Company Analysis

NetScout Systems, Inc. (NTCT)

Nasdaq: NTCT · Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design · Westford, MA · filing with the SEC since 1999
Grade6.0
◀ Past 5.2● Present 6.9▶ Future 6.2

The grade of NetScout Systems, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.0/10
◀ Past5.240% of the headline
● Present6.935% of the headline
▶ Future6.225% 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?

5.2/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
5.1/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2026-06-03.

weight 33% of this tense · 51st percentile among 45 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

NetScout Systems, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2026-06-03) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
4.4/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

-0.8% a year over 8 filed years; profitable in 4 of 8.

weight 45% of this tense · 44th percentile among 38 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

NetScout Systems, Inc.'s 8 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $910 million in fiscal 2019 to $859 million in fiscal 2026, down 0.8% a year; it rose in 3 of 7 years; the deepest fall was 10% from fiscal 2023 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 4 of 8 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span-0.8%bottom 28% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 18% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 30% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak10.0%top 41% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
6.8/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 0.1% a year. 24% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 18 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 68th percentile among 22 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-03-31, NetScout Systems, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 0.1% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 24% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 18 sales (17 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-27 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 24% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 40% 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?

6.9/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.5/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 6%: 6¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 30%: owes 30¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 65th percentile among 41 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-03-31, NetScout Systems, Inc. earned about 6 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 29 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 30 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 2.4% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 20% of its family
  • return on equitytop 38% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 40% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 42% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
6.3/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 36% of 40 in its family; net margin 11.1%.

weight 45% of this tense · 64th percentile among 40 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

NetScout Systems, Inc.'s standing among 40 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $859 million in fiscal 2026 ranks in the top 32% by size; a net margin of 11.1% ranks in the top 16%; revenue growth of -2% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 39% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$859Mtop 32% of its family
  • net margin11.1%top 16% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-2.0%bottom 39% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
8.7/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 13% of 26 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2008.

weight 22% of this tense · 87th percentile among 26 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

NetScout Systems, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Singhal, Anil K (President & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2008-12-09, 17.9 years (top 6% of its family); the 14 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 10.4 years (top 2%); 5 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 14 people in charge now (top 31%; 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 charge5 in three years among 14 peopletop 31% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed10.4 yearstop 2% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record17.9 yearstop 6% 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?

6.2/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
8.0/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 20% of 39 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 80th percentile among 39 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

NetScout Systems, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $586 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 24.9% of its assets as net cash, top 21% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 33.2% of revenue (top 1%); a gross margin of 79.4% (top 5%); research spending of 18.6% of revenue (bottom 47%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets24.9%top 21% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue33.2%top 1% of its family
  • gross margin79.4%top 5% of its family
  • research spending against revenue18.6%bottom 47% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
3.8/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 38% of 38 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 38th percentile among 38 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

NetScout Systems, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew -2% a year over the last three filed years against -0.8% over all 8, slowing (bottom 45% of its family); the newest year grew 4.5% (bottom 39%); research spending grew -3.3% a year (bottom 30%); capital spending grew -4.6% a year (bottom 40%) (its annual reports). NetScout Systems, Inc. reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2026: Service at $489 million (57%), Product at $370 million (43%); 2 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-1.2 points a yearbottom 45% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth4.5%bottom 39% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending-3.3%bottom 30% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-4.6%bottom 40% 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
8.3/10

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

top 17% of 32 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 83rd percentile among 32 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

NetScout Systems, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $859 million in fiscal 2026 came in 10.1% above the $780 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 27% of its family); net income of $96 million against a prior three-year average of $152 million (top 8%); a net margin of 11.1% against -18.6% before (top 17%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace10.1%top 27% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+163%top 8% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+29.7 pointstop 17% 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 NTCT · research, not advice