Netscout Systems Inc (NTCT)

NETSCOUT Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Fiscal Year 2026 Financial ResultsMay 7, 2026 7:30 AM
Business Wire Company Delivers Strong Fiscal Year 2026 Results and Achieves Key Strategic Objectives Fiscal Year 2027 Outlook Signals Continued Top- and Bottom-Line Growth NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC. (NASDAQ: NTCT), a leading provider of enterprise network observability, carrier service assurance, cybersecurity, and Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) protection solutions, today announced financial results for its fourth quarter and full fiscal year ended March 31, 2026. Remarks by Anil Singhal, NETSCOUT’s President & Chief Executive Officer: “We delivered strong fiscal year 2026 top- and bottom-line results, fueled by revenue growth across both our Cybersecurity and Service Assurance offerings, as we successfully navigate a dynamic macro environment. We achieved our key strategic objectives for the fiscal year by accelerating product innovation, driving annual revenue growth, and expanding margins, underscoring the strength of our strategy and the discipline of our execution. “Looking ahead, we are excited about the year in front of us and are leaning into this momentum. We are committed to executing our strategy and driving continued innovation, sustained revenue growth, and further operating margin expansion. We see significant opportunities over the long term to leverage NETSCOUT’s deep expertise in cybersecurity and network observability, together with our AI-ready data platform, to help customers advance their AI and digital transformation initiatives and to manage an increasingly complex digital environment where network performance, availability, and security are mission-critical.” Q4 FY26 Financial Results Total revenue for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2026 was $203.0 million, compared with $205.0 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025. Product revenue for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2026 was $80.7 million, or approximately 40% of total revenue for the period. This compares with product revenue of $89.5 million, or approximately 44% of total revenue, for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025. As of March 31, 2026, NETSCOUT had a total product backlog of approximately $50 million, which includes $45.8 million of fulfillable backlog. This compares to product backlog of approximately $33 million as of March 31, 2025, which included $25.1 million of fulfillable backlog. Service revenue for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2026 increased to $122.3 million, or approximately 60% of total revenue for the period. This compares with service revenue of $115.5 million, or approximately 56% of revenue, for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025. NETSCOUT’s GAAP income from operations was $19.6 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2026. This compares with GAAP income from operations of $19.9 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025. The Company’s GAAP operating margin was 9.6% in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2026, versus 9.7% in the same period in fiscal year 2025. Non-GAAP income from operations was $43.9 million, with a non-GAAP operating margin of 21.6%. This compares to non-GAAP income from operations of $47.3 million with a non-GAAP operating margin of 23.1% in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025. A reconciliation of all GAAP and non-GAAP results are included in the financial tables below. Net income (GAAP) for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2026 was $18.2 million, or $0.25 per share (diluted), versus a GAAP net income of $18.6 million, or $0.25 per share (diluted), for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025. Non-GAAP net income was $38.5 million, or $0.52 per share (diluted), for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2026, compared with $38.0 million, or $0.52 per share (diluted), for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025. Adjusted EBITDA in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2026 was $46.4 million, or 22.9% of quarterly revenue for the period. This compares to adjusted EBITDA of $50.3 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025, or 24.5% of quarterly revenue for the period. During the fourth quarter, NETSCOUT repurchased 1.0 million shares of its common stock for approximately $29 million. As of March 31, 2026, cash, cash equivalents, short and long-term marketable securities and investments increased to $705.1 million, compared with $492.5 million as of March 31, 2025. As of March 31, 2026, the Company had no debt outstanding under its $600 million revolving credit facility, which expires in October 2029. Full Fiscal Year 2026 Financial Results Total revenue for fiscal year 2026 was $859.5 million, up from $822.7 million in fiscal year 2025. Product revenue for fiscal year 2026 was $370.1 million, up from $359.9 million in fiscal year 2025. Service revenue for fiscal year 2026 was $489.3 million, up from $462.8 million in fiscal year 2025. NETSCOUT’s income from operations (GAAP) for fiscal year 2026 was $109.8 million, with a GAAP operating margin of 12.8%. This compares with a loss from operations (GAAP) for fiscal year 2025 of $367.6 million, which included total non-cash goodwill charges of $427.0 million. Non-GAAP income from operations for fiscal year 2026 increased to $218.5 million, with a non-GAAP operating margin of 25.4%. This compares with non-GAAP income from operations of $195.1 million and non-GAAP operating margin of 23.7% for fiscal year 2025. NETSCOUT’s net income (GAAP) for fiscal year 2026 was $95.5 million, or $1.30 per share (diluted). This compares with a net loss (GAAP) of $366.9 million, or $(5.12) per share (diluted), for fiscal year 2025, which includes the non-cash goodwill charged previously mentioned. Non-GAAP net income for fiscal year 2026 was $182.0 million, or $2.48 per share (diluted). This compares with non-GAAP net income of $160.4 million, or $2.22 per share (diluted), for fiscal year 2025. The Company’s adjusted EBITDA for the fiscal year 2026 was $228.1 million, or 26.5% of total revenue, versus adjusted EBITDA of $208.4 million, or 25.3% of total revenue for fiscal year 2025. During fiscal year 2026, NETSCOUT repurchased approximately 2.5 million shares of its common stock for an aggregate of approximately $60.8 million at an average price of $24.29 per share through its share repurchase program. Financial Outlook For fiscal year 2027, the Company is providing the following outlook, which reflects expected continued growth and margin expansion: Revenue is expected to be in the range of $885.0 million to $915.0 million, which implies year-over-year growth at the midpoint of 4.7%. GAAP net income per share (diluted) is expected to be in the range of $1.55 to $1.70. Non-GAAP net income per share (diluted) is expected to be in the range of $2.65 to $2.80, which implies year-over-year growth at the midpoint of 9.9%. On May 1, 2026, NETSCOUT closed on its acquisition of the assets of DigiCert, Inc.’s DDoS protection business, which is immediately accretive and is expected to contribute approximately $20 million in annualized revenue; the impact is included in the Company’s fiscal year 2027 outlook. A reconciliation between GAAP and non-GAAP numbers for NETSCOUT’s fiscal year 2027 outlook is included in the financial tables below. Recent Developments and Highlights In March, the Company released its second-half 2025 Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Threat Intelligence Report. NETSCOUT leverages passive internet vantage points to map the evolving DDoS landscape, providing unparalleled visibility into global attack trends. For more than 15 years, NETSCOUT has delivered trusted, consistent DDoS Intelligence based exclusively on directly observed, verifiable attack traffic. The report highlights that hyper-scale, coordinated threat activity continues to outpace global mitigation efforts, while the proliferation of DDoS-for-hire services is lowering barriers to entry and enabling a broader range of threat actors. At the same time, increasingly sophisticated reconnaissance and adaptive evasion techniques are challenging traditional defense models. As a result, the report underscores the need for organizations to adopt intelligent, autonomous defense capabilities to effectively manage the growing risk of large-scale operational disruption. In February, the Company announced the extension of its Omnis™ AI Insights solution to communications service providers (CSPs), delivering a critical data foundation for the adoption of agentic AI across customer experience and network operations. By transforming raw network data into AI-ready smart data, CSPs can deploy AI agents to enhance customer experience, enable predictive maintenance, and strengthen network security, driving greater operational efficiency, lower costs, and reduced risk. Conference Call Instructions NETSCOUT will host a conference call to discuss its fourth quarter and full fiscal year 2026 financial results and fiscal year 2027 financial outlook today at 8:30 a.m. ET. This call will be webcast live through NETSCOUT’s website at https://ir.netscout.com/investors/overview/default.aspx. Alternatively, investors can listen to the call by dialing (800) 267-6316, or (203) 518-9783 for international callers. The conference call ID is NTCTQ426. A replay of the call will be available after 12:00 p.m. ET today for approximately one week. The number for the replay is (800) 839-0861, or (402) 220-0661 for international callers. An archived version of the webcast, press release and conference call remarks will be available on NETSCOUT’s website for one year. Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information To supplement the financial measures presented in NETSCOUT's press release in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (GAAP), NETSCOUT also reports the following non-GAAP measures: non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP income from operations, non-GAAP operating margin, non-GAAP net income, non-GAAP diluted net income per share, and adjusted EBITDA. Non-GAAP gross profit removes expenses related to the amortization of acquired intangible assets, share-based compensation expense, and acquisition-related depreciation expense from gross profit (GAAP). Non-GAAP income from operations includes the aforementioned adjustments related to non-GAAP gross profit and also removes goodwill impairment charges, executive transition costs, and restructuring charges from income from operations (GAAP). Non-GAAP operating margin is non-GAAP income from operations expressed as a percentage of revenue. Non-GAAP net income includes the foregoing adjustments related to non-GAAP income from operations and also removes the income tax effects of such adjustments as well as any loss on extinguishment of debt from net income (GAAP). Non-GAAP diluted net income per share is non-GAAP net income divided by total outstanding shares on a diluted basis. Adjusted EBITDA includes the aforementioned adjustments related to non-GAAP net income and also removes interest and other expense, income taxes, and non-acquisition related depreciation from net income (GAAP). Beginning in the third quarter of fiscal year 2026, we have renamed non-GAAP EBITDA from operations to adjusted EBITDA. Investors are encouraged to review the related GAAP financial measures and the reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable GAAP financial measures included in the attached tables within this press release. These non-GAAP measures are not prepared in accordance with GAAP, should not be considered an alternative for measures prepared in accordance with GAAP (gross profit, income from operations, operating margin, net income, and diluted net income per share), and may have limitations because they do not reflect all NETSCOUT’s results of operations as determined in accordance with GAAP. These non-GAAP measures should only be used to evaluate NETSCOUT’s results of operations in conjunction with the corresponding GAAP measures. The presentation of non-GAAP information is not meant to be considered superior to, in isolation from, or as a substitute for results prepared in accordance with GAAP. NETSCOUT believes these non-GAAP financial measures will enhance the reader’s overall understanding of NETSCOUT’s current financial performance and NETSCOUT's prospects for the future by providing a higher degree of transparency for certain financial measures and providing a level of disclosure that helps investors understand how the Company plans and measures its own business. NETSCOUT believes that providing these non-GAAP measures affords investors a view of NETSCOUT’s operating results that may be more easily compared to peer companies and also enables investors to consider NETSCOUT’s operating results on both a GAAP and non-GAAP basis during and following the integration period of NETSCOUT’s acquisitions. Presenting the GAAP measures on their own, without the supplemental non-GAAP disclosures, might not be indicative of NETSCOUT’s core operating results. Furthermore, NETSCOUT believes that the presentation of non-GAAP measures when shown in conjunction with the corresponding GAAP measures provides useful information to management and investors regarding present and future business trends relating to its financial condition and results of operations. NETSCOUT management regularly uses supplemental non-GAAP financial measures internally to understand, manage and evaluate its business and to make operating decisions. These non-GAAP measures are among the primary factors that management uses in planning and forecasting. About NETSCOUT NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC. (NASDAQ: NTCT) is a leading provider of enterprise network observability, carrier service assurance, cybersecurity, and Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) protection solutions. NETSCOUT protects the connected world from cyberattacks and performance and availability disruptions through the company’s unique visibility platform and solutions powered by its pioneering deep packet inspection at scale technology. NETSCOUT serves the world’s largest enterprises, service providers, and public sector organizations. Learn more at www.netscout.com or follow @NETSCOUT on LinkedIn, X, or Facebook. Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and other federal securities laws. Examples of forward-looking statements include statements regarding our future financial performance or position, liquidity, results of operations, business strategy, plans and objectives of management for future operations, and other statements that are not historical fact. You can identify forward-looking statements by their use of forward-looking words such as “may,” “will,” “anticipate,” “expect,” “believe,” “estimate,” “intend,” “plan,” “should,” “seek,” or other comparable terms. Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements in this press release include, without limitation, statements regarding NETSCOUT’s ability to leverage the strength of its AI-ready data platform to help customers advance their AI and digital transformation initiatives and to manage an increasingly complex digital environment; NETSCOUT’s financial outlook and expectations; NETSCOUT’s strategic objectives, plans, commitments, aspirations and goals. Actual results could differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements due to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions, and other factors, including macroeconomic factors and slowdowns or downturns in economic conditions generally and in the market for advanced networks, service assurance and cybersecurity solutions specifically; the volatile foreign exchange environment; the Company’s relationships with strategic partners and resellers; dependence upon broad-based acceptance of the Company’s network performance management solutions; the presence of competitors with greater financial resources than the Company has, and their strategic response to the Company’s products; the Company’s ability to retain key executives and employees; the Company’s ability to realize the anticipated savings from restructuring actions and other expense management programs; potential lower than expected demand for the Company’s products and services; the Company’s ability to recognize the expected gain from its acquisition of the assets of DigiCert, Inc.’s DDoS protection business; and the timing and magnitude of stock buyback activity based on market conditions, corporate considerations, debt agreements, and regulatory requirements. The risks included above are not exhaustive. For a more detailed description of the risk factors associated with the Company, please refer to the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “Risk Factors” sections of the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including but not limited to, our annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. Any forward-looking information in this press release is as of the date of this press release, and NETSCOUT undertakes no obligation to update such information unless required by law. We may not actually achieve the plans, intentions, or expectations disclosed in our forward-looking statements and you should not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. NETSCOUT’s financial guidance is based on estimates and assumptions that are subject to significant uncertainties. ©2026 NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC. All rights reserved. NETSCOUT and the NETSCOUT logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC. and/or its subsidiaries and/or affiliates in the USA and/or other countries. NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC. Consolidated Statements of Operations (In thousands, except for per share data) (Unaudited)       Three Months Ended     Twelve Months Ended       March 31,     March 31,       2026     2025     2026     2025   Revenue:                         Product   $ 80,736     $ 89,517     $ 370,145     $ 359,894   Service     122,299       115,470       489,337       462,785   Total revenue    $ 203,035      $ 204,987     $ 859,482     $ 822,679   Cost of revenue:                         Product    $ 12,277      $ 15,657      $ 50,594      $ 57,463   Service     31,650       30,040       126,394       121,272   Total cost of revenue    $ 43,927      $ 45,697      $ 176,988      $ 178,735   Gross profit    $ 159,108      $ 159,290      $ 682,494      $ 643,944   Operating expenses:                         Research and development    $ 39,768      $ 36,737      $ 159,461      $ 152,864   Sales and marketing     63,626       66,562       264,538       268,051   General and administrative     24,936       23,917       103,185       96,724   Amortization of acquired intangible assets     11,165       11,583       44,602       46,440   Restructuring charges     25       605       883       20,500   Goodwill impairment     —       —       —       426,967   Total operating expenses   $ 139,520      $ 139,404      $ 572,669      $ 1,011,546   Income (loss) from operations    $ 19,588      $ 19,886      $ 109,825      $ (367,602 ) Interest and other income (expense), net     3,758       (1,685 )     8,683       1,808   Income (loss) before income tax expense (benefit)    $ 23,346      $ 18,201      $ 118,508      $ (365,794 ) Income tax expense (benefit)     5,106       (416 )     22,977       1,128   Net income (loss)   $ 18,240     $ 18,617     $ 95,531     $ (366,922 )                           Basic net income (loss) per share   $ 0.25     $ 0.26     $ 1.33     $ (5.12 ) Diluted net income (loss) per share   $ 0.25     $ 0.25     $ 1.30     $ (5.12 ) Weighted average common shares outstanding used in computing:                         Net income (loss) per share - basic     71,915       71,862       71,984       71,627   Net income (loss) per share - diluted     74,171       73,410       73,355       71,627   NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC. Consolidated Balance Sheets (In thousands) (Unaudited)       March 31,     March 31,       2026     2025   Assets             Current assets:             Cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities and investments   $ 667,957     $ 491,473   Accounts receivable and unbilled costs, net     151,473       163,654   Inventories and deferred costs     13,321       12,891   Prepaid expenses and other current assets     35,131       45,166   Total current assets    $ 867,882      $ 713,184                 Fixed assets, net     23,558       21,529   Operating lease right-of-use assets     35,553       37,717   Goodwill and intangible assets, net     1,284,887       1,335,073   Long-term marketable securities     37,188       1,004   Other assets     105,449       78,071   Total assets    $ 2,354,517     $ 2,186,578                 Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity             Current liabilities:             Accounts payable   $ 23,492     $ 18,208   Accrued compensation     84,515       56,696   Accrued other     21,667       20,280   Deferred revenue and customer deposits     330,601       301,753   Current portion of operating lease liabilities     9,874       10,995   Total current liabilities    $ 470,149      $ 407,932                 