Netscout Systems Inc cash flow statement
In fiscal 2026, Netscout Systems Inc's operations generated $295m of cash; it spent $9.1m on capital projects, leaving free cash flow of $285m. It returned $60.8m through buybacks.
Cash flow statement
| Fiscal year | 2010Mar 2010 | 2011Mar 2011 | 2012Mar 2012 | 2013Mar 2013 | 2014Mar 2014 | 2015Mar 2015 | 2016Mar 2016 | 2017Mar 2017 | 2018Mar 2018 | 2019Mar 2019 | 2020Mar 2020 | 2021Mar 2021 | 2022Mar 2022 | 2023Mar 2023 | 2024Mar 2024 | 2025Mar 2025 | 2026Mar 2026 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from operations | 46 | 67 | 68 | 95 | 111 | 107 | 97 | 227 | 222 | 150 | 225 | 214 | 296 | 157 | 59 | 218 | 295 | 272 |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 14 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 140 | 161 | 154 | 138 | 116 | 106 | 96 | 86 | 75 | 64 | 57 | 57 |
| Stock-based pay | 5 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 28 | 39 | 47 | 56 | 51 | 52 | 56 | 62 | 71 | 65 | 60 | 58 |
| Capital spending | 5 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 25 | 30 | 16 | 23 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 11 |
| Free cash flow | 40 | 60 | 57 | 84 | 98 | 94 | 72 | 197 | 207 | 126 | 205 | 202 | 286 | 146 | 52 | 212 | 285 | 261 |
| Free cash flow after stock pay | 35 | 53 | 49 | 74 | 85 | 78 | 44 | 158 | 159 | 70 | 154 | 150 | 230 | 84 | −18 | 147 | 225 | 203 |
| Share buybacks | 0 | 0 | 21 | 27 | 34 | 52 | 303 | 80 | 501 | 14 | 175 | 3 | 36 | 150 | 50 | 25 | 61 | 46 |
| Quarter | 2025 Q2Sept 2024 | 2025 Q3Dec 2024 | 2025 Q4Mar 2025 | 2026 Q1Jun 2025 | 2026 Q2Sept 2025 | 2026 Q3Dec 2025 | 2026 Q4Mar 2026 | 2027 Q1Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from operations | −4 | 41 | 142 | 74 | 7 | 62 | 152 | 51 |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 |
| Stock-based pay | 15 | 15 | 14 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 18 |
| Capital spending | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Free cash flow | −5 | 40 | 140 | 72 | 4 | 59 | 150 | 47 |
| Free cash flow after stock pay | −19 | 25 | 126 | 52 | −9 | 45 | 137 | 29 |
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