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NetApp, Inc.

$NTAP·$33B·Computer Hardware·Technology
$159.69-1.5%YTD+48.3%1Y+53.3%
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NTNTAP
$NTAPNetApp, Inc.
$159.69-1.49%337 posts+18%
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Top X posts

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $NTAP, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Proven numbersAcceleratingAI verdict · as of 2026-07-17

The move is getting stronger, with heavier trading behind it.

Storage leader up 48% YTD on AI-data-feeding thesis with DataPelago acquisition just closed.

NetApp is the leader in unified-storage systems — ONTAP-based on-prem and cloud storage that feeds enterprise AI workloads and traditional applications. The AI-training-and-inference narrative has taken NTAP from range-bound to breakout mode.

What's driving the tape:

  • Growth is accelerating: Q4 revenue up 12.5% YoY to $1.95B, and the four-quarter growth stack has moved from 1% to 4% to 12% — clear inflection.
  • Margins are strong: operating margin 27%, FCFy 5.6% — this is what mature-storage business economics look like at scale.
  • The multiple is reasonable: 26x trailing earnings and 20x FY27 consensus EPS of $7.98 — priced for continued acceleration.
  • The DataPelago acquisition announced July 16 makes data AI-ready at the infrastructure layer — real capability build-out.
  • Insider action: officer Elizabeth O'Callahan sold $171K on July 14 — small sale, no cluster.
  • Position confirms the run: 67% of 52-week range, YTD +48%, t12m +53%.

The forward view: the August 26 fiscal Q1 print is the referee. A beat with continued mid-teens growth plus specific commentary on the DataPelago integration and hyperscaler storage design wins is what extends the accelerating leg. What breaks it: an in-line print with maintenance guidance, or a specific PureStorage competitive-win.

Agrees with X sentimentThe bullish X read on NTAP as high-performance AI-storage feeding GPUs and the peer basket with STX/DELL/HPE/WDC is directionally right. Our take agrees the setup is running.

What to watch: August 26 fiscal Q1 earnings and DataPelago integration commentary; a PureStorage competitive-win would break the accelerating leg.

On the calendar: 2026-08-26 — Q1 FY2027 earnings

X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Bullish sentiment6 posts analyzed · as of 2026-07-15

NetApp chatter is bullish storage/AI-infra. Community frames NTAP as high-performance storage feeding data to GPUs - avoiding chip idle time. Traders trimmed at +100% on long calls letting the rest ride 8/21 expiry. Chart bulls flag NTAP 'gets tight, range contracts, and boom' - a repeatable fractal setup. Community groups NTAP with STX/DELL/HPE/WDC as storage AI-infra plays. Community broadly long.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Sells ONTAP cloud storage software and hybrid flash arrays helping enterprises manage data across on-premises and cloud.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Computer Hardware sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $NTAP.

Computer Hardware · Technology

No material change from last week — STX and WDC (SanDisk spinoff) benefit from LLM training requiring petabyte-scale nearline storage infrastructure.

What this means for $NTAP

Partial — Sells ONTAP cloud storage software and hybrid flash arrays helping enterprises manage data across on-premises and cloud; the LLM training data storage demand pulling HDD/SSD production cycle is a secondary rather than primary near-term earnings catalyst.

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Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
25.8How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
19.2%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
24.1%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
5.6%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
4.8Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
114%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
70.7%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
1.8Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q1 2026May 28, 2026$2.43$2.27+7.0%
Q4 2025Feb 26, 2026$2.12$2.06+2.9%
Q3 2025Nov 25, 2025$2.05$1.88+9.0%
Q2 2025Aug 27, 2025$1.55$1.54+0.6%
Next earningsWed, Aug 26·consensus EPS $2.11

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q4 FY26$1.9B+12.5%70.1%27.3%$2.05$900.0M
Q3 FY26$1.7B+4.4%70.6%25.2%$1.69$271.0M
Q2 FY26$1.7B+2.8%72.0%23.4%$1.53$78.0M
Q1 FY26$1.6B+1.2%70.4%19.8%$1.16$620.0M

Forward consensus

7-year forecast · up to 14 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$6.8B$6.8B – $6.9B$7.98$7.95 – $8.0212
FY26$6.8B$6.8B – $6.9B$7.98$7.95 – $8.0214
FY27$7.5B$7.4B – $7.6B$8.91$8.86 – $9.0414
FY27$7.2B$7.0B – $7.9B$8.55$7.95 – $8.9414
FY28$7.9B$7.6B – $8.3B$9.85$9.19 – $10.4913
FY28$7.6B$7.6B – $7.6B$9.41$9.06 – $9.7712
FY29$8.3B$8.3B – $8.3B$10.50$10.23 – $10.944

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.7×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.67%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.+6.4%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+35.1%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMid float · 194.6M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today1.2% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β1.455-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellJul 10Elizabeth M O'callahanEVP, Chief Admin. Officer1.0K sh$171KSellJun 23Cesar CernudaPresident49.5K sh$7.7MSellJun 10Elizabeth M O'callahanEVP, Chief Admin. Officer1.0K sh$163KSellJun 3Gerald HeldDirector7.1K sh$1.3MSellMay 18De Lorenzo DanielVP, Controller & CAO275 sh$33KSellMay 11Elizabeth M O'callahanEVP, Chief Admin. Officer1.0K sh$118KSellApr 10Elizabeth M O'callahanEVP, Chief Admin. Officer1.0K sh$96KSellMar 10Elizabeth M O'callahanEVP, Chief Admin. Officer1.0K sh$101KSellFeb 17De Lorenzo DanielVP, Controller & CAO252 sh$26KSellFeb 10Elizabeth M O'callahanEVP, Chief Admin. Officer1.0K sh$103K
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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

No material 8-K / SC 13D / S-3 / 424B5 filings in the last 180 days.

+ 8 other (3 13Gs · 1 10-K · 1 8-K · 1 SD) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

NetApp Acquires DataPelago, Making Data AI-Ready at the Infrastructure Layerbusinesswire.com·17h agoWhy NetApp (NTAP) is a Top Growth Stock for the Long-Termzacks.com·19h agoNetApp, Inc. (NTAP) is Attracting Investor Attention: Here is What You Should Knowzacks.com·19h agoWhy NetApp (NTAP) is a Top Momentum Stock for the Long-Termzacks.com·3d agoGraniteShares Launches NTAL, TDCL and BTDL, 2x Long ETFs on NetApp, Teradata and Bitdeerglobenewswire.com·3d ago

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