Stocks · Technology · Communication Equipment
NETGEAR, Inc. NTGR
$23.56 +2.88% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $632.3M
Next earnings report: Oct 28, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $-1.45, down 167.1% year over year.
- Operating margin narrowed to -4.2% from 8.4% a year earlier.
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 9 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +100.0%).
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 15%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 8%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 5%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 9%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 13%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 26%
- Gross marginBottom 32%
- Operating marginBottom 30%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 46%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 21%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 18%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 18%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 7%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 16%
- 6-month returnBottom 28%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 25%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 40%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 44%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 4%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 23%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 8%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 37%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 20%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 18%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 37%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 2.8% | -1.4% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -270.7% | -167.1% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 33.8% | 38.2% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 8.4% | -4.2% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 15.7% | -2.8% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -1.4% | 2.8% | ↓ | Bottom 15% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -167.1% | -270.7% | ↑ | Bottom 8% |
| Gross margin | 38.2% | 33.8% | ↑ | Bottom 32% |
| Operating margin | -4.2% | 8.4% | ↓ | Bottom 30% |
| Net margin | -5.9% | 9.1% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -2.8% | 15.7% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -5.4% | — | Bottom 26% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -9.4% | — | Bottom 9% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -5.8%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 6.4%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +7.7 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- Net cash
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 12.89%
- Shareholder yield
- 12.89%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -6.5%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -2.7%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 28, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 9
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $33.25
- Target vs current price
- +41.1%
- Analysts with a rating
- 17
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 29%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | +1100.3% | -0.3% | -0.7% | -14.1% | — |
| Apr 29, 2026 | +175.0% | +4.0% | +2.9% | +3.7% | +0.2% |
| Feb 4, 2026 | +420.0% | -3.7% | -1.6% | +3.4% | +20.6% |
| Oct 29, 2025 | +233.3% | -0.9% | -12.2% | -24.8% | -36.3% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | +137.5% | -1.7% | -4.6% | +8.0% | +26.6% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | +105.7% | +0.5% | +14.5% | +25.4% | +7.4% |
| Feb 5, 2025 | +75.0% | -0.4% | +9.4% | -12.2% | -0.9% |
| Oct 30, 2024 | +525.0% | +1.2% | +13.0% | +22.7% | +29.6% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | $0.16 | $0.01 | +1100.3% | $168.6M |
| Apr 29, 2026 | $0.06 | -$0.08 | +175.0% | $158.8M |
| Feb 4, 2026 | $0.26 | $0.05 | +420.0% | $182.5M |
| Oct 29, 2025 | $0.12 | -$0.09 | +233.3% | $184.6M |
| Jul 30, 2025 | $0.06 | -$0.16 | +137.5% | $170.5M |
| Apr 30, 2025 | $0.02 | -$0.35 | +105.7% | $162.1M |
| Feb 5, 2025 | -$0.06 | -$0.24 | +75.0% | $182.4M |
| Oct 30, 2024 | $0.17 | $0.03 | +525.0% | $182.9M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 82.7× | — | — | — |
| EV / Sales | 0.73× | — | — | Top 7% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -3.07% | — | — | Bottom 18% |
| Earnings yield | -6.15% | — | — | Bottom 21% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 10.4× – 71.2× since Jun 27, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -30.2%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -167.1%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -39.2%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 2
- Days above the 200-day average
- 1
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.5%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.5%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +4.7%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +2.0%
- RSI (14)
- 63.0
- Relative volume
- 0.82×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 41.4%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 52th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.62
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.50
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -34.6%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -44.8%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 2021 | Oct 25, 2023 | -76.9% | 691 days | Not yet recovered |
| Oct 21, 2020 | Nov 9, 2020 | -20.5% | 13 days | 24 days (Dec 14, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $632.3M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$1.45
- Revenue (TTM)
- $688.1M
- 52-week range
- $19.00 – $36.86
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.17B | $932.5M | $740.8M | $673.8M | $693.4M |
| Gross profit | $365.8M | $250.5M | $249.3M | $195.9M | $251.0M |
| Operating income | $66.6M | -$82.9M | -$33.3M | $12.2M | -$35.1M |
| Net income | $49.4M | -$69.0M | -$104.8M | $12.4M | -$32.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.59 | -$2.38 | -$3.57 | $0.42 | -$1.14 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $182.9M | $182.4M | $162.1M | $170.5M | $184.6M | $176.2M | $158.8M | $168.6M |
| Net income | $85.1M | -$8.9M | -$6.0M | -$6.4M | -$4.8M | -$15.6M | -$13.0M | -$7.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.90 | -$0.31 | -$0.21 | -$0.22 | -$0.17 | -$0.54 | -$0.47 | -$0.27 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$4.6M | -$13.7M | $56.9M | $164.8M | $1.6M |
| Capital expenditure | -$9.9M | -$5.8M | -$5.8M | -$9.0M | -$20.5M |
| Free cash flow | -$14.4M | -$19.5M | $51.1M | $155.8M | -$18.9M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$60.5M | -$29.2M | -$2.8M | -$36.5M | -$41.7M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $267.9M
- Total assets
- $788.7M
- Total liabilities
- $332.3M
- Total debt
- $45.8M
- Net debt
- -$128.5M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $456.4M
As of Jun 28, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 2,146,441
- Days to cover
- 7.33
- Change vs previous report
- -7.8%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jan 2, 2019
- 403-for-250