Netgear, Inc.
NTGR Nasdaq Computer Communications Equipment Financials FY2016βFY2025
Last close Β· Oct 23, 2026
$22.46
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- Legal name
- NETGEAR, INC.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K Β· Feb 13, 2026
- Accession Β· CIK
- 0001193125-26-051346
0001122904
Revenue and margins
Netgear, Inc. had $700M of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 3.8% on the year before.
Net income and earnings per share
Loss periods are shown in red.
Returns on capital
After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Cash flow
Free cash flow was β$18.9M in fiscal 2025, β2.7% of revenue. Cash from operations minus capital spending.
Dividends, buybacks and share count
Netgear, Inc. returned $50.7M to shareholders in fiscal 2025. The diluted share count fell 3.6%.
Balance sheet
Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably Netgear, Inc. can carry it.
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | $272M | $227M | $284M | $409M | $323M |
| Current ratio | 2.6x | 2.4x | 2.8x | 2.8x | 2.7x |
| Quick ratio | 1.7x | 1.5x | 1.9x | 2.2x | 2.0x |
| Total assets | $1.1B | $1.0B | $847M | $850M | $836M |
| Total liabilities | $382M | $399M | $312M | $309M | $338M |
| Shareholders' equity | $697M | $621M | $535M | $541M | $498M |
| Net debt (β = net cash) | β | β | β | β | β |
Insider trades
Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. 'Plan' marks trades under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.
Bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Sold, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Of sales under plans
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$0.0M
No open-market insider trades in the last 12 months.
Piotroski F-score
Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, funding and efficiency. 8β9 is strong, 0β2 weak.
| Test | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Return on assets rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Debt fell relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Current ratio rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Share count didn't rise | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Gross margin rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| F-score | β / 3 | 4 / 8 | 2 / 8 | 6 / 8 | 7 / 8 | 3 / 8 | 2 / 8 | 4 / 8 | 4 / 8 | 5 / 8 |
| Accruals ratio | β3.6% | β5.7% | 8.4% | 1.2% | β11.9% | 4.9% | β5.3% | β17.3% | β18.0% | β2.3% |
| Altman Z'' | 6.74 | 5.40 | 4.29 | 4.32 | 4.76 | 4.94 | 3.19 | 3.62 | 3.95 | 2.49 |
10 years of figures
US$ millions unless stated. Hover a ratio's name for its definition.
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | $1.1B | $1.0B | $1.1B | $999M | $1.3B | $1.2B | $932M | $741M | $674M | $700M |
| Net interest income | β | β | β | $2.5M | $0.4M | $0.2M | $1.8M | $6.8M | $12.2M | $11.6M |
| Gross profit | $374M | $308M | $342M | $294M | $372M | $366M | $251M | $249M | $196M | $266M |
| Research and development | $70.9M | $71.9M | $82.4M | $78.0M | $88.8M | $93.0M | $88.4M | $83.3M | $81.1M | $85.7M |
| Operating income | $105M | $42.6M | $38.7M | $26.2M | $75.5M | $66.6M | β$82.9M | β$33.3M | $12.2M | β$34.2M |
| Pretax income | $106M | $46.2M | $43.2M | $29.6M | $70.8M | $65.5M | β$82.0M | β$19.1M | $24.9M | β$16.8M |
| Income tax | $36.2M | $57.4M | $25.9M | $3.8M | $12.5M | $16.1M | β$13.0M | $85.6M | $12.5M | $1.1M |
| Net income | $75.9M | $19.4M | β$9.2M | $25.8M | $58.3M | $49.4M | β$69.0M | β$105M | $12.4M | β$17.9M |
| Diluted EPS | $2.25 | $0.61 | β$0.28 | $0.81 | $1.90 | $1.59 | β$2.38 | β$3.57 | $0.42 | β$0.63 |
| Diluted shares | 0.03B | 0.03B | 0.03B | 0.03B | 0.03B | 0.03B | 0.03B | 0.03B | 0.03B | 0.03B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | $118M | $87.5M | β$103M | $13.5M | $181M | β$4.6M | β$13.7M | $56.9M | $165M | $1.6M |
| Capital expenditure | $10.2M | $10.1M | $12.3M | $14.2M | $10.3M | $9.9M | $5.8M | $5.8M | $9.0M | $20.5M |
| Free cash flow | $108M | $77.4M | β$115M | β$0.7M | $171M | β$14.4M | β$19.5M | $51.1M | $156M | β$18.9M |
| Depreciation and amortization | $29.9M | $22.5M | $18.9M | $19.4M | $18.9M | $13.9M | $10.1M | $7.2M | $6.5M | $8.0M |