Other long-term liabilities     6,568       8,210   Deferred tax liability     2,225       2,643   Accrued long-term retirement benefits     28,336       27,379   Long-term deferred revenue and customer deposits     168,261       147,510   Operating lease liabilities, net of current portion     29,718       32,509   Total liabilities    $ 705,257      $ 626,183                 Stockholders' equity:             Common stock    $ 136      $ 134   Additional paid-in capital     3,325,400       3,255,333   Accumulated other comprehensive income     4,032       4,073   Treasury stock, at cost     (1,731,396 )     (1,654,702 ) Retained earnings (Accumulated deficit)     51,088       (44,443 ) Total stockholders' equity     1,649,260       1,560,395   Total liabilities and stockholders' equity    $ 2,354,517     $ 2,186,578   NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC. Reconciliation of Current GAAP to Current and Historical Non-GAAP Financial Measures (In thousands, except for per share data) (Unaudited)       Three Months Ended     Three Months Ended     Twelve Months Ended       March 31,     December 31,     March 31,       2026     2025     2025     2026   2025                                 Revenue (GAAP)   $ 203,035     $ 204,987     $ 250,683     $ 859,482   $ 822,679                                   Gross Profit (GAAP)   $ 159,108     $ 159,290     $ 204,654     $ 682,494   $ 643,944   Share-based compensation expense (1)     2,176       2,090       2,267       9,830     9,806   Amortization of acquired intangible assets (2)     550       993       550       2,202     3,978   Acquisition related depreciation expense (3)     2       1       2       7     6   Non-GAAP Gross Profit   $ 161,836     $ 162,374     $ 207,473     $ 694,533   $ 657,734                                 Income (Loss) from Operations (GAAP)   $ 19,588     $ 19,886     $ 64,315     $ 109,825   $ (367,602 ) GAAP Operating Margin     9.6 %     9.7 %     25.7 %     12.8 %   (44.7 )% Share-based compensation expense (1)     12,599       14,199       13,832       59,948     64,785   Amortization of acquired intangible assets (2)     11,715       12,576       11,706       46,804     50,418   Restructuring charges     25       605       25       883     20,500   Goodwill impairment     —       —       —       —     426,967   Acquisition related depreciation expense (3)     12       11       12       48     47   Executive Transition Costs (4)     —       —       —       959     —   Non-GAAP Income from Operations   $ 43,939     $ 47,277     $ 89,890     $ 218,467   $ 195,115   Non-GAAP Operating Margin     21.6 %     23.1 %     35.9 %     25.4 %   23.7 %                               Net Income (Loss) (GAAP)   $ 18,240     $ 18,617     $ 55,142     $ 95,531   $ (366,922 ) Share-based compensation expense (1)     12,599       14,199       13,832       59,948     64,785   Amortization of acquired intangible assets (2)     11,715       12,576       11,706       46,804     50,418   Restructuring charges     25       605       25       883     20,500   Goodwill impairment     —       —       —       —       426,967   Acquisition related depreciation expense (3)     12       11       12       48       47   Executive Transition Costs (4)     —       —       —       959       —   Loss on extinguishment of debt (5)     —       —       —       —       1,134   Income tax adjustments (6)     (4,116 )     (8,004 )     (6,971 )     (22,135 )     (36,503 ) Non-GAAP Net Income   $ 38,475     $ 38,004     $ 73,746     $ 182,038     $ 160,426                                   Diluted Net Income (Loss) Per Share (GAAP)   $ 0.25     $ 0.25     $ 0.75     $ 1.30     $ (5.12 ) Share impact of non-GAAP adjustments identified above     0.27       0.27       0.25       1.18       7.34   Non-GAAP Diluted Net Income Per Share   $ 0.52     $ 0.52     $ 1.00     $ 2.48     $ 2.22                                   Shares used in computing non-GAAP diluted net income per share     74,171       73,410       73,820       73,355       72,235     NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC. Reconciliation of Current GAAP to Current and Historical Non-GAAP Financial Measures - Continued (In thousands) (Unaudited)         Three Months Ended     Three Months Ended     Twelve Months Ended         March 31,     December 31,     March 31,         2026     2025     2025     2026     2025   (1) Share-based compensation expense included in these amounts is as follows:                                 Cost of product revenue   $ 275     $ 283     $ 298     $ 1,283     $ 1,296     Cost of service revenue     1,901       1,807       1,969       8,547       8,510     Research and development     3,843       4,062       4,114       17,479       17,956     Sales and marketing     4,412       4,915       4,749       20,721       22,765     General and administrative     2,168       3,132       2,702       11,918       14,258     Total share-based compensation expense   $ 12,599     $ 14,199     $ 13,832     $ 59,948     $ 64,785                                     (2) Amortization expense related to acquired software and product technology, tradenames, customer relationships included in these amounts is as follows:                                 Cost of product revenue   $ 550     $ 993     $ 550     $ 2,202     $ 3,978     Operating expenses     11,165       11,583       11,156       44,602       46,440     Total amortization expense   $ 11,715     $ 12,576     $ 11,706     $ 46,804     $ 50,418                                     (3) Acquisition related depreciation expense included in these amounts is as follows:                                 Cost of product revenue   $ 2     $ 1     $ 2     $ 7     $ 6     Cost of service revenue     —       —       —       —       —     Research and development     8       8       8       31       31     Sales and marketing     2       2       2       9       9     General and administrative     —       —       —       1       1     Total acquisition related depreciation expense   $ 12     $ 11     $ 12     $ 48     $ 47                                     (4) Executive transition costs included in these amounts is as follows:                                 General and administrative   $ —     $ —     $ —     $ 959     $ —     Total executive transition costs   $ —     $ —     $ —     $ 959     $ —                                     (5) Loss on extinguishment of debt included in this amount is as follows:                                 Interest and other (income) expense, net   $ —     $ —     $ —     $ —     $ 1,134     Total loss on extinguishment of debt   $ —     $ —     $ —     $ —     $ 1,134                                     (6) Total income tax adjustment included in this amount is as follows:                                 Tax effect of non-GAAP adjustments above   $ (4,116 )   $ (8,004 )   $ (6,971 )   $ (22,135 )   $ (36,503 )   Total income tax adjustments   $ (4,116 )   $ (8,004 )   $ (6,971 )   $ (22,135 )   $ (36,503 ) NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC. Reconciliation of Current GAAP to Current and Historical Non-GAAP Financial Measures - Adjusted EBITDA (Dollars in thousands) (Unaudited)       Three Months Ended     Three Months Ended     Twelve Months Ended       March 31,     December 31,     March 31,       2026     2025     2025     2026     2025   Net Income (Loss) (GAAP)   $ 18,240     $ 18,617     $ 55,142     $ 95,531     $ (366,922 ) Net Income (Loss) (GAAP) as a % of revenue     9.0 %     9.1 %     22.0 %     11.1 %     (44.6 )% Share-based compensation expense (1)     12,599       14,199       13,832       59,948       64,785   Amortization of acquired intangible assets (2)     11,715       12,576       11,706       46,804       50,418   Restructuring charges     25       605       25       883       20,500   Goodwill impairment     —       —       —       —       426,967   Acquisition related depreciation expense (3)     12       11       12       48       47   Loss on extinguishment of debt (5)     —       —       —       —       1,134   Executive Transition Costs (4)     —       —       —       959       —   Income Tax Adjustments (6)     (4,116 )     (8,004 )     (6,971 )     (22,135 )     (36,503 ) Net Income Non-GAAP   $ 38,475     $ 38,004     $ 73,746     $ 182,038     $ 160,426   Interest and other (income) expense, net GAAP     (3,758 )     1,685       (2,293 )     (8,683 )     (1,808 ) Loss on extinguishment of debt (5)     —       —       —       —       (1,134 ) Interest and other (income) expense, net non-GAAP   $ (3,758 )   $ 1,685     $ (2,293 )   $ (8,683 )   $ (2,942 ) Depreciation excluding acquisition related-depreciation expense     2,496       3,009       1,781       9,681       13,321   Income tax expense non-GAAP     9,222       7,588       18,437       45,112       37,631   Adjusted EBITDA   $ 46,435     $ 50,286     $ 91,671     $ 228,148     $ 208,436                                   Adjusted EBITDA as a % of revenue     22.9 %     24.5 %     36.6 %     26.5 %     25.3 % NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC. Reconciliation of GAAP Financial Outlook to Non-GAAP Financial Outlook (Unaudited) (In millions, except net income per share - diluted)       Fiscal Year 2026     Fiscal Year 2027   GAAP & Non-GAAP revenue   $ 859.5     $885 million to $915 million                     FY'26     FY'27   GAAP net income (loss)   $ 95.5     ~$115 million to ~$126 million   Amortization of intangible assets   $ 46.8     ~$44 million   Share-based compensation expenses   $ 59.9     ~$57 million   Business development & integration expenses   $ —     ~Less than $1 million   Restructuring charges   $ 0.9     —   Executive Transition Costs   $ 1.0     —   Total adjustments   $ 108.6     ~$102 million   Related impact of adjustments on income tax   $ (22.1 )   (~$20 million)   Non-GAAP net income   $ 182.0     ~$197 million to ~$208 million                 GAAP net income (loss) per share (diluted)   $ 1.30     $1.55 to $1.70   Non-GAAP net income per share (diluted)   $ 2.48     $2.65 to $2.80                 Average weighted shares outstanding (diluted GAAP)     73.4     ~74 million to ~75 million   Average weighted shares outstanding (diluted Non-GAAP)     73.4     ~74 million to ~75 million   **Figures in table may not total due to rounding View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260506880275/en/ Investors
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NETSCOUT Reveals Qualitative Shifts in DDoS Attack Sophistication, Infrastructure Capacity, and Threat Actor CapabilitiesMarch 4, 2026 6:05 AM
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AI Adoption, coordinated botnets, and persistent hacktivists groups drove millions of attacks


