NetScout Systems (NTCT) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $0.71
- Estimate
- $0.67
- Surprise
- +6.8%
- Revenue (period 2026-09-30)
- $222.2M
- Score today
- 6.4/10
Revenue source: xbrl.
How the report landed
NetScout Systems (NTCT) beat the $0.67 estimate with adjusted EPS of $0.71 — a clear 6.8% upside surprise.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates NTCT Hold at 6.4/10; no pre/post engine snapshot brackets this report.
4 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +6.8% surprise compares with a +19.1% four-quarter average.
What supports the rating
- Strong earnings beat streak (4/4)
- Attractive valuation
What argues against it
- Concentration risk — Supplier: sole source suppliers (hardware components)
- Sector modifier (Technology): -0.8
- Negative momentum
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $31.70
- Price target
- $39.52
- Stop
- $29.83
- Upside to target
- +24.7%
- Reward-to-risk
- 2.3:1
The stock trades at 19.5× trailing but 11.1× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Risk check: RSI 23 — a level conventionally read as oversold.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-11-06 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
NTCT at TrendMatrix's latest read
Technology names get repriced on forward expectations more than trailing prints — a quarter here is read through next-year growth and multiple, not the EPS line alone.
- Industry
- Software - Infrastructure
- Market cap
- $2.31B
- P/E (fwd)
- 11.1
- P/E (ttm)
- 19.5
- 52-week range
- $25.29–$45.28
- Off 52-week high
- 30.0%
- RSI (14)
- 23
- Volume vs avg
- 0.33×
- Score today
- 6.4/10