component costs and pressure on product gross margins, partially offset by expectations for ongoing growth in flash and public cloud revenue. Analyst Commentary Recent research on NetApp reflects a mixed setup, with price targets clustered around the low to mid US$100s and attention firmly on memory costs, product margins and the balance between traditional hardware and higher growth flash and cloud offerings.Narrative Update • Feb 18
NTAP: Margin Execution And Flash Leadership Will Support Future Memory Risk Upside
Analysts have reduced their blended price target on NetApp by $15 to $110. The change reflects slightly lower assumptions for revenue growth, profit margins and future P/E multiples, as well as growing caution around memory exposure across the hardware and storage group.Narrative Update • Feb 04
NTAP: Margin Strength And Flash Leadership Will Support Future Upside
Analysts have nudged their price expectations for NetApp to about $123 per share, reflecting steady views on revenue, margins and future P/E. They are also factoring in recent research that highlights solid execution in all flash arrays, firm gross margins, and a mix of Buy, Overweight and Neutral ratings with targets ranging from $120 to $134.Narrative Update • Jan 21
NTAP: Margin Strength And Flash Plus Cloud Execution Will Drive Upside
Analysts have trimmed their price target on NetApp by about $1.52 to roughly $122.81. This reflects a mix of tempered fair value and P/E assumptions, even as recent research highlights solid margins, strength in all flash arrays and ongoing growth in public cloud.Narrative Update • Jan 06
NTAP: Margin Strength And Flash Plus Cloud Mix Will Support Upside
Narrative Update Analysts have lifted their blended price target for NetApp to a range of about $120 to $134, reflecting confidence in the company’s gross margins and the performance of its all flash array and public cloud offerings. Analyst Commentary Recent research updates show analysts focusing heavily on NetApp's profitability profile and the mix of its storage offerings, with price targets now clustered between about $120 and $134.Narrative Update • Dec 14
NTAP: Margin Strength And Cloud Momentum Will Support Measured Future Upside
Analysts have nudged our NetApp price target slightly lower to approximately $124.33 from $125.00, reflecting only modest tweaks to long term growth, margin, and valuation assumptions, even as recent Street research highlights stronger than expected margins, robust all flash array performance, and sustained high teens public cloud growth. Analyst Commentary Recent Street commentary presents a largely constructive view on NetApp, with price targets edging higher alongside recognition of stronger profitability and resilient demand trends.Analysis Article • Dec 03
NetApp (NASDAQ:NTAP) Has Announced A Dividend Of $0.52
The board of NetApp, Inc. ( NASDAQ:NTAP ) has announced that it will pay a dividend of $0.52 per share on the 21st of...Narrative Update • Nov 29
NTAP: Solid Margin Performance Will Drive Shares Higher In Coming Quarters
NetApp's analyst price target has increased from $121.27 to $125.00. This reflects analyst confidence in the company's solid margin performance and continued growth in key product areas following a strong earnings report.Narrative Update • Nov 15
NTAP: Product Margin Recovery And Cloud Strength Will Offset Regional Weakness
Analysts have slightly increased their fair value estimate for NetApp to $121.27 per share from $121.14, citing steady performance relative to expectations and anticipations of recovering product margins along with resilient cloud software results. Analyst Commentary Recent updates from Wall Street highlight a mix of optimism and caution regarding NetApp’s outlook, as reflected by slight price target increases and recognition of both strengths and challenges within the company's recent results.Narrative Update • Oct 31
NTAP: Cloud Software Momentum And Margin Recovery Will Drive Measured Upside Ahead
Analysts have increased their price targets for NetApp, with Barclays raising its target by $8 to $125. The firm cited expectations for product margin recovery and continued strength in cloud software.Narrative Update • Oct 16
AI And Hybrid Cloud Migration Will Expand Global Reach
Analysts have modestly increased their price target for NetApp from $119.71 to $121.14 per share. They cite expectations for recovering product margins and continued strength in cloud software despite recent mixed quarterly results.Narrative Update • Sep 25
AI And Hybrid Cloud Migration Will Expand Global Reach
Analysts have raised NetApp’s price target modestly to $119.71, citing resilience in cloud software and enterprise hardware spending offsetting margin weakness and regional softness, while viewing the recent share selloff as overdone. Analyst Commentary Quarterly results were in line with internal expectations, but not as strong as key peers, especially Pure Storage, which is outperforming NetApp.Narrative Update • Aug 27
New AI And Cloud Solutions Will Strengthen Future Market Position
NetApp’s consensus price target was modestly raised to $117.07 as analysts cited better-than-expected enterprise hardware spending, strong Q4 results, improved operating leverage, and AI market positioning, supporting a cautiously positive outlook. Analyst Commentary Supply chain updates indicate enterprise hardware spending is tracking modestly better than expected, excluding print and consumer computer categories.Shareholder Returns
| NTAP | US Tech | US Market | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7D | -0.7% | 1.4% | -0.2% |
| 1Y | 58.0% | 48.6% | 11.9% |
Return vs Industry: NTAP exceeded the US Tech industry which returned 48.6% over the past year.
