NASDAQ:NATI - National Instruments Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

National Instruments announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 26th. Investors of record on Monday, May 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.23 per share on Monday, June 4th. This represents a $0.92 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.13%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 11th. View National Instruments' Dividend History.

National Instruments Corp (NASDAQ:NATI) issued its earnings results on Thursday, April, 26th. The technology company reported $0.26 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.19 by $0.07. The technology company had revenue of $311.90 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $322.77 million. National Instruments had a return on equity of 11.50% and a net margin of 4.50%. The business's revenue was up 3.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.21 EPS. View National Instruments' Earnings History.

National Instruments is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July, 26th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for National Instruments.

National Instruments updated its second quarter earnings guidance on Monday, May, 21st. The company provided EPS guidance of $0.23-0.37 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $0.29. The company issued revenue guidance of $320-350 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $333.40 million.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for National Instruments' shares. Their forecasts range from $50.00 to $50.00. On average, they anticipate National Instruments' stock price to reach $50.00 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for National Instruments.

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News stories about NATI stock have trended somewhat positive on Thursday, Accern reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. National Instruments earned a media sentiment score of 0.06 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the technology company an impact score of 45.88 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future.

National Instruments' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (6.88%), Bares Capital Management Inc. (2.70%), American Century Companies Inc. (1.80%), King Luther Capital Management Corp (1.51%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (0.81%) and Hound Partners LLC (0.81%). Company insiders that own National Instruments stock include Alexander M Davern, Duy Loan T Le, Eric Howard Starkloff, Gerhard Paul Fettweis, James J Truchard, Jeffrey L Kodosky, John Charles Roiko and Scott Arthur Rust. View Institutional Ownership Trends for National Instruments.

NATI stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including UBS Group AG, Baillie Gifford & Co., Clinton Group Inc., Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Sei Investments Co., Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Hsbc Holdings PLC and SG Americas Securities LLC. Company insiders that have sold National Instruments company stock in the last year include Alexander M Davern, Gerhard Paul Fettweis, James J Truchard, Jeffrey L Kodosky, John Charles Roiko and Scott Arthur Rust. View Insider Buying and Selling for National Instruments.

NATI stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hound Partners LLC, Prudential Financial Inc., Legal & General Group Plc, Millennium Management LLC, American Century Companies Inc., Federated Investors Inc. PA, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and BlackRock Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for National Instruments.

Shares of NATI can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of NATI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $43.28.

National Instruments has a market capitalization of $5.73 billion and generates $1.29 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $52.41 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.94 on an earnings per share basis. National Instruments employs 7,412 workers across the globe.

National Instruments' mailing address is 11500 NORTH MOPAC EXPRESSWAY, AUSTIN TX, 78759. The technology company can be reached via phone at 512-683-0100 or via email at [email protected]