NETSCOUT® SYSTEMS, INC. (NASDAQ: NTCT), today released its second half of the year 2025 Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Threat Intelligence Report, revealing sophisticated attacker collaboration, resilient botnets, and compromised IoT infrastructure that drove more than eight million DDoS attacks worldwide – some as large as 30 terabits per second (Tbps) – marking a new era of hyper-scale, coordinated threat activity that continues to outpace global takedown efforts. Meanwhile, the accelerating growth of DDoS-for-hire services is empowering a broader range of threat actors, intensifying operational risk to digitally connected organizations and enterprises.


Implications for security professionals extend far beyond volumetric concerns and include reconnaissance and adaptive evasion which challenge traditional defense paradigms. Organizations must match adversarial innovation with intelligent, autonomous defenses, or risk operational disruption at levels previously considered theoretical.


“Threat actors identify organizations that haven’t invested in the right defenses to stay ahead of sophisticated and coordinated DDoS attacks to take down critical infrastructure,” stated Richard Hummel, director, threat intelligence, NETSCOUT. “Traditional security defenses are no longer working, and with attackers hitting new attack size and complexity ceilings, implementing automated and proactive defenses has become a business-level risk mandate – not just a technical concern for security professionals.”


Key research findings include:



Massive Attacks on a Global Scale – More than eight million attacks were identified across 203 countries and territories globally.



Continued Use of Multi-Vector Attacks – approximately 42% of DDoS attacks employed two to five distinct attack vectors, with some adapting dynamically throughout the attack to complicate detection and mitigation.



Outbound Attacks Impact Broadband and Mobile Services – Extensive direct-path attacks revealed that compromised IoT and customer-premises equipment can generate outbound floods exceeding 1 Tbps, creating liability, service, and reputational risk for broadband and mobile providers.



Critical Infrastructure Targeted – High-value services such as NTP and DNS continue to face sustained attack pressure, emphasizing the need for resilient, globally distributed architectures to maintain service continuity.



Threat Actors Scale Up Collaboration – A surge of more than 20,000 botnet-driven attacks in July 2025 exemplified how coordinated threat activity can rapidly overwhelm defenses and disrupt critical government, finance, and transportation services.



Threat Actor Persistence – Despite international law enforcement dismantling multiple DDoS-for-hire platforms, hacktivist groups and botnets remain resilient, exerting increased pressure.



AI Integration Accelerates Operations and Collaboration – AI has transitioned to an operational reality, with large language models (LLMs) on the dark web accelerating vulnerability exploitation and botnet expansion, and underground forums documenting a 219% increase in mentions of malicious AI tools. Groups like Keymous+ have demonstrated how partnerships between threat actors amplify attack power, with bandwidth increasing nearly fourfold.



NETSCOUT maps the DDoS landscape through passive, internet vantage points, providing unparalleled visibility into global attack trends. For more than 15 years, NETSCOUT has delivered trusted, consistent DDoS Intelligence based exclusively on directly observed, verifiable attack traffic. NETSCOUT does not aggregate multiple alerts or geographically distributed events into composite peak values, ensuring accuracy, repeatability, and true comparability across reporting periods. Peak metrics reflect single-second maximum bits-per-second (bps) and packets-per-second (pps) rates measured at defined mitigation and monitoring points.


NETSCOUT protects two-thirds of the routed IPv4 space, securing network edges that carried global peak traffic of over 800 Tbps, covering 376 industry verticals and 12,698 Autonomous System Numbers (ASNs) in the second half of 2025. It monitors tens of thousands of daily DDoS attacks by tracking multiple botnets and DDoS-for-hire services that leverage millions of abused or compromised devices.


Resources:



Download the NETSCOUT’s DDoS Threat Intelligence Report H2 2025



See real-time DDoS attack stats and insights by visiting NETSCOUT Cyber Threat Horizon



About NETSCOUT

NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC. (NASDAQ: NTCT) protects the connected world from cyberattacks and performance and availability disruptions through its unique visibility platform and solutions powered by its pioneering deep packet inspection at scale technology. NETSCOUT serves the world’s largest enterprises, service providers, and public sector organizations. Learn more at www.netscout.com or follow @NETSCOUT on LinkedIn, X, or Facebook.


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Original: NETSCOUT Reveals Qualitative Shifts in DDoS Attack Sophistication, Infrastructure Capacity, and Threat Actor Capabilities

NETSCOUT révèle des changements qualitatifs dans le niveau de sophistication des attaques DDoS, la capacité des infrastructures et le savoir-faire des cybercriminelsMarch 4, 2026 6:05 AM
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L’adoption de l’IA, les botnets coordonnés et les groupes hacktivistes persistants sont à l’origine de millions d’attaques


NETSCOUT® SYSTEMS, INC. (NASDAQ: NTCT), publie son rapport Threat Intelligence du deuxième semestre 2025 consacré aux attaques par déni de service distribué (Distributed Denial-of-Service, DDoS). Ce document montre comment la collaboration étroite entre cybercriminels, la résilience des botnets et la compromission d’infrastructures IoT ont été à l’origine de plus de huit millions d’attaques DDoS dans le monde. Certaines de ces attaques ont atteint 30 térabits par seconde (Tbps), marquant ainsi une nouvelle ère d’activités coordonnées malveillantes à très grande échelle, qui ne cessent de surpasser les efforts déployés sur toute la planète pour les neutraliser. Parallèlement, la croissance rapide des services DDoS à louer (DDoS-for-hire services) renforce les capacités d’un plus large éventail de cybercriminels, et ainsi accentue les risques opérationnels pour les organisations et les entreprises connectées numériquement.


Pour les professionnels de la sécurité, les implications vont bien au-delà des considérations volumétriques. Elles englobent également les techniques de reconnaissance et d’évasion adaptative qui remettent en question les paradigmes de défense traditionnels. Au risque de subir des perturbations opérationnelles d’une ampleur jusqu’alors considérée comme théorique, les organisations doivent à tout prix contrer les innovations des attaquants par des défenses intelligentes et autonomes.


« Les cybercriminels repèrent les organisations n’ayant pas investi dans des systèmes de défense adéquats permettant d’anticiper les attaques DDoS sophistiquées et coordonnées pour paralyser les infrastructures critiques, explique Richard Hummel, Directeur de la Threat Intelligence, chez NETSCOUT. Les systèmes de sécurité traditionnels ne sont plus efficaces. Face à des attaques qui franchissent un nouveau cap en termes d’ampleur et de complexité, la mise en œuvre de défenses automatisées et proactives s’impose désormais comme un impératif de gestion du risque pour les entreprises. Il ne s’agit plus d’une simple préoccupation technique pour les professionnels de la sécurité. »


Principales conclusions du rapport :



Des attaques massives ont été perpétrées partout dans le monde – Plus de huit millions d’attaques ont été identifiées dans 203 pays et territoires à travers le monde.



