National Instruments - NATI Stock Forecast, Price & News

7 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for National Instruments in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" NATI shares.
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7 brokers have issued 12-month price objectives for National Instruments' shares. Their NATI share price forecasts range from $43.00 to $50.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $47.14 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 17.8% from the stock's current price.
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National Instruments' stock was trading at $43.67 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, NATI stock has decreased by 8.4% and is now trading at $40.01.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 26th 2023.
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National Instruments Co. (NASDAQ:NATI) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 28th. The technology company reported $0.42 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.18 by $0.24. The technology company earned $367.20 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $373.94 million. National Instruments had a net margin of 8.59% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 16.91%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 19.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.14 earnings per share.

National Instruments declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 27th. Shareholders of record on Monday, November 7th will be paid a dividend of $0.28 per share on Monday, November 28th. This represents a $1.12 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.80%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 4th.
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National Instruments (NASDAQ:NATI) pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.73%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 9 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 106.67%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, NATI will have a dividend payout ratio of 60.22% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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National Instruments issued an update on its fourth quarter 2022 earnings guidance on Thursday, November, 3rd. The company provided EPS guidance of $0.54-$0.68 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $0.76. The company issued revenue guidance of $435.00 million-$465.00 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $488.19 million.

265 employees have rated National Instruments Chief Executive Officer Alex Davern on Glassdoor.com. Alex Davern has an approval rating of 71% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other National Instruments investors own include Abbott Laboratories (ABT), Enbridge (ENB), International Business Machines (IBM), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), Citigroup (C), Editas Medicine (EDIT), AT&T (T), Accenture (ACN) and Bank of America (BAC).

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

National Instruments' stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (10.09%), BlackRock Inc. (8.69%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (4.93%), Sarasin & Partners LLP (3.25%), State Street Corp (2.82%) and Neuberger Berman Group LLC (1.61%). Insiders that own company stock include Alexander M Davern, Carla Pineyro Sublett, Eric Howard Starkloff, Gerhard Paul Fettweis, Jason Elliot Green, Jeffrey L Kodosky, John Charles Roiko, Karen Marie Rapp, Michael E Mcgrath, Ritu Favre and Scott Arthur Rust.
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One share of NATI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $40.01.

National Instruments (NASDAQ:NATI) has a market capitalization of $5.22 billion and generates $1.47 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $89.32 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.05 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 7,000 workers across the globe.

National Instruments' mailing address is 11500 North MoPac Expressway, Austin TX, 78759. The official website for the company is www.ni.com. The technology company can be reached via phone at (512) 683-0100, via email at marissa.vidaurri@ni.com, or via fax at 512-683-5794.