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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · NETSCOUT Systems (NTCT)

NETSCOUT Q3 Revenue Dips to $250.7 Million; Company Raises FY2026 Outlook Midpoint

Mixed Impact 4 of 5 earnings Written later

NETSCOUT reported third-quarter fiscal 2026 results for the quarter ended December 31, 2025. Revenue was $250.7 million, down from $252.0 million a year earlier, while GAAP diluted earnings per share rose to $0.75 from $0.67. The company raised the midpoint of its fiscal 2026 revenue and per-share earnings outlook, and said some orders originally expected in the fourth quarter were received in the third quarter as customers used year-end budgets.

Key points

  • Q3 fiscal 2026 revenue was $250.7 million versus $252.0 million a year earlier; service revenue rose to $129.0 million while product revenue fell to $121.7 million from $128.2 million.
  • GAAP diluted EPS was $0.75 versus $0.67; non-GAAP diluted EPS was $1.00 versus $0.94.
  • Fiscal 2026 revenue outlook is $835 million to $870 million, with the low end raised from $830 million.
  • Non-GAAP diluted EPS outlook is $2.37 to $2.45, up from $2.35 to $2.45; GAAP diluted EPS outlook is $1.15 to $1.23, up from $1.13 to $1.23.

The filing

CompanyNETSCOUT Systems (NTCT)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECFeb 5, 2026, 7:31 AM ET
Accession number0001078075-26-000009

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 6:56 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on February 05, 2026.

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