Les cybercriminels continuent d’exploiter plusieurs vecteurs d’attaque – Environ 42 % des attaques DDoS ont utilisé deux à cinq vecteurs différents, certains ayant la capacité de s’adapter dynamiquement tout au long de l’attaque afin d’en compliquer la détection et la neutralisation.



Les attaques sortantes ont un impact sur les services haut débit et mobiles – Des attaques directes de grande ampleur ont révélé que les équipements IoT et CPE (Customer-Premises Equipment, équipements installés sur le site d’un client) compromis peuvent générer des flux sortants de plus d’un térabit par seconde, ce qui engendre des risques en matière de responsabilité, de service et de réputation pour les fournisseurs d’accès haut débit et mobiles.



Les infrastructures critiques restent une cible – Les services à forte valeur ajoutée tels que les services NTP et DNS continuent de subir un flot d’attaques soutenu, une tendance qui souligne la nécessité d’architectures résilientes et distribuées à l’échelle mondiale pour garantir la continuité des services.



Les cyberattaquants renforcent leur collaboration – Une vague de plus de 20 000 attaques menées par des botnets en juillet 2025 a illustré la manière dont une activité coordonnée malveillante peut rapidement submerger des systèmes de défense et perturber des services critiques administratifs, financiers et de transport.



Les cybercriminels font preuve de persistance – Malgré le démantèlement par des forces de l’ordre internationales de nombreuses plateformes de DDoS à louer, les groupes hacktivistes et les botnets demeurent résilients et exercent une pression accrue.



L’intégration de l’IA accélère les opérations et la collaboration – L’IA est désormais une réalité opérationnelle, avec des grands modèles de langage (Large Language Models, LLM) disponibles sur le dark web qui accélèrent l’exploitation des vulnérabilités et l’expansion des botnets, et des forums clandestins qui font état d’une hausse de 219 % des mentions d’outils d’IA malveillants. Des groupes tels que Keymous+ ont démontré comment les partenariats entre cybercriminels amplifient la puissance des attaques, avec des bandes passantes quasiment quatre fois supérieures.



NETSCOUT cartographie le paysage des attaques DDoS à partir de points d’observation passifs sur Internet, offrant ainsi une visibilité inégalée sur les tendances mondiales en matière d’attaques. Depuis plus de 15 ans, NETSCOUT fournit des informations fiables et cohérentes sur les attaques DDoS, en s’appuyant exclusivement sur le trafic d’attaques directement observé et vérifiable. NETSCOUT n’agrège pas de multiples alertes ou événements géographiquement dispersés dans des valeurs de pics composites, ce qui garantit l’exactitude, la répétabilité et la comparabilité réelle entre les périodes des rapports. Les métriques de pics reflètent les débits maximaux en bits par seconde (bps) et en paquets par seconde (pps) mesurés à chaque seconde sur des points d’atténuation et de surveillance définis.


NETSCOUT protège les deux tiers de l’espace IPv4 routé, sécurisant les périphéries de réseaux où transite un trafic mondial ayant dépassé les 800 Tbps, ce qui couvre 376 secteurs verticaux et 12 698 numéros de système autonomes (Autonomous System Number, ASN) au second semestre 2025. Ses équipes surveillent quotidiennement des dizaines de milliers d’attaques DDoS en suivant plusieurs botnets et services DDoS à louer qui exploitent des millions d’appareils piratés ou compromis.


Ressources :



Téléchargez le rapport NETSCOUT Threat Intelligence du deuxième semestre 2025 consacré aux attaques DDoS



Rendez-vous sur la plateforme NETSCOUT Cyber Threat Horizon pour consulter les statistiques et les informations en temps réel sur les attaques DDoS



À propos de NETSCOUT

NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC. (NASDAQ: NTCT) protège le monde connecté contre les cyberattaques et les perturbations pouvant affecter les performances et le taux de disponibilité grâce à sa plateforme de visibilité unique et à ses solutions basées sur sa technologie pionnière d’inspection approfondie des paquets à très grande échelle. NETSCOUT protège les plus grandes entreprises, ainsi que de nombreux fournisseurs de services et organisations du secteur public à travers le monde. Pour en savoir plus, rendez-vous sur www.netscout.com ou suivez @NETSCOUT sur LinkedIn, X, ou Facebook.


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Original: NETSCOUT révèle des changements qualitatifs dans le niveau de sophistication des attaques DDoS, la capacité des infrastructures et le savoir-faire des cybercriminels

NETSCOUT beobachtet qualitative Veränderungen bei DDoS-Angriffen – insbesondere hinsichtlich Komplexität, Infrastrukturkapazität und AngreiferkompetenzMarch 4, 2026 6:05 AM
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KI-Einsatz, koordinierte Botnets und hartnäckige Hacktivisten-Gruppen führten zu Millionen von Angriffen


NETSCOUT® SYSTEMS, INC. (NASDAQ: NTCT) hat heute seinen Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Threat Intelligence Report für das zweite Halbjahr 2025 veröffentlicht, der die raffinierte Zusammenarbeit von Angreifern, widerstandsfähigen Botnets und kompromittierten IoT-Infrastrukturen aufzeigt, die weltweit mehr als acht Millionen DDoS-Angriffe ausgelöst haben. Einige davon erreichten eine Größe von bis zu 30 Terabit pro Sekunde (Tbps) und läuten damit eine neue Ära hyperskalierter, koordinierter Bedrohungsaktivitäten ein, die die weltweiten Abwehrbemühungen weiterhin übertreffen. Gleichzeitig stärkt das beschleunigte Wachstum von DDoS-for-hire-Diensten eine größere Bandbreite von Bedrohungsakteuren und erhöht damit das operative Risiko für digital vernetzte Organisationen und Unternehmen.


Die Auswirkungen für Sicherheitsexperten gehen weit über volumetrische Probleme hinaus und umfassen Aufklärung und adaptive Umgehung, die traditionelle Verteidigungsparadigmen in Frage stellen. Organisationen müssen der Innovationskraft ihrer Gegner mit intelligenten, autonomen Verteidigungsmaßnahmen begegnen, um operative Störungen in einem bisher als theoretisch geltenden Ausmaß zu vermeiden.


„Angreifer identifizieren Organisationen, die nicht in die richtigen Abwehrmaßnahmen investiert haben, um komplexen und koordinierten DDoS-Angriffen auf kritische Infrastrukturen zuvorzukommen“, erklärte Richard Hummel, Director Threat Intelligence bei NETSCOUT. „Herkömmliche Sicherheitsmaßnahmen funktionieren nicht mehr. Da Angriffe neue Höchstwerte in Umfang und Komplexität erreichen, ist die Implementierung automatisierter und proaktiver Abwehrmaßnahmen zu einer geschäftlichen Risikopflicht geworden – und nicht mehr nur ein technisches Anliegen für Sicherheitsexperten.“


Zu den wichtigsten Studienergebnissen gehören:



Massive Angriffe auf globaler Ebene – Mehr als acht Millionen Angriffe wurden in 203 Ländern und Gebieten weltweit identifiziert.



Anhaltende Nutzung von Multi-Vektor-Angriffen – Bei etwa 42 % der DDoS-Angriffe wurden zwei bis fünf verschiedene Angriffsvektoren eingesetzt, wobei einige während des Angriffs dynamisch angepasst wurden, um die Erkennung und Abwehr zu erschweren.



Ausgehende Angriffe beeinträchtigen Breitband- und Mobilfunkdienste – Umfangreiche Direct-Path-Angriffe zeigten, dass kompromittierte IoT- und Kundenendgeräte ausgehende Datenfluten von mehr als 1 Tbps erzeugen können, was für Breitband- und Mobilfunkanbieter Haftungs-, Service- und Reputationsrisiken bedeutet.



Kritische Infrastruktur im Visier – Wichtige Dienste wie NTP und DNS sind weiterhin anhaltenden Angriffen ausgesetzt, was die Notwendigkeit resilienter, global verteilter Architekturen zur Aufrechterhaltung der Servicekontinuität unterstreicht.



Bedrohungsakteure verstärken ihre Zusammenarbeit – Eine Welle von mehr als 20.000 Botnet-gesteuerten Angriffen im Juli 2025 verdeutlichte, wie koordinierte Bedrohungsaktivitäten Verteidigungsmaßnahmen schnell überwältigen und kritische Regierungs-, Finanz- und Transportdienste stören können.



