National Instruments (NATI) Stock Forecast, Price & News

7 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for National Instruments in the last twelve months. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" NATI shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in NATI, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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7 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for National Instruments' shares. Their NATI share price forecasts range from $43.00 to $60.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $52.57 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 11.8%.
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National Instruments' stock was trading at $36.90 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, NATI stock has increased by 61.5% and is now trading at $59.60.
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National Instruments saw a increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 5,770,000 shares, an increase of 61.6% from the August 15th total of 3,570,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,440,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.0 days. Currently, 4.4% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 26th 2023.
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National Instruments Co. (NASDAQ:NATI) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 27th. The technology company reported $0.43 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.47 by $0.04. The technology company earned $416.80 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $441.49 million. National Instruments had a net margin of 10.37% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 22.27%.

National Instruments declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 27th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, August 8th will be paid a dividend of $0.28 per share on Tuesday, August 29th. This represents a $1.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.88%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, August 7th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of National Instruments (NASDAQ:NATI) stock in their portfolio include IQ Merger Arbitrage ETF (MNA), First Trust Merger Arbitrage ETF (MARB), AltShares Merger Arbitrage ETF (ARB), AltShares Event-Driven ET (EVNT), ProShares S&P Technology Dividend Aristocrats ETF (TDV), ALPS O'Shares U.S. Small-Cap Quality Dividend ETF (OUSM), Defiance Next Gen Connectivity ETF (FIVG) and First Trust Technology AlphaDEX Fund (FXL).

National Instruments (NASDAQ:NATI) pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.88%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 9 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 82.96%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, NATI will have a dividend payout ratio of 59.57% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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265 employees have rated National Instruments Chief Executive Officer Alex Davern on Glassdoor.com. Alex Davern has an approval rating of 71% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other National Instruments investors own include Abbott Laboratories (ABT), Enbridge (ENB), International Business Machines (IBM), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), Citigroup (C), Editas Medicine (EDIT), AT&T (T), Accenture (ACN) and Bank of America (BAC).

National Instruments trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "NATI."

National Instruments' stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (8.95%), State Street Corp (2.74%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.53%), William Blair Investment Management LLC (1.33%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.26%) and Front Street Capital Management Inc. (1.24%). Insiders that own company stock include Alexander M Davern, Eric Howard Starkloff, Gerhard Paul Fettweis, Jason Elliot Green, Karen Marie Rapp, Michael E Mcgrath, Ritu Favre and Scott Arthur Rust.
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Shares of NATI stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of NATI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $59.60.

National Instruments (NASDAQ:NATI) has a market capitalization of $7.91 billion and generates $1.66 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $139.64 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.35 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 7,000 workers across the globe.

National Instruments' mailing address is 11500 North MoPac Expressway, Austin TX, 78759. The official website for the company is www.ni.com. The technology company can be reached via phone at (512) 683-0100, via email at marissa.vidaurri@ni.com, or via fax at 512-683-5794.