National Instruments Stock Forecast, Price & News

6 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for National Instruments in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" National Instruments stock. 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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National Instruments saw a decrease in short interest in the month of January. As of January 29th, there was short interest totaling 3,730,000 shares, a decrease of 32.1% from the January 14th total of 5,490,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 860,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.3 days. Currently, 3.1% of the company's shares are short sold.
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National Instruments is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 29th 2021.
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National Instruments Co. (NASDAQ:NATI) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January, 27th. The technology company reported $0.04 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.36 by $0.32. The technology company earned $367.84 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $359.59 million. National Instruments had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.01% and a net margin of 15.35%. The company's quarterly revenue was up .1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.56 earnings per share.
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National Instruments' stock was trading at $33.86 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, NATI shares have increased by 25.0% and is now trading at $42.32.
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National Instruments declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 28th. Investors of record on Monday, February 8th will be paid a dividend of $0.27 per share on Monday, March 1st. This represents a $1.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.55%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 5th. This is a positive change from National Instruments's previous quarterly dividend of $0.26.
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National Instruments pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.53%. National Instruments does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of National Instruments is 82.44%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on EPS estimates, National Instruments will have a dividend payout ratio of 113.68% in the coming year. This indicates that National Instruments may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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National Instruments updated its first quarter earnings guidance on Thursday, January, 28th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $0.24-0.38 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.25. The company issued revenue guidance of $325-355 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $316.99 million.

6 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for National Instruments' stock. Their forecasts range from $35.00 to $50.00. On average, they expect National Instruments' share price to reach $40.83 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.5%.
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265 employees have rated National Instruments CEO Alex Davern on Glassdoor.com. Alex Davern has an approval rating of 71% among National Instruments' employees.

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

National Instruments' stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (15.90%), BlackRock Inc. (9.65%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (7.17%), William Blair Investment Management LLC (2.75%), Riverbridge Partners LLC (2.17%) and Morgan Stanley (1.66%). Company insiders that own National Instruments stock include Carla Pineyro Sublett, Duy Loan T Le, Jason Elliot Green, Jeffrey L Kodosky, John Charles Roiko and Scott Arthur Rust.
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NATI stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Great Lakes Advisors LLC, King Luther Capital Management Corp, Wells Fargo & Company MN, New York State Common Retirement Fund, Voloridge Investment Management LLC, and Bessemer Group Inc.. Company insiders that have sold National Instruments company stock in the last year include Carla Pineyro Sublett, Jason Elliot Green, Jeffrey L Kodosky, and Scott Arthur Rust.
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NATI stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., Norges Bank, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., First Trust Advisors LP, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Morgan Stanley, Baillie Gifford & Co., and Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund.
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Shares of NATI 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 $42.32.

National Instruments has a market capitalization of $5.57 billion and generates $1.35 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $162.15 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.31 on an earnings per share basis.

National Instruments employs 7,300 workers across the globe.

The official website for National Instruments is www.ni.com.

National Instruments is headquartered at 11500 North MoPac Expressway, Austin TX, 78759.

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]