Beharrlichkeit der Bedrohungsakteure – Trotz der Zerschlagung mehrerer DDoS-for-hire-Plattformen durch internationale Strafverfolgungsbehörden bleiben Hacktivisten-Gruppen und Botnets widerstandsfähig und üben zunehmenden Druck aus.



KI-Integration beschleunigt Operationen und Zusammenarbeit – KI ist mittlerweile operative Realität geworden: Große Sprachmodelle (LLMs) im Dark Web beschleunigen die Ausnutzung von Schwachstellen und die Expansion von Botnets, und in Untergrundforen wurde ein Anstieg der Erwähnungen bösartiger KI-Tools um 219 % dokumentiert. Gruppen wie Keymous+ haben gezeigt, wie Partnerschaften zwischen Bedrohungsakteuren die Angriffskraft verstärken und die Bandbreite fast vervierfachen.



NETSCOUT erfasst die DDoS-Landschaft durch passive Internet-Beobachtungspunkte und bietet so einen beispiellosen Einblick in globale Angriffstrends. Seit mehr als 15 Jahren liefert NETSCOUT zuverlässige, konsistente DDoS-Informationen, die ausschließlich auf direkt beobachtetem, überprüfbarem Angriffstraffic basieren. NETSCOUT aggregiert mehrere Warnmeldungen oder geografisch verteilte Ereignisse zu zusammengesetzten Spitzenwerten nicht, wodurch Genauigkeit, Wiederholbarkeit und echte Vergleichbarkeit über Berichtszeiträume hinweg gewährleistet werden. Die Spitzenwerte spiegeln die maximalen Bit-pro-Sekunde- (bps) und Paket-pro-Sekunde- (pps) Raten wider, die an definierten Mitigations- und Überwachungspunkten gemessen werden.


NETSCOUT schützt zwei Drittel des gerouteten IPv4-Raums und sichert Netzwerk-Edge-Punkte, die im zweiten Halbjahr 2025 einen globalen Spitzenverkehr von über 800 Tbps transportierten und 376 Branchen sowie 12.698 Autonomous System Numbers (ASNs) abdeckten. Das Unternehmen überwacht täglich Zehntausende von DDoS-Angriffen, indem es mehrere Botnets und DDoS-for-hire-Dienste verfolgt, die Millionen von missbrauchten oder kompromittierten Geräten nutzen.


Ressourcen:



Laden Sie den DDoS Threat Intelligence Report H2 2025 von NETSCOUT herunter.



Echtzeit-Statistiken und Einblicke zu DDoS-Angriffen finden Sie unter NETSCOUT Cyber Threat Horizon.



Über NETSCOUT

NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC. (NASDAQ: NTCT) schützt die vernetzte Welt vor Cyberangriffen und Störungen der Leistung und Verfügbarkeit durch seine einzigartige Transparenzplattform und Lösungen, die auf seiner bahnbrechenden Deep-Packet-Inspection-Technologie basieren. NETSCOUT bedient die weltweit größten Unternehmen, Dienstleister und Organisationen des öffentlichen Sektors. Weitere Informationen finden Sie unter www.netscout.com oder folgen Sie @NETSCOUT auf LinkedIn, X oder Facebook.


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NETSCOUT Delivers AI-Ready Smart Data for Communications Service ProvidersFebruary 19, 2026 6:05 AM
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Curated Feeds Enable Scalable Agentic AI for Improved Customer Experience and Network Operations


NETSCOUT® SYSTEMS, INC. (NASDAQ: NTCT), a leading provider of observability, AIOps, cybersecurity, and DDoS attack protection solutions, today announced the extension of the NETSCOUT Omnis™ AI Insights solution to communications service providers (CSPs) to deliver the critical data foundation needed to implement agentic AI for customer experience and network operations. Now that NETSCOUT can transform CSPs’ raw network data into AI-ready smart data, they can deploy AI agents that improve the customer experience, enable predictive maintenance, and enhance network security with greater efficiency, reduced costs, and decreased risk.


According to a McKinsey & Company C-level survey of telco operators, 64% stated they are scaling their AI efforts, with the introduction of AI agents being a key driver. More importantly, 45% of respondents cited data as the primary inhibitor to their scaling efforts.


NETSCOUT’s Omnis™ AI Sensor for Service Providers delivers curated, AI-ready smart data in real time that CSPs need to optimize customer experience, solve problems faster, and assure service quality across complex digital ecosystems, including 5G, RAN, Core, MEC, and Transport. It delivers a high-fidelity dataset that enables superior AI/ML outcomes by minimizing the human intervention required to correct AI hallucinations, driving greater trust in those insights for better decision-making. This enhanced visibility layer correlates data from across the mobile/fixed network into a single unified, consistent view. CSP teams gain timely, accurate, and complete insights into performance, service impact, and customer outcomes from intelligently normalizing network information, continuously linking activity to real subscriber experiences, and precisely aligning events across the network. The result is faster root-cause analysis, more confident operational decisions, improved service quality, and a clearer understanding of how network performance impacts customers across mobile domains.


Omnis™ AI Streamer for Service Providers enables operational teams to turn overwhelming volumes of network telemetry into actionable intelligence that drives faster detection, analysis, and automated response. It is a powerful, programmable curation engine that transforms sensor data into actionable real-time intelligence tailored to the specific needs of network, service assurance, and operations teams. By extracting, aggregating, and labeling high-value signals from complex data streams, it enables operators to precisely shape the data they need through an intuitive Playbook Builder. Optional ML-based enrichment can be applied to selected feeds—such as outlier detection, and contextual classification—leveraging high-fidelity, sensor-derived metadata. This produces significantly smaller, faster-to-process curated data streams that external AI agents, analytics platforms, and operational applications can consume directly to drive closed-loop actions at scale.


“AI agents only deliver meaningful outcomes when they are powered by meticulously curated, multi-domain intelligence drawn from real activity across the digital ecosystem,” stated Richard Fulwiler, senior director, product management, NETSCOUT. “By dramatically reducing data volume, complexity, and infrastructure demands for storage and processing, while minimizing risk by enhancing network security, we help CSPs shift customer service and care from being a cost center to a strategic resource that protects revenue and strengthens loyalty.”


Visit NETSCOUT at Mobile World Congress, March 2-5, 2026 (Hall 2, Stand 2B82), to learn more about its next-level AI for Telecom networks.


Resources:



Learn more about NETSCOUT Omnis AI Sensor and Omnis AI Streamer for Service Providers



Discover what we have in store at MWC in Barcelona



About NETSCOUT


NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC. (NASDAQ: NTCT) protects the connected world from cyberattacks and performance and availability disruptions through its unique visibility platform and solutions powered by its pioneering deep packet inspection at scale technology. NETSCOUT serves the world’s largest enterprises, service providers, and public sector organizations. Learn more at www.netscout.com or follow @NETSCOUT on LinkedIn, X, or Facebook.


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NETSCOUT Enhances Resiliency and Responsiveness With New Observability CapabilitiesJanuary 27, 2026 11:05 AM
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Moving from proactive problem management to preventative problem avoidance


NETSCOUT® SYSTEMS, INC. (NASDAQ: NTCT), a leading provider of observability, AIOps, cybersecurity, and DDoS attack protection solutions, today announced new capabilities that further enhance its award-winning observability solutions to address critical gaps in remote site management and risks stemming from expired SSL/TLS certificates. New nGeniusONE® solution enhancements support real-time deep packet inspection (DPI) over Ethernet or Wi-Fi 7, overcoming observability gaps in remote locations and delivering superior user experiences wherever needed. And NETSCOUT’s enhanced SSL/TLS certificates monitoring capabilities simplify and expedite management, reducing the risk of outages caused by missed certificate expirations.


Overcoming remote site observability gaps


NETSCOUT continues to innovate its observability solutions to help enterprises strengthen their digital resilience and ability to proactively prevent problem escalation. As the Wi-Fi 7 market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 61.5% between 2025 and 2030, according to BCC Research, driven by demand for ultra-fast speeds and low latency to support digital transformations and industrial IoT, observability solutions in remote locations need to evolve in parallel.


