National Instruments Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:NATI)

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

National Instruments announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 30th. Shareholders of record on Monday, August 12th will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share on Tuesday, September 3rd. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.47%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 9th. View National Instruments' Dividend History.

National Instruments Corp (NASDAQ:NATI) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July, 30th. The technology company reported $0.28 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.30 by $0.02. The technology company had revenue of $334.23 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $339.60 million. National Instruments had a return on equity of 15.03% and a net margin of 11.22%. View National Instruments' Earnings History.

National Instruments is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 29th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for National Instruments.

National Instruments will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, October 29th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

National Instruments issued an update on its third quarter earnings guidance on Tuesday, July, 30th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $0.36-0.50 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $0.42. The company issued revenue guidance of $325-355 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $352.70 million.

2 equities research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for National Instruments' stock. Their predictions range from $48.00 to $50.00. On average, they expect National Instruments' share price to reach $49.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 21.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for National Instruments.

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

News stories about NATI stock have trended very negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. 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 news sentiment score of -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the technology company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for National Instruments.

National Instruments saw a decline in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 1,610,000 shares, a decline of 15.7% from the August 30th total of 1,910,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 619,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.6 days. Currently, 1.3% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View National Instruments' Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other National Instruments investors own include CA (CA), BlackRock (BLK), FactSet Research Systems (FDS), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Amgen (AMGN), PepsiCo (PEP), SunPower (SPWR), Abbott Laboratories (ABT), IBM (IBM) and Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG).

National Instruments' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Riverbridge Partners LLC (2.00%), Pacer Advisors Inc. (0.03%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. (0.01%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.01%) and Mission Wealth Management LP (0.00%). 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 Riverbridge Partners LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Pacer Advisors Inc., Mission Wealth Management LP and Crossmark Global Holdings Inc.. Company insiders that have sold National Instruments company stock in the last year include Eric Howard Starkloff, Jeffrey L Kodosky, John Charles Roiko and Scott Arthur Rust. View Insider Buying and Selling for National Instruments.

NATI stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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 $40.46.

National Instruments has a market capitalization of $5.34 billion and generates $1.36 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $155.06 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.34 on an earnings per share basis. National Instruments employs 7,263 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About National Instruments.

The official website for National Instruments is http://www.ni.com/.

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]