NASDAQ:NATI - National Instruments Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

National Instruments announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 30th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, February 18th will be paid a dividend of $0.26 per share on Monday, March 9th. This represents a $1.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.32%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 14th. This is a positive change from National Instruments's previous quarterly dividend of $0.25. View National Instruments' Dividend History.

National Instruments Corp (NASDAQ:NATI) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January, 30th. The technology company reported $0.45 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.41 by $0.04. The technology company earned $367.47 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $357.87 million. The business's quarterly revenue was up 2.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.53 earnings per share. View National Instruments' Earnings History.

National Instruments is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 5th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for National Instruments.

National Instruments issued an update on its first quarter earnings guidance on Thursday, January, 30th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $0.24-0.38 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $0.26. The company issued revenue guidance of $308-338 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $312.75 million.

3 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for National Instruments' shares. Their forecasts range from $40.00 to $50.00. On average, they anticipate National Instruments' share price to reach $45.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 0.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for National Instruments.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for National Instruments in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for National Instruments.

Headlines about NATI stock have trended neutral on Sunday, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. National Instruments earned a media sentiment score of 0.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the technology company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for National Instruments.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other National Instruments investors own include BlackRock (BLK), FactSet Research Systems (FDS), IBM (IBM), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Enbridge (ENB), Pfizer (PFE), AT&T (T), Gilead Sciences (GILD), PepsiCo (PEP) and Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA).

National Instruments' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (2.28%), Riverbridge Partners LLC (2.00%), William Blair Investment Management LLC (1.82%), King Luther Capital Management Corp (1.32%), Royce & Associates LP (1.23%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.21%). Company insiders that own National Instruments stock include 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 Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Bank of America Corp DE, Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., Royce & Associates LP, Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC, State Street Corp and SG Americas Securities LLC. Company insiders that have sold National Instruments company stock in the last year include Jeffrey L Kodosky, John Charles Roiko and Scott Arthur Rust. View Insider Buying and Selling for National Instruments.

NATI stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Marshall Wace North America L.P., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Marshall Wace LLP, Crossmark Global Holdings Inc., Kopion Asset Management LLC, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Bank of Montreal Can and William Blair Investment Management LLC. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of NATI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $44.88.