Netscout Systems (NTCT) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2011 - 2025)
Netscout Systems (NTCT) reported Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of -23.30% for fiscal Q4 2025 (quarter ended Mar 31, 2025), down 15.80 percentage points from -7.50% a year earlier but up 3.83 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Netscout Systems (NTCT) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2011 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025 (ended Mar 31, 2025), Netscout Systems posted Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of -20.70%, down 13.43 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has a five-year change of -20.70 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By fiscal year, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] came in at -7.27% in FY2024 (-10.25 pp), 2.98% in FY2023 (+1.28 pp), 1.71% in FY2022 (+0.35 pp) and 1.36% in FY2021 (+1.36 pp).
- Five-year quarterly Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] spans a low of -40.23% in fiscal Q2 2025 and a high of 3.33% in fiscal Q2 2024.
- Year over year, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has now declined in each of the last six quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -16.94 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in five years was fiscal Q2 2021 (a gain of 1.75 percentage points); the low point was fiscal Q2 2025 (a drop of 43.55 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q4 2025 came in at -27.12% (Q3 2025), -40.23% (Q2 2025) and -34.43% (Q1 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROIC (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palo Alto Networks | 328.64 Bn | 313.71 Bn | 2.30 Bn | - |
| 2 | CrowdStrike Holdings | 276.50 Bn | 256.94 Bn | 1.10 Bn | -2.11% |
| 3 | Fortinet | 132.74 Bn | 118.67 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 111.71% |
| 4 | Snowflake | 120.19 Bn | 107.50 Bn | 1.04 Bn | - |
| 5 | Datadog | 99.51 Bn | 81.15 Bn | 881.34 Mn | - |
| 6 | Okta | 35.35 Bn | 25.44 Bn | 641.00 Mn | 2.98% |
| 7 | Axon Enterprise | 33.58 Bn | 28.10 Bn | 546.45 Mn | 0.45% |
| 8 | Zscaler | 32.06 Bn | 18.18 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | MongoDB | 28.84 Bn | 19.30 Bn | 569.77 Mn | - |
| 10 | Netscout Systems | 2.93 Bn | 636.86 Mn | - | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2025 | -23.30% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -27.12% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -40.23% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -34.43% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -7.50% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -5.37% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 3.33% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 3.28% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 3.12% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 2.83% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 2.52% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 1.96% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 1.69% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 2.62% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 2.05% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 1.55% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 1.35% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 1.18% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 1.62% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 0.92% |
API Access
Netscout Systems Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=NTCT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-invested-capital-[roic]", "ticker": "NTCT", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=NTCT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();