---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-24-021965"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NTCT"
cik: "0001078075"
company_name: "NETSCOUT SYSTEMS INC"
filed_at: "2024-05-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T04:48:22.121835+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NETSCOUT Q4 revenue $203.4M, GAAP loss $0.46 (includes $50.2M goodwill); FY25 guidance $800-830M

## Summary
- GAAP op loss $37.0M (incl. $50.2M goodwill); non-GAAP op income $39.0M (19.2% margin).
- Cybersecurity revenue double-digit growth in Q4/FY24; service assurance constrained by domestic service provider spending.
- Full year FY24 revenue $829.5M (-9.3% YoY); GAAP net loss $147.7M ($2.07 loss); non-GAAP net income $159.1M ($2.20 EPS).
- Cash/investments $424.1M; $100M debt drawn on $800M revolver; no share repurchases in Q4.
- FY25 outlook: revenue $800-830M, non-GAAP EPS $2.10-2.30; restructuring VSP charges $18-22M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-24-021965
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NTCT
- cik: 0001078075
- company_name: NETSCOUT SYSTEMS INC
- filed_at: 2024-05-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1078075/000162828024021965/0001628280-24-021965-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1078075/000162828024021965/ntct-20240509.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-24-021965.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  NETSCOUT SYSTEMS INC reported financial results for the fourth fiscal quarter and the fiscal year 2024 each ended March 31, 2024.
  - Period: the fourth fiscal quarter and the fiscal year 2024 each ended March 31, 2024
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On May 9, 2024, NetScout Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release regarding its financial results for the fourth fiscal quarter and the fiscal year 2024 each ended March 31, 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1078075/000162828024021965/0001628280-24-021965-index.htm

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