By adding Wi-Fi 7 support (backwards compatible with Wi-Fi 6E, 6, and 5) to the existing Ethernet support in new nGenius® Edge Sensors, IT teams can confidently monitor critical applications at remote sites and receive early warning notifications of emerging problems that prevent adverse impacts to revenue streams, customer service and employee productivity. Using the solution, enterprises gain comprehensive visibility to support current and future Wi-Fi deployments seamlessly. NETSCOUT was recently recognized by Frost & Sullivan for visionary innovation, performance and customer impact, reflecting our continuous innovation and commitment to customer success.


Real-time SSL Certificate visibility prevents outages, reduces risk and supports compliance


NETSCOUT has enhanced certificate monitor capabilities in nGeniusONE to provide real-time insights to maintain valid SSL certificates, proactively detect SSL certificates approaching their expiration, and discover unknown certificates running on non-standard ports, in disguise, or the result of shadow IT. This prevents costly downtime due to expirations, maintains user trust by avoiding security warnings, ensures compliance, and guards against vulnerabilities such as misissued or weak certificates. As a result, IT teams can proactively manage their servers, protect their business services more efficiently and effectively, and prevent painful problems related to certificate expiration.


SSL/TLS certificates authenticate the identity of a website, server, or service and enable secure, encrypted communication. According to recent research by the Ponemon Institute, 51% of organizations do not even know how many digital certificates their organizations have. Increased risks from expired or mismanaged certificates can trigger outages across websites, APIs, and critical digital services, resulting in revenue loss, missed SLAs, and customer churn. Beyond unplanned outages, certificate failures can also expose organizations to security threats, regulatory violations, and costly remediation, while highly visible browser warnings erode brand trust. Manual certificate management simply cannot scale as certificate lifespans shrink while hybrid, cloud and third-party ecosystems expand.


"Through our observability solutions, we’re helping organizations master their complex networks by shifting from reactive fixes to preventative operations,” stated Phil Gray, associate vice president, product management, NETSCOUT. “We aren't just accelerating MTTR; we’re giving IT teams the foresight to resolve issues before they touch the business, guaranteeing a high-quality experience for their employees and customers."


Resources:



Learn about the new nGenius Edge Sensor 795



Explore the nGeniusONE Certificate Monitor's capabilities



Review Frost & Sullivan’s report naming NETSCOUT the global network monitoring industry’s company of the year.



About NETSCOUT


NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC. (NASDAQ: NTCT) protects the connected world from cyberattacks and performance and availability disruptions through its unique visibility platform and solutions powered by its pioneering deep packet inspection at scale technology. NETSCOUT serves the world’s largest enterprises, service providers, and public sector organizations. Learn more at www.netscout.com or follow @NETSCOUT on LinkedIn, X, or Facebook.


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NetScout Systems Completes Acquisition of Danaher’s Communications Business (7/14/15)

WESTFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NetScout Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTCT), an industry leader in service assurance solutions, announced that it has completed the acquisition of Danaher Corporation’s (NYSE: DHR) Communications Business.

The transaction was valued at $2.3 billion, based on the issuance of 62.5 million shares of NetScout common stock, which closed yesterday at $36.89 per share, to Danaher’s shareholders. Acquiring the Tektronix Communications, Arbor Networks and parts of the Fluke Networks businesses from Danaher Corporation accelerates NetScout’s strategic progress by enabling the Company to offer a broader range of innovative service assurance and cyber security solutions. These solutions provide service providers, enterprises and public sector agencies with the intelligence and analytics required to help them maximize the benefits of powerful technology advances such as IP convergence, virtualization, cloud computing, mobility, bring your own device (BYOD) and the evolving Internet. The combined company will be well positioned to help its customers drive ROI on their network and broader IT initiatives while reducing the tangible risks associated with downtime, poor service quality and compromised security.

“This acquisition represents an important milestone for NetScout that enhances our ability to drive value for customers, stockholders, employees and other stakeholders,” stated Anil Singhal, president and CEO. “With a broader range of market-leading capabilities and technologies, as well as more extensive, global go-to-market and distribution resources, NetScout will be better positioned to capitalize on the many exciting opportunities we see to further expand our customer relationships around the world. We welcome over 2,000 new colleagues to NetScout and collectively, we are looking forward to realizing the Company’s potential in the marketplace.”

As previously disclosed, upon the completion of the transaction, James A. Lico, executive vice president with responsibility for Danaher’s Test & Measurement segment and Gilbarco Veeder-Root business, has been appointed to NetScout’s Board of Directors. With the appointment of Mr. Lico, NetScout’s Board of Directors has been expanded to eight members. An updated biography for Mr. Lico, age 49, is available on NetScout’s website at http://www.netscout.com/company/about-netscout/board-of-directors/.

NetScout also announced today that it has secured a new five-year, $800 million senior secured revolving credit facility that replaces its previous revolving credit facility of $250 million. The new credit facility can be used to support general working capital requirements as well as to help finance the repurchase of NetScout’s common stock under its recently approved 20 million share common stock repurchase plan. The new facility was led by a syndicate of banks with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC acting as the lead arranger.

About NetScout Systems, Inc.
NetScout Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:NTCT) is a market leader in service assurance solutions that enable enterprise and service provider organizations to assure the quality of the user experience for business and mobile services. NetScout technology helps these organizations proactively manage service delivery and identify emerging performance problems, helping to quickly resolve issues that cause business disruptions or negatively impact users of information technology.

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Better Than The Berkshire Hathaway? Danaher's Value (7/13/15)

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The new NTCT has over 30% upside

The newly merged company will generate about $164 million in combined net income and will further take advantage of an additional $50 million in cost synergies in conjunction with the merger for a total of $197 million in net income once combined (net of taxes). Using our DCF methodology for NTCT, this would translate to an implied share price of $47.44 once the merger is complete, a 30% premium to today's price of $36.32 for NTCT.

What made this split-off and merger interesting for DHR holders was that it was structured to give DHR holders new NTCT shares at a 7.5% discount. However, in order for that to apply the shares of DHR and NTCT needed to trade within a given price band and shares need to be tendered on July 13th. For DHR holders, the mechanics for the tender offer are as follows.

Number of Newco common units = Number of shares of DHR common stock tendered, multiplied by the lesser of:

A: 2.4

or

B: DHR VWAP stock price divided by 93% of NTCT VWAP

If the 3-day VWAP of DHR and NTCT triggers the exchange ratio limit of 2.4 to go into effect, then DHR shareholders actually may pay a premium for each share of NTCT. One can monitor this price movement here. On July 10th, the exchange ratio was above the limit.

The transaction with NTCT should be an accretive one for both shareholder groups, but if DHR holders can get an attractive discount in the process, it would be even better. If the limit is in effect the day of the exchange, we think there may be a more attractive option for shareholders of DHR if they wait for the next event.

Danaher Announces Preliminary Results of Split-Off Exchange Offer in Connection with NetScout Transaction; Completes Merger (7/14/15)

-- Danaher completed the merger of its Communications businesses (including Tektronix Communications, Arbor Networks and parts of Fluke Networks) with NetScout in a tax-free transaction to create a premier global provider of network management solutions for carrier and enterprise customers.

WASHINGTON, July 14, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR) announced today the preliminary results of its exchange offer for Danaher common stock in connection with the previously announced separation of Danaher's Communications business and the merger of Potomac Holding LLC, the Danaher subsidiary holding its Communications business, with a subsidiary of NetScout Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTCT). Danaher has accepted shares of Danaher common stock tendered in the exchange offer, subject to proration, and the merger has closed.

In the exchange offer, Danaher shareholders had the option to exchange some, none or all of their shares of Danaher common stock for Potomac Holding LLC common units, subject to proration. As a result of the closing of the merger, each Potomac Holding LLC common unit has been automatically converted into the right to receive one share of NetScout common stock. As a result, Danaher shareholders who tendered their shares of Danaher common stock as part of the exchange offer will receive approximately 2.4000 shares of NetScout common stock for each share of Danaher common stock tendered and accepted for exchange.

Exchange Offer Results

Pursuant to the exchange offer, which expired at midnight, New York City time, on July 13, 2015, and based on a preliminary count by the exchange agent, a total of approximately 31,249,037 shares of Danaher common stock were validly tendered and not properly withdrawn prior to the expiration of the exchange offer, including 12,556,040 shares tendered pursuant to guaranteed delivery procedures. The total number of shares tendered includes an estimated 175,603 shares of Danaher common stock tendered by odd-lot shareholders (excluding certain plan participants in Danaher savings plans) not subject to proration. Danaher will exchange a total of 26,041,666 shares of Danaher common stock in the exchange offer.

