Computer Storage Devices · SIC 3572

NetApp, Inc.

NTAP

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Latest revenue

$1.71B

as of 2026-01-23

Latest net income

$334.0M

as of 2026-01-23

Net margin

19.5%

as of 2026-01-23

Price · 5Y

+15.2% / yr 1.4 pts / yr vs S&P 500 102.4% total
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delayed ≤15 min
$139.36
12.44%
Market cap
$27.50B
Enterprise value
$28.36B
P/E (trailing)
23.2×
Forward P/E
P/B
23.75×
Dividend yield
1.5%
52-wk high
$141.75
52-wk low
$93.69
Beta
Shares out
197.3M

5-year trend

dashed bar = fiscal Q4 derived from 10-K annual − Q1 − Q2 − Q3 (SEC requires only three 10-Qs per year).

What this company does

AI

NetApp sells enterprise data storage hardware, software, and cloud services that help large organizations store, manage, and protect their data across on-premises systems and public clouds. Services revenue (support contracts and cloud subscriptions) now slightly exceeds product sales, generating $927M versus $786M in the latest quarter, with total nine-month revenue of $4.98B up 3% year-over-year. The company is leaning hard into shareholder returns, paying down $750M in debt while spending $750M on buybacks and $310M on dividends over nine months as operating cash flow jumped 34% to $1.12B.

Generated from NTAP's filing dated 2025-06-09

Key risks

AI
  • Thin equity cushion: stockholders' equity just $1.16B against $9.97B assets and $2.49B long-term debt, leaving little buffer if demand softens.
  • Cash burn from capital returns: nine-month outflows included $750M buybacks, $750M debt repayment and $310M dividends, dropping cash from $2.74B to $1.63B.
  • Modest top-line growth: Q3 revenue up only 4.4% YoY ($1.71B vs $1.64B); product gross margin compressed as product COGS rose 7% on 3.7% product revenue growth.

Generated from NTAP's filing dated 2025-06-09

Profitability

Gross margin

70.2%

0.8%

Operating margin

20.3%

5.0%

Net margin

18.0%

14.7%

Return on equity

114.0%

34.0%

Return on assets

11.0%

9.9%

Leverage

Debt / equity

9.41×

24.9%

Long-term debt / equity

2.39×

39.0%

Debt / assets

90.4%

2.4%

Earnings tracker

QuarterRevenueYoYNet incomeYoYNet margin

Q1 2026

2026-01-23

$1.71B+4.4%$334.0M+11.7%19.5%

Q4 2025

2025-10-24

$1.71B+2.8%$305.0M+2.0%17.9%

Q3 2025

2025-07-25

$1.56B+1.2%$233.0M-6.0%14.9%

Q2 2025

2025-04-25

$1.73B+3.8%$340.0M+16.8%19.6%

Q1 2025

2025-01-24

$1.64B+2.2%$299.0M-4.5%18.2%

Q4 2024

2024-10-25

$1.66B+6.1%$299.0M+28.3%18.0%

Q3 2024

2024-07-26

$1.54B+7.6%$248.0M+66.4%16.1%

Q2 2024

2024-04-26

$1.67B$291.0M17.4%

Year-over-year change vs the same fiscal quarter one year prior. Revenue + net income sourced from SEC 10-Q / 10-K filings — no analyst-consensus dependency.

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Computer Storage Devices · SIC 3572

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Insider activity

Insider buying

$0

Insider selling

$5.3M

Net activity

−$5.3M

Distinct insiders

3

Open-market trades over the last 365 days.

Recent transactions

DateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-05-18

Daniel De Lorenzo

VP, Controller & CAO

Sale275$120.00$33.0K
2026-05-11

Elizabeth M O'Callahan

EVP, Chief Admin. Officer

Sale1,000$117.73$117.7K

Source: SEC Form 4 filings. Officers, directors, and 10%+ owners must disclose share transactions within two business days. RSU grants and tax-withholding rows are excluded by default — compensation activity is not a trading signal.

Who owns NTAP

Institutional value

$12.06B

Total shares held

123.1M

Distinct holders

621

As of

2026-03-31

Filers with $100M+ AUM disclose holdings 45 days after quarter end.

Top institutional holders

#ManagerSharesValueQoQ changeAction
1BlackRock, Inc.19.9M$2.04BNew
2VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC12.7M$1.30BNew
3VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC12.5M$1.28BNew
4PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/9.1M$927.4MNew
5UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC4.1M$415.7MNew
6Invesco Ltd.3.9M$398.5MNew
7CITIGROUP INC3.8M$386.7MNew
8FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP3.7M$374.5MNew
9Boston Partners3.6M$367.7MNew
10LYRICAL ASSET MANAGEMENT LP2.5M$258.8MNew
11DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP2.1M$218.1MNew
12JPMORGAN CHASE & CO1.8M$179.7MNew
13Legal & General Group Plc1.7M$176.0MNew
14TD ASSET MANAGEMENT INC1.6M$164.1MNew
15Bank of New York Mellon Corp1.4M$147.3MNew
16UBS Group AG1.2M$126.3MNew
17DEUTSCHE BANK AG\1.2M$123.4MNew
18VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO1.1M$111.8MNew
19Allianz Asset Management GmbH1.0M$106.4MNew
20HSBC HOLDINGS PLC1.0M$104.3MNew

Source: SEC Form 13F-HR. Positions aggregated across sub-managers within each firm. Options (puts/calls) excluded — common stock only.

Top questions investors are asking

AI
  1. 1

    Product revenue grew only 3.7% YoY to $786M despite the AI storage tailwind—why is NetApp underperforming peers, and when does acceleration come?

  2. 2

    Product gross margin compressed to 55.1% from 56.5% YoY—is this NAND cost inflation, pricing pressure, or mix, and how much further downside?

  3. 3

    With cash down to $1.63B after $750M buybacks and $750M debt repayment, what's the floor before you slow repurchases or re-lever?

Refreshed when NTAP files a new report · last from 2025-06-09