Investors Are Waking Up To Netapp Inc (NASDAQ: NTAP) After Rising 42.90% Over The Past 12 Months

Netapp Inc (NASDAQ:NTAP) currently has a daily average trading volume of 1.67M but it saw 2445543 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 26.24B USD, the company’s current market price of $129.05 came rising about 3.51 while comparing to the previous closing price of $124.67. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $135.45 and as low as $83.62. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $125.001 while lowest mark touched by it was $129.73.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Netapp Inc (NTAP) gives us an average price of $122.88, while its current price level is -4.72% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 54.33% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $122.54 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $116.88. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 2.96% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 2.89%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 60.01 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

The company’s shares got several price updates from the analyst firms in past one month and most recent of them is from the TD Cowen which reiterated the stock as “Buy” in its note to investors issued on November 22, 2024, recommending a price target of between $145 and $160 for it.

Over the week, NTAP’s stock price is moving -0.42% down while it is 11.78% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 46.38% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 42.90%.

The latest quarterly earnings report issued by the company reported quarterly earnings per share (EPS) of 1.94 beat the consensus estimate of 1.69 for the same. The company is expected to be releasing its next quarterly report in January, for which analysts forecasted an EPS of 1.9 while estimate for next year EPS is 7.31. In next quarter, company is expected to be making quarterly sales of $1.76B as analysts are expecting the sales for current fiscal year at $6.64B and seeing the company making $7B in sales next year. Moreover, analysts are in estimates of $1.69B for current-quarter revenue.

Currently, Netapp Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 203.00M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 48.94% and return on equity (ROE) at 138.51%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 23.68 while having a 16.42 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.22. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 29.37 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 4.06. Its return on asset (ROA) is 12.73% on average.