August 29, 2024
We bump up our F2025/F2026E (Apr) EPS for NetApp (NTAP; $131.91; E/W) from $6.90/$7.75 to $7.15/$8.00 after a solid FQ1 (Jul) EPS beat drove some incremental confidence in the company’s full F2025E EPS guidance. Specifically,…
August 28, 2024
NetApp (NTAP; $131.91; E/W) reported FQ1 (Jul) non-GAAP EPS of $1.56, which was ahead of our $1.47 and the Street’s $1.45, on some sales upside ($1,541mm vs. our $1,538mm and the Street’s $1,526mm) and better…
August 21, 2024
We think the risk/reward skews somewhat positive for the shares of NetApp (NTAP; $133.25; E/W) into its FQ1 (Jul) results and outlook next Wednesday (8/28 after market), albeit with puts and takes for investors to…
June 13, 2024
We raise our F2026E (Apr) EPS for NetApp (NTAP; $125.73; E/W) from $7.30 to $7.75 (+12% YoY) while maintaining F2025E forecasts at $6.90 (+6%) after attending the company’s Investor Day in New York on Tuesday…
May 31, 2024
We are adjusting our F2025E (Apr) EPS for NetApp (NTAP; $116.50; E/W) from $6.85 to $6.90 to account for somewhat better forward guidance after FQ4 (Apr) results largely came in as we expected. Specifically, FQ4…
May 23, 2024
We think NetApp (NTAP; $114.11; E/W) produces some solid upside with its FQ4 (Apr) results and outlook, which are scheduled for Thursday, May 30th (after market), vs. our and Street estimates. At the same time,…
May 20, 2024
Last week, NetApp (NTAP; $110.47; E/W) announced a new AFF A-Series all-flash array (AFA) storage system aimed at increasing enterprise needs to “re-think” storage infrastructure strategies for the accelerated development of artificial intelligence (AI) applications….
March 6, 2024
Yesterday, NetApp (NTAP; $104.80; E/W) announced some incremental developments on the artificial intelligence (AI) front. Although we assume AI-workloads are not a significant sales driver of storage systems until customers start to deploy models capable…
March 1, 2024
NetApp (NTAP; $108.44; E/W) shares are surging 20%+ this morning on the heels of a solid “beat and raise” off further momentum with its revamped all-flash array (AFA) product line that is driving an unexpected…
February 22, 2024
We think FQ3 (Jan) results and FQ4 (Apr) guidance from NetApp (NTAP; $86.03; E/W), scheduled for next Thursday (2/29 after market), are unlikely to change our F2024/F2025E (Apr) EPS thinking much given further evidence of…
November 29, 2023
We raise F2024/F2025E (Apr) EPS for NetApp (NTAP; $90.15; E/W) from $5.75/$6.25 to $6.18/$6.70 after a solid “beat and raise” in the face of what it still sees as a soft IT spending environment with…
November 28, 2023
NetApp (NTAP; $78.11; E/W) reported FQ2 (Oct) non-GAAP EPS of $1.58, which comfortably beat our $1.37 and the Street’s $1.39 on somewhat better than expected sales ($1,562mm vs. our $1,525mm and the Street’s $1,528mm). As…
November 20, 2023
We think the EPS bar for NetApp (NTAP; $77.52; E/W) is set at a reasonable level ahead of its FQ2 (Oct) results and outlook, which are set for Tuesday, November 28th (after market). We think…
October 25, 2023
On Monday (10/23), we attended NetApp’s (NTAP; $73.84; E/W) first in-person Insight Conference in four years in Las Vegas. Our time at the company’s user conference included Financial Analysts Tech Sessions, where NTAP walked through…
August 24, 2023
NetApp’s (NTAP; $76.53; E/W) FQ1 (July) EPS was $1.15 (-4% YoY), which beat our $1.05 and the Street’s $1.07, on basically as expected sales and upside from some higher gross margins and tighter opex controls,…