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

National Instruments' stock was trading at $33.86 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, NATI shares have decreased by 0.8% and is now trading at $33.58. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

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

National Instruments is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 5th 2020. View our earnings forecast for National Instruments.

National Instruments Corp (NASDAQ:NATI) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January, 30th. The technology company reported $0.45 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.41 by $0.04. The technology company earned $367.47 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $357.87 million. National Instruments had a net margin of 11.98% and a return on equity of 14.81%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 2.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.53 earnings per share. View National Instruments' earnings history.

National Instruments announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 30th. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 18th will be given a dividend of $0.26 per share on Monday, March 9th. This represents a $1.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.10%. 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 issued an update on its first quarter earnings guidance on Thursday, January, 30th. The company provided 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.

4 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for National Instruments' stock. Their forecasts range from $40.00 to $50.00. On average, they expect National Instruments' stock price to reach $45.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 34.0% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for National Instruments.

Media coverage about NATI stock has been trending very negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. National Instruments earned a news impact score of -3.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the technology company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutNational Instruments.

National Instruments saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 1,384,500 shares, an increase of 17.3% from the February 27th total of 1,180,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 594,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.3 days. Currently, 1.2% of the company's shares 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 IBM (IBM), BlackRock (BLK), FactSet Research Systems (FDS), AT&T (T), PepsiCo (PEP), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Enbridge (ENB), Pfizer (PFE), Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG) and Zoetis (ZTS).

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

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One share of NATI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $33.58.

National Instruments has a market capitalization of $4.39 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. 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]