A $10,000 investment in NetApp (NTAP) grew to $65,318 over ten years before dividends, versus $35,820 in the S&P 500. The stock had three declines of 20% or more, each ultimately exceeding 30%; the deepest, from September 2018 to March 2020, lost 59.8% against 22.8% for the S&P 500, and it took 17.2 months after the low to close above the prior high. The article notes that twelve-month revenue fell 7.7% during that drop with the operating margin barely changing, while in the 2024 to 2025 decline the stock lost 43.5% even as revenue rose 3.8%. Only investors who held through all three declines captured the full ten-year return, and the shares now trade 7.1% below their highest close of the decade on October 12, 2026.
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