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What analysts say:
- Buy, sell, or hold?: Analysts strongly back NetGear, with five of seven rating it a buy and the remainder rating it a hold. Analysts like NetGear better than competitor Arris Group overall. NetGear's rating hasn't changed over the past three months.
- Revenue forecasts: On average, analysts predict $307.2 million in revenue this quarter. That would represent a rise of 18.8% from the year-ago quarter.
- Wall Street earnings expectations: The average analyst estimate is earnings of $0.57 per share. Estimates range from $0.57 to $0.58.
What our community says:
CAPS All-Stars are enthusiastically backing the stock, with 99% granting it an "outperform" rating. Most of the community is in line with the All-Stars, with 96.9% assigning it a rating of "outperform." Fools feel positively about NetGear and haven't been shy with their opinions lately, logging 642 posts in the past 30 days. NetGear has a bullish CAPS rating of five out of five stars that is about on par with the Fool community assessment.
Management:
NetGear's profit has risen year-over-year by an average of 82.2% over the past five quarters.
Quarter | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 | Q4 |
Gross Margin | 31.9% | 31.0% | 31.5% | 31.4% |
Operating Margin | 11.0% | 9.5% | 11.0% | 9.7% |
Net Margin | 8.9% | 7.1% | 7.6% | 5.3% |
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