Based on the total number of shares of Danaher common stock reported to be tendered and not properly withdrawn prior to the expiration of the exchange offer, including shares tendered pursuant to guaranteed delivery procedures, the exchange offer was oversubscribed by approximately 5,207,371 shares, resulting in a preliminary proration factor of approximately 83.24 percent.

Danaher will not be able to determine the final proration factor until the end of the exchange offer's guaranteed delivery period at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on July 16, 2015. Danaher will publicly announce the final proration factor, which may be different from today's preliminary estimate, after it has been determined.

Because more than 26,041,666 shares of Danaher common stock were tendered, following the closing of the merger, all Potomac Holding LLC common units owned by Danaher have been deposited with the exchange agent for distribution in the exchange offer.

ABOUT DANAHER

Danaher is a global science and technology innovator committed to helping its customers solve complex challenges and improving quality of life around the world. Its family of world class brands have unparalleled leadership positions in some of the most demanding and attractive industries, including health care, environmental and industrial. The company's globally diverse team of 71,000 associates is united by a common culture and operating system, the Danaher Business System. In 2014, Danaher generated $19.9 billion in revenue and its market capitalization exceeded $60 billion. For more information please visit www.danaher.com.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Statements in this release that are not strictly historical, including statements regarding the expected effects of the proposed distribution of the Communications business to Danaher stockholders and the combination of such business with NetScout (the "Transaction"), the anticipated timing and terms of the Transaction and any other statements regarding events or developments that Danaher believes or anticipates will or may occur in the future, are "forward-looking" statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. There are a number of important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results, developments and business decisions to differ materially from those suggested or indicated by such forward-looking statements and you should not place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things, the parties' ability to complete the Transaction on the anticipated terms and schedule, including the anticipated tax treatment for the Transaction, the risk that the Transaction will harm Danaher's business, and the risk of deterioration of or instability in the business performance of the Communications business or NetScout, of their respective served markets or in the general economy.

Additional information regarding the factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements is available in Danaher's SEC filings, including its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this release and Danaher assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events and developments or otherwise.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

This communication does not constitute an offer to buy, or a solicitation of an offer to sell, any securities of NetScout, Danaher's Communications business or Danaher. In connection with the Transaction, Potomac Holding LLC has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") a registration statement on Form S-4 and Form S-1 in connection with its separation from Danaher, and NetScout has filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4, each of which includes a prospectus. Investors and security holders are urged to read the registration statements, the prospectus and any other relevant documents, because they contain important information about NetScout, the Communications business of Danaher and the Transaction. The registration statements, the prospectus and other relevant documents relating to the Transaction can be obtained free of charge from the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. These documents can also be obtained free of charge from Danaher's website at investors.danaher.com/netscout or upon written request to NetScout Systems, Inc., Investor Relations, 310 Littleton Road Westford, MA 01886 or by calling 978-614-4279.

TENDER OFFER DOCUMENTS

On May 14, 2015, Danaher filed with the SEC a tender offer statement on Schedule TO regarding the exchange offer for the split-off of the Communications business as part of the proposed Transaction. Investors and security holders are urged to read the tender offer statement (as updated and amended) because it contains important information about the Transaction.

Investors and security holders may obtain a free copy of the tender offer statement and other documents filed by Danaher with the SEC on the SEC's web site at www.sec.gov. The tender offer statement and other documents may also be obtained free of charge from Danaher's website at investors.danaher.com/netscout.

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whoever got those shares at $11.75 is really happy!

this dump on excellent earnings news is unwarranted.

Great time to jump in.

cheers,
SJ

2 and 1/2 more weeks to $15.00

cheers,
SJ

NetScout added to S&P small cap 600 index

S&P to make substitution in SmallCap 600 index
Standard & Poor's to replace Bankrate with NetScout Systems in SmallCap 600 index

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NEW YORK (AP) -- Standard & Poor's said Tuesday that NetScout Systems Inc. will replace Bankrate Inc. in its S&P SmallCap 600 index after the close of trading Wednesday.

Apax Partners is acquiring Bankrate in a deal expected to close on or about Wednesday.

NetScout, listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market, makes and sells management products. It is based in Westford, Mass.

Its shares rose 67 cents, or 5.5 percent, to $12.79 in regular trading Tuesday, then gained another 71 cents, or 5.6 percent, to $13.50 in extended trading.

Bankrate shares were unchanged in regular trading and fell a penny to $28.47 in extended tradin

Hell, maybe by the end of September $14 opener today
ciao,
SJ

Love today's climb...Hitting $15 by end of October?
Would love to see that....

cheers,
SJ

$11.70 is an excellent out from $8.90.

Cheers,
SJ

$11.50 today? Looking good for the top.

cheers,
SJ

again .30 cents off in at $8.90

Top at $11.50 on strength of earnings....

have fun,
SJ

okay traders... bottom of the channel at $8.60...

have fun!

SJ

finally clears $10! thanks to Motley fool article
http://www.fool.com/investing/high-growth/2009/07/20/5-stocks-under-10.aspx
watch for top of range...

cheers,
SJ

1 cent short yesterday, 1 cent short now....

Is $10 soon to be?

cheers,
SJ

$10 today? 071509
Didn't quite make it on the last run...

Earnings to be announced July 23rd.

Top of today's channel $10.23

cheers,
SJ

PS yeah that's just a guess....

Will this run to $10 today?
May very well have legs to grow on....

cheers,
SJ

BINGO!

let's see $9.35 now...

buildijg to $;9.50


gottta llooovvveee it....


cheers,
SJ

I've been off about .30 on the channel...

so

in at $8.50 out at $9.35

cheers,
SJ

ran the $8.60.... now for $9.40 out

setting up for $10 at top of channel

cheers,
SJ

bottom channel today....$8.70

true... when it moves it can move fast on low volume on a daily basis...

can't pm but yes, I've been looking at it since I noticed
your play from the ASFX board.

Got a bit earlier... quite nice.

cheers,
SJ

They don't seem to want to let it reach 10 yet. Maybe after earnings when they get a few more eyes on it.

indeed. Channel surfing here... Looking for $8.80 to $10
on next in and out move.... We shall see.

cheers,
SJ

It is nice to have at least one company that is profitable... go NTCT

yep. playing channels...
also playing that other one.... bagholder to the end...

NTCT is a solid small company now but rolls with the tech economy.

cheers,
SJ

SJ, are you still playing ntct?

will continue today... looks like short covering time and
pps will return gradually to levels of $14 or better over the
next several months....

plenty of trading chop to have fun with on day-to-day trades.

I love the volatility great for short trades =]

good luck... I got out. what a mess.

will wait for the dust to settle a bit.

Glad I stayed liquid (like always) I am buying at close for flip next week.

you got it.... I picked up a bunch at $7.80-$8.00

Very happy at the moment.... still expect to see
rough waters ahead and a final 2009 pps of $18.

cheers,
SJ

I expect to see a healthy bounce..

Holy crap Batman,,, WTF is going on today?

no news and major selling... tankage alert tankage alert....

pick it up at $5

watch for a bounce....

don't catch a falling knife..

AAARRRRRGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!

excellent forecast Great Investment

in @ $6 went to $13 yesterday.....

target Q3 2009 $18.50 (or anytime sooner my selling point)

cheers,
SJ

Shares of NTCT are looking very strong of late with the stochastics breaking its down trendline and and now in a strong uptrend...but far from overbought. The upside volume is also considerably stronger than the down side volume. Yesterday the stock had closed back above its 13 day moving average and today bumped up against the all-important 20 day moving average. With a definitive close above this average, institutions will become very interested in the stock. Looks like it may be a good idea to start buying at these levels before the "big-boys" take notice.

After a stellar performance on Wednesday on heavy volume, shares of NTCT held most of the gains and fell on considerably lighter volume. Stochastics is pointing higher and emerging from oversold territory. I think shares will retest the 200 day MA at around $11.00

NetScout Q2 Guidance Above Street - Up 22%
Boston, Oct 08, 2008 (MidnightTrader via COMTEX) --
NetScout Systems (NTCT) expects Q2 EPS of $0.10 to $0.12 on sales of
$68 million to $69 million and adjusted EPS of $0.21 to $0.23 on sales
of $72 million to $73 million respectively.
The FC mean is for EPS of $0.14 on sales of $65.2 million. Analysts
typically exclude one-time items from their estimates.

Encouraging chart.