| Stock-based compensation | $17.1M | $19.0M | $26.5M | $29.1M | $30.5M | $26.0M | $17.7M | $17.9M | $22.7M | $29.7M |
| Acquisitions | $0.0M | $0.0M | $14.4M | $0.0M | $0.0M | β | β | $0.0M | $0.0M | $12.2M |
| Share buybacks | $38.3M | $113M | $30.0M | $75.9M | $23.8M | $75.0M | $24.4M | $0.0M | $33.1M | $50.7M |
| Dividends and buybacks | $38.3M | $113M | $30.0M | $75.9M | $23.8M | $75.0M | $24.4M | $0.0M | $33.1M | $50.7M |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $366M | $330M | $274M | $196M | $353M | $272M | $227M | $284M | $409M | $323M |
| Current assets | $963M | $1.0B | $858M | $744M | $893M | $883M | $834M | $748M | $758M | $673M |
| Current liabilities | $357M | $424M | $384M | $298M | $365M | $341M | $346M | $264M | $270M | $250M |
| Inventory | $248M | $163M | $244M | $235M | $172M | $316M | $300M | $249M | $163M | $176M |
| Property and equipment, net | $18.1M | $17.3M | $20.2M | $17.7M | $16.1M | $13.3M | $9.2M | $8.3M | $11.3M | $26.0M |
| Goodwill | $64.3M | $64.3M | $80.7M | $80.7M | $80.7M | $80.7M | $36.3M | $36.3M | $36.3M | $45.0M |
| Intangible assets | $37.9M | $20.6M | $17.1M | $10.1M | $3.9M | $1.9M | $1.3M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $38.5M |
| Total assets | $1.2B | $1.2B | $1.0B | $956M | $1.1B | $1.1B | $1.0B | $847M | $850M | $836M |
| Total liabilities | $388M | $478M | $416M | $347M | $417M | $382M | $399M | $312M | $309M | $338M |
| Preferred stock | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | β | β |
| Shareholders' equity | $797M | $730M | $628M | $609M | $689M | $697M | $621M | $535M | $541M | $498M |
| Margins | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | 32.7% | 29.6% | 32.3% | 29.5% | 29.6% | 31.3% | 26.9% | 33.6% | 29.1% | 38.0% |
| Operating margin | 9.2% | 4.1% | 3.7% | 2.6% | 6.0% | 5.7% | β8.9% | β4.5% | 1.8% | β4.9% |
| EBITDA margin | 11.8% | 6.3% | 5.4% | 4.6% | 7.5% | 6.9% | β7.8% | β3.5% | 2.8% | β3.7% |
| Net margin | 6.6% | 1.9% | β0.9% | 2.6% | 4.6% | 4.2% | β7.4% | β14.1% | 1.8% | β2.6% |
| FCF margin | 9.4% | 7.4% | β10.9% | β0.1% | 13.6% | β1.2% | β2.1% | 6.9% | 23.1% | β2.7% |
| Net interest share of revenue | β | β | β | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.9% | 1.8% | 1.7% |
| Returns | ||||||||||
| Return on capital employed | 12.7% | 5.4% | 5.9% | 4.0% | 10.2% | 9.0% | β12.3% | β5.7% | 2.1% | β5.8% |
| Return on equity | 9.5% | 2.5% | β1.3% | 4.2% | 9.0% | 7.1% | β10.5% | β18.1% | 2.3% | β3.5% |
| Return on assets | 6.4% | 1.6% | β0.8% | 2.6% | 5.7% | 4.5% | β6.6% | β11.2% | 1.5% | β2.1% |
| Return on tangible equity | 10.9% | 3.0% | β1.7% | 5.0% | 9.6% | 8.0% | β11.8% | β21.0% | 2.4% | β4.3% |
| Growth | ||||||||||
| Revenue growth | β | β9.1% | 1.9% | β5.7% | 25.7% | β6.9% | β20.2% | β20.6% | β9.1% | 3.8% |
| Net income growth | β | β74.4% | β147.1% | β | 126.0% | β15.3% | β239.7% | β | β | β245.0% |
| EPS growth | β | β72.9% | β145.9% | β | 134.6% | β16.3% | β249.7% | β | β | β250.0% |
| FCF growth | β | β28.3% | β249.2% | β | β | β108.5% | β | β | 205.2% | β112.1% |
| Share count change | β | β4.8% | 3.2% | β3.5% | β4.1% | 1.2% | β6.4% | 1.2% | 1.1% | β3.6% |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Current ratio | 2.7x | 2.4x | 2.2x | 2.5x | 2.4x | 2.6x | 2.4x | 2.8x | 2.8x | 2.7x |
| Quick ratio | 2.0x | 2.0x | 1.6x | 1.7x | 2.0x | 1.7x | 1.5x | 1.9x | 2.2x | 2.0x |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Capex / revenue | 0.9% | 1.0% | 1.2% | 1.4% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.8% | 1.3% | 2.9% |
| Stock comp / revenue | 1.5% | 1.8% | 2.5% | 2.9% | 2.4% | 2.2% | 1.9% | 2.4% | 3.4% | 4.2% |
| Payouts / FCF | 35.4% | 146.2% | β | β | 13.9% | β | β | 0.0% | 21.2% | β |
| Quality scores | ||||||||||
| Piotroski F-score | β | 4.0 | 2.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| Altman Z'' | 6.7 | 5.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 2.5 |
| Accruals ratio | β3.6% | β5.7% | 8.4% | 1.2% | β11.9% | 4.9% | β5.3% | β17.3% | β18.0% | β2.3% |
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001122904). Data updated October 24, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. For information only β not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.