Company Analysis

NetApp, Inc. (NTAP)

Nasdaq: NTAP · Computer Storage Devices · San Jose, CA · filing with the SEC since 1996
Grade6.8
◀ Past 7.3● Present 6.9▶ Future 6.4

The grade of NetApp, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.8/10
◀ Past7.330% of the headline
● Present6.940% of the headline
▶ Future6.430% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

7.3/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.2/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 72nd percentile among 68 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

NetApp, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
6.4/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+2.6% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 64th percentile among 64 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

NetApp, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $5.5 billion in fiscal 2017 to $6.9 billion in fiscal 2026, up 2.6% a year; it rose in 7 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 12% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span2.6%bottom 42% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 27% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 24% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak11.9%top 34% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
9.0/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 3.0% a year. 81% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 43 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 90th percentile among 57 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-04-24, NetApp, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 3.0% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 81% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 43 sales (39 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-12 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 10% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 9% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.9/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
7.2/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 94%: 94¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 87%: owes 87¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 72nd percentile among 65 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-04-24, NetApp, Inc. earned about 94 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 46 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 87 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 3.8% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 12% of its family
  • return on equitytop 4% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 8% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 10% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
7.3/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 27% of 63 in its family; net margin 18.4%.

weight 33% of this tense · 73rd percentile among 63 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

NetApp, Inc.'s standing among 63 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $6.9 billion in fiscal 2026 ranks in the top 22% by size; a net margin of 18.4% ranks in the top 7%; revenue growth of 2.9% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 47% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$6.92Btop 22% of its family
  • net margin18.4%top 7% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth2.9%bottom 47% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
5.5/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 45% of 55 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2015.

weight 22% of this tense · 55th percentile among 55 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

NetApp, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Kurian, George (CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2015-06-03, 11.4 years (top 5% of its family); the 16 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5.3 years (bottom 45%); 10 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 16 people in charge now (bottom 23%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge10 in three years among 16 peoplebottom 23% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed5.3 yearsbottom 45% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record11.4 yearstop 5% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.4/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
8.7/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 13% of 63 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 87th percentile among 63 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

NetApp, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $2.1 billion against debt of $2.5 billion leaves -3.9% of its assets as net cash, top 35% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 27% of revenue (top 6%); a gross margin of 70.7% (top 3%); research spending of 14.3% of revenue (top 8%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-3.9%top 35% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue27.0%top 6% of its family
  • gross margin70.7%top 3% of its family
  • research spending against revenue14.3%top 8% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
4.2/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 42% of 64 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 42nd percentile among 64 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

NetApp, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew 2.9% a year over the last three filed years against 2.6% over all 10, speeding up (top 44% of its family); the newest year grew 5.4% (top 50%); research spending grew 1.2% a year (bottom 27%); capital spending grew -6.1% a year (bottom 36%) (its annual reports). NetApp, Inc. reported 4 product lines in fiscal 2026: Product at $3.2 billion (46%), Support at $2.6 billion (38%), Public Cloud at $688 million (10%), and 1 more; 4 of 4 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+0.3 points a yeartop 44% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth5.4%top 50% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending1.2%bottom 27% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-6.1%bottom 36% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
5.0/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 49% of 62 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 49th percentile among 62 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

NetApp, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $6.9 billion in fiscal 2026 came in 3.7% above the $6.7 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 46% of its family); net income of $1.3 billion against a prior three-year average of $1.1 billion (bottom 48%); a net margin of 18.4% against 17.9% before (top 46%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace3.7%bottom 46% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+11%bottom 48% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+0.5 pointstop 46% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton NTAP · research, not advice