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NetApp, Inc.

NTAP

Technology · 199.33 +8.6% today

Isolated · not yet confirmedMarket checked 11 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4

Market read

NetApp, Inc.'s current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.

The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 2 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 14 directly disclosed connections are confirming.

What changed
  • Revenue increased 5.4% versus the comparable filing period.
Company+8.6% todayVolume comparison unavailable
Market group0 of 2 activeEnterprise Storage · unavailable
Disclosed network0 of 8 confirmingNo filing-linked name is confirming now
What would change this read
  • Inventory rose sharply as NetApp cited strategic component purchases and finished goods to fulfill customer demand, making cash conversion the key operating balance to compare.
  • Total compensation costs increased 15%, primarily from higher incentive compensation and one additional week in the period.

Invalidation: The isolated read changes if NTAP's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.

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Research brief

The story so far

Technology · Software - Infrastructure

The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 2 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 14 directly disclosed connections are confirming.

Evidence that supports
  • Revenue increased 5.4% versus the comparable filing period.
  • Operating margin improved 3.8 percentage points.
  • Operating cash flow covered net income at 1.62x, improving versus the comparable period.
Evidence that challenges

No thresholded adverse filing evidence is available yet.

What would clarify the read
  • Inventory rose sharply as NetApp cited strategic component purchases and finished goods to fulfill customer demand, making cash conversion the key operating balance to compare.
  • Total compensation costs increased 15%, primarily from higher incentive compensation and one additional week in the period.

Company research

Understand the business, not just the ticker

As of Sep 12, 2026
Business model and earnings drivers

Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.

Key research questions
  • Which operating variable is changing?
  • Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
  • What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
Annual periods9
Price observations602
Usable filing statements168
Verified relationships13
Evidence supporting the case
  • Latest annual revenue changed +5.4% year over year.
  • Operating margin changed +3.8 percentage points in the latest annual period.
  • Operating cash flow covered net income at 1.62x in the latest annual period.
  • Credit and interest rates has repeated favorable evidence across 6 filings.
  • Demand and volume has repeated favorable evidence across 6 filings.
  • Foreign exchange has repeated favorable evidence across 4 filings.
Evidence challenging the case
  • Product pipeline and R&D has repeated adverse evidence across 6 filings.
  • Supply chain and availability has repeated adverse evidence across 6 filings.
Questions before a position
  • P/E is 66% below the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
  • EV/sales is 21% below the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Longer-term price context

Price as of Sep 11, 2026

199.33
6m+105.6%12m+61.4%24m+74.5%
Annual trajectory

Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.

PeriodRevenueYoYDiluted EPSShare change
2022-04-29$6.3B+10.0%$4.09+1.3%
2023-04-28$6.4B+0.7%$5.79-3.9%
2024-04-26$6.3B-1.5%$4.63-3.2%
2025-04-25$6.6B+4.9%$5.67-1.9%
2026-04-24$6.9B+5.4%$6.35-3.8%

What management says matters

Persistent and emerging business drivers

Credit and interest ratespositive · 6 filings
Other Expense, Net (in millions, except percentages) The components of other expense, net were as follows: Three Months Ended July 31, 2026 July 25, 2025 % Change Interest income $ 33 $ 36 (8 )% Interest expense (29 ) (29 ) — % Other, net (4 ) (12 ) NM Total…
10-Q · Sep 2, 2026
Demand and volumepositive · 6 filings
Inventories increased by $176 million, primarily due to higher strategic purchases of components and an increase in finished goods to fulfill customer demand.
10-Q · Sep 2, 2026
Product pipeline and R&Dnegative · 6 filings
Total compensation costs included in sales and marketing, research and development and general and administrative expenses increased by $75 million, or 15%, in the first quarter of fiscal 2027 compared to the corresponding period of the prior year, primarily…
10-Q · Sep 2, 2026
Supply chain and availabilitynegative · 6 filings
Hybrid Cloud product gross margins were relatively flat in the first quarter of fiscal 2027 compared to the corresponding period of the prior year primarily reflecting higher selling prices offset by higher component costs.
10-Q · Sep 2, 2026

Valuation discipline

Descriptive valuation snapshot

Price/sales 5.8× · EV/sales 5.8×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.

Scenario scaffold

Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.

Price action

How the market is pricing the story

199.33+8.6% today

Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 11 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.

Developments

No sourced recent-development timeline yet

Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for NTAP. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.

Business and financial condition

Reported financial figures are not available yet

Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.

Earlier comparable assessment · baseline

Fundamentals strengthened in the latest filing

10-K filed 2026-06-05 against the comparable filing from 2025-06-09.

A newer Struct brief is shown above. This older assessment remains here for comparison, not as the current read.

constructive
OperationsconstructiveEvidence score +2
liquidityconstructiveEvidence score +1
valuationmixed

What improved

  • Revenue increased 5.4% versus the comparable filing period.
  • Operating margin improved 3.8 percentage points.
  • Operating cash flow covered net income at 1.62x, improving versus the comparable period.

What weakened

No thresholded deterioration was identified.

Filing receipts

Financial Results and Key Performance Metrics Overview The following table provides an overview of key financial metrics for the years indicated (in millions, except per share amounts and percentages): Year Ended April 24, 2026 April 25, 2025 April 26, 2024 Net revenues $ 6,925 $ 6,572 $ 6,268 Gross profit $ 4,899 $ 4,613 $ 4,433 Gross margin 71 % 70 % 71 % Income from operations $ 1,674 $ 1,337 $ 1,214 Income from operations as a percentage of net revenues 24 % 20 % 19 % Provision for income taxes $ 372 $ 197 $ 277 Net income $ 1,276 $ 1,186 $ 986 Diluted net income per share $ 6.35 $ 5.67 $ 4.63 Net cash provided by operating activities $ 2,067 $ 1,506 $ 1,685 April 24, 2026 April 25, 202...

Public Cloud revenues increased in fiscal 2026 and fiscal 2025 compared to the respective prior years primarily due to higher customer demand, driven by NetApp’s diversified cloud offerings and overall growth in the cloud market.

Provision for Income Taxes (in millions, except percentages): Our provision for income taxes and effective tax rates were as follows: Year Ended April 24, 2026 April 25, 2025 % Change April 26, 2024 % Change Provision for income taxes $ 372 $ 197 89 % $ 277 (29 )% Effective tax rate 22.6 % 14.2 % NM 21.9 % NM NM - Not Meaningful The differences in the effective tax rates between fiscal years were primarily due to fiscal 2025 benefits related to the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) substantially completing the examination of our fiscal 2018 and fiscal 2019 U.S. income tax returns, which resulted in the recognition of a tax benefit of $36 million attributable to the release of related tax res...

Retrospective baseline calibration. It was generated after the filing date and is not part of Jodie's live track record.

Business ecosystem

The relationships behind NTAP

Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.

Depends on

SNX24.0% of NTAPcustomerJun 9, 2025

Sales to customers Arrow Electronics, Inc.

ARW21.0% of NTAPcustomerJun 9, 2025

Sales to customers Arrow Electronics, Inc.

Depended on by

PEverpure, Inc.competitorJun 5, 2026

Our main competitors include legacy vendors, such as Dell EMC, NetApp, Hitachi Vantara, HP Enterprise, and IBM, each of which offer a broad range of systems targeting various use cases and end markets and have the technical and financial resources to bring co…

Filing peers

Companies whose filings use similar operating language.

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What is moving around it

Live connections

NTAP is currently a Early Follower in the organic co-movement group Enterprise Storage. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 3 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.

Context history

Theme membership history

No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.