The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Netscout Systems Inc shares valued at $137,939 were sold by Grasso Alfred on Aug 27 ’25. At $24.44 per share, Grasso Alfred sold 5,644 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 33,000 shares worth approximately $0.86 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Grasso Alfred sold 5,356 shares, netting a total of over 129,294 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $24.14 each, the insider now holds 38,644 shares.
Before that, Grasso Alfred had added 5,644 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $137,945, the Director bought Netscout Systems Inc shares for $24.44 each.
As published in their initiating research note from B. Riley Securities on August 26, 2025, Netscout Systems Inc [NTCT] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $33. Analysts at Piper Sandler upgraded the stock from ‘”an Underweight”‘ to ‘”a Neutral”‘ outlook in a report released in early May. As of May 31, 2022, Piper Sandler has decreased its “Neutral” rating to a “an Underweight” for NTCT. Earlier on October 30, 2020, Lake Street downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Hold” for NTCT stock which previously was a “a Buy”.
Analyzing NTCT Stock Performance
On last trading session, Netscout Systems Inc [NASDAQ: NTCT] rose 2.80% to $26.06. The stock’s lowest price that day was $25.4397, but it reached a high of $26.12 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 1.01%. Over the course of the year, Netscout Systems Inc shares have jumped approximately 32.49%.
Is Netscout Systems Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Netscout Systems Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-08-29 jumping by 71016.0 shares to 2.47 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-07-31 was 2.4 million shares. A jump of 2.88% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 4.1 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 4.1.
Which companies own the most shares of Netscout Systems Inc (NTCT)?
In terms of Netscout Systems Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 22 in the next 12 months, down nearly -13.21% from the previous closing price of $25.35. Analysts anticipate Netscout Systems Inc stock to reach 22 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 22. In spite of this, 2 analysts ranked Netscout Systems Inc stock as Hold at the end of 2025.
