NASDAQ:NATINational Instruments Stock Price, Forecast & News

National Instruments' stock was trading at $33.86 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, NATI shares have increased by 6.3% and is now trading at $35.99.
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6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for National Instruments in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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National Instruments is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, November 3rd 2020.
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National Instruments Corp (NASDAQ:NATI) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 30th. The technology company reported $0.08 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.16 by $0.08. The technology company had revenue of $301.33 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $301.51 million. National Instruments had a return on equity of 12.46% and a net margin of 19.25%.
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National Instruments declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, August 3rd. Stockholders of record on Monday, August 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.26 per share on Tuesday, September 8th. This represents a $1.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.89%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 14th.
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National Instruments updated its third quarter earnings guidance on Thursday, July, 30th. The company provided EPS guidance of $0.14-0.28 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.30. The company issued revenue guidance of $285-325 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $317.96 million.

6 analysts have issued 1-year target prices for National Instruments' stock. Their forecasts range from $35.00 to $46.00. On average, they expect National Instruments' stock price to reach $40.17 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 11.6% from the stock's current price.
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Media headlines about NATI stock have been trending positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. National Instruments earned a media sentiment score of 2.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the technology company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future.
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National Instruments saw a increase in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,260,000 shares, an increase of 61.4% from the April 30th total of 780,500 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 686,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.8 days. Currently, 1.1% of the company's shares are short sold.
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other National Instruments investors own include Editas Medicine (EDIT), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Abbott Laboratories (ABT), IBM (IBM), NVIDIA (NVDA), Analog Devices (ADI), BlackRock (BLK), Enbridge (ENB), FactSet Research Systems (FDS) and Gilead Sciences (GILD).

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 William Blair Investment Management LLC (2.80%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (2.35%), Riverbridge Partners LLC (2.02%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.25%), King Luther Capital Management Corp (1.19%) and Thrivent Financial for Lutherans (0.75%). Company insiders that own National Instruments stock include Duy Loan T Le, Eric Howard Starkloff, James J Truchard, 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 Bank of Montreal Can, Federated Hermes Inc., NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V., State of Tennessee Treasury Department, Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC, Retirement Systems of Alabama, Mcdaniel Terry & Co., and King Luther Capital Management Corp. Company insiders that have sold National Instruments company stock in the last year include Jeffrey L Kodosky, and John Charles Roiko.
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NATI stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Marshall Wace LLP, Great Lakes Advisors LLC, Bessemer Group Inc., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Ensign Peak Advisors Inc, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, and Vident Investment Advisory LLC.
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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 Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of NATI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $35.99.

National Instruments has a market capitalization of $4.73 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' 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]