NTCT Stock — NetScout Systems, Inc.

NetScout Systems, Inc. (NTCT)

Updated October 16, 2026.

NTCT is a Stock. Total return is 176.9% over the past 27.2 years, 666.4 points behind SPY at 843.3%.

NetScout Systems is a software and cybersecurity company that provides network service assurance, performance monitoring, and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) protection solutions to enterprises, telecommunications operators, and government agencies. The company serves customers across financial services, technology, healthcare, utilities, and other sectors through direct sales and reseller channels, using platforms like nGeniusONE for network management and Arbor solutions for cybersecurity. The company does not currently have an established dividend distribution program.

NTCT performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 176.9% over the past 27.2 years, 666.4 points behind SPY at 843.3%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 47.4%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 17.5%.

NTCT key facts

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

08/12/1999

Distribution frequency

None

Last close

$38.07 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$2,767,967,368

Average volume

541617.0

Beta

0.689

Payout ratio

0.0%

P/E ratio

24.25

Forward P/E

15.1515

EPS

$1.57

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (the posted rate) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

NTCT risks and drawbacks

Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 17.5%.

Who may consider NTCT — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (NTCT does not currently distribute); investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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