Return vs Market: NTAP exceeded the US Market which returned 11.9% over the past year.
Price Volatility
| NTAP volatility | |
|---|---|
| NTAP Average Weekly Movement | 6.0% |
| Tech Industry Average Movement | 10.9% |
| Market Average Movement | 6.8% |
| 10% most volatile stocks in US Market | 15.0% |
| 10% least volatile stocks in US Market | 2.9% |
Stable Share Price: NTAP has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the US market.
Volatility Over Time: NTAP's weekly volatility (6%) has been stable over the past year.
About the Company
| Founded | Employees | CEO | Website |
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| 1992 | 11,700 | George Kurian | www.netapp.com |
NetApp, Inc. provides a range of enterprise software, systems, and services that customers use to transform their data infrastructures in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. It operates through two segments, Hybrid Cloud and Public Cloud. The company offers data management software, such as NetApp ONTAP, ONTAP One, NetApp Snapshot, NetApp SnapCenter Backup Management, NetApp SnapMirror Data Replication, and NetApp SnapLock Data Compliance; and storage infrastructure solutions, including NetApp AFF and ASA A-Series and C-Series, NetApp AFX, NetApp Fabric Attached Storage (FAS), NetApp E/EF series, and NetApp StorageGRID.
NetApp, Inc. Fundamentals Summary
| NTAP fundamental statistics | |
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| Market cap | US$38.68b |
| Earnings (TTM) | US$1.42b |
| Revenue (TTM) | US$7.39b |
27.4x
P/E Ratio5.3x
P/S RatioIs NTAP overvalued?
See Fair Value and valuation analysisEarnings & Revenue
| NTAP income statement (TTM) | |
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| Revenue | US$7.39b |
| Cost of Revenue | US$2.17b |
| Gross Profit | US$5.22b |
| Other Expenses | US$3.80b |
| Earnings | US$1.42b |
Last Reported Earnings
Jul 31, 2026
Next Earnings Date
Dec 01, 2026
| Earnings per share (EPS) | 7.22 |
| Gross Margin | 70.63% |
| Net Profit Margin | 19.19% |
| Debt/Equity Ratio | 166.4% |
How did NTAP perform over the long term?
See historical performance and comparisonDividends
1.1%
Current Dividend Yield29%
Payout RatioDoes NTAP pay a reliable dividends?
See NTAP dividend history and benchmarks| NetApp dividend dates | |
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| Ex Dividend Date | Oct 09 2026 |
| Dividend Pay Date | Oct 28 2026 |
| Days until Ex dividend | 20 days |
| Days until Dividend pay date | 39 days |
Does NTAP pay a reliable dividends?
See NTAP dividend history and benchmarksCompany Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
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| Company Analysis | 2026/09/18 04:11 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2026/09/18 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2026/07/31 |
| Annual Earnings | 2026/04/24 |
Data Sources
The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.
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| Company Financials | 10 years |
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| Analyst Consensus Estimates | +3 years |
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| Market Prices | 30 years |
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| Ownership | 10 years |
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| Management | 10 years |
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| Key Developments | 10 years |
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* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.
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Analyst Sources
NetApp, Inc. is covered by 46 analysts. 18 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.
| Analyst | Institution |
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| James Kelleher | Argus Research Company |
| Jayson Noland | Baird |
| Timothy Long | Barclays |