* Note: Prices are in Million (M) USD.
Description:
NetScout Systems, Inc. provides service security and cybersecurity solutions to protect digital business services from disruption in the United States, Europe, Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company is headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts.
These criteria used Company's Cash, EBITDA and Debt balance to determines its fair value:
Cash : $457 M
Debt : $44 M
EBITDA : $144 M
Since Cash is greater than Total Debt, 5 points assigned.
This criteria used industry in which company operates:
Sector: Information Technology
Industry: Software - Infrastructure
Based on industry, 5 points assigned.
This criteria used Company's Price To Earning (P/E) Ratio to determines its fair value:
Message: Cannot calculate PE Ratio since EPS is either 0 or negative.
Using default values for calculation.
Forward PE Ratio (using default values): 20.00
Since Forward PE Ratio is between 20 - 25, 2 points assigned.
This criteria used Company's ability to convert Sales into free cash flow to determine fair value:
Average Free Cash Flow: $111 M
Average Revenue: $593 M
Revenue Converted To Free Cash Flow (%): 19%
Avg Free Cash Flow Growth Per Year (Last 5 Years): 46.50%
Since Free Cash Flow (FCF) to Revenue percentage is greater than 15, 3 points assigned.
This criteria used company's growth potential to calculate its fair value:
Latest Revenue (2025-03-31): $823 M
Revenue 4 Years Ago (2021-03-31): $831 M
Last 5 Years Average Revenue Growth: -0%
Since Revenue Growth is between 0 - 5, 1 point assigned.
This criteria used Company's ability to buy back its own share:
Latest Share Count (2025-03-31): $73 M
Share Count 5 Years Ago (2021-03-31): $74 M
Company is buying back its own shares, 3 points assigned.
This criteria used Company's dividend payout ratio to determine its fair value:
Message: Cannot calculate payout ratio because EPS is either 0 or negative.
Using default values for calculation.
Based on default values, 1 points assigned.
This criteria used Company's Return On Equity (ROE%) to determine its fair value:
Average ROE: 3%
Since Average ROE is less than 10, 1 point assigned.
This criteria used Company's current price to its 52 week low price to determines its fair value:
Current Price: $22
52-Week Low: $18
Threshold Price (15% Above 52-Week Low): $21
Since Current price is not within 15% threshold, 0 point assigned.
This criteria used Company's Market Cap to determines its fair value:
Market Capitalization: $1,587 M
Since Market Cap is less than 10B, 1 point assigned.
% Exposure to Total Portfolio
Based on the market cap, we recommend do not exceed 2% exposure of Total Portfolio.
Value-Trade has assigned 22 points to above NetScout Systems Inc (NTCT) stock.
Last 19 Years Avg PE (Limited to last 19 years of EPS data) 20.61, Fair Value PE 25 and Industry Based PE is 30. Based on these three values average assigned is 25.20.
The fair value of NetScout Systems Inc (NTCT) stock cannot be calculated since EBITDA and EPS are either 0 or negative.
