NetApp Hosts Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2025 Financial Results Webcast
NetApp executive management will host a conference call Webcast at 2:30 p.m. Pacific Time to discuss these results and provide their perspective on market dynamics.
How to Participate
The live Webcast call can be accessed at investors.netapp.com. Please allow at least 15 minutes prior to the start of the Webcast to log in. An audio replay Webcast will also be available after 4:30 p.m. Pacific Time.
NetApp Future Targeted Release Dates
Q1 FY 2026 results target date: August 27, 2025
Q2 FY 2026 results target date: November 25, 2025
Q3 FY 2026 results target date: February 26, 2026
Q4 FY 2026 results target date: May 28, 2026
About NetApp
NetApp is the intelligent data infrastructure company, combining unified data storage, integrated data, operational and workload services to turn a world of disruption into opportunity for every customer. NetApp creates silo-free infrastructure, harnessing observability and AI to enable the industry's best data management. As the only enterprise-grade storage service natively embedded in the world's biggest clouds, our data storage delivers seamless flexibility. In addition, our data services create a data advantage through superior cyber resilience, governance, and application agility. Our operational and workload services provide continuous optimization of performance and efficiency for infrastructure and workloads through observability and AI. No matter the data type, workload, or environment, with NetApp you can transform your data infrastructure to realize your business possibilities. Learn more at www.netapp.com or follow us on X, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram.
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Kenya Hayes
1 703 589 7595
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