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

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

National Instruments declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 25th. Shareholders of record on Monday, November 12th will be paid a dividend of $0.23 per share on Monday, December 3rd. This represents a $0.92 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.01%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 8th. View National Instruments' Dividend History.

National Instruments Corp (NASDAQ:NATI) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 25th. The technology company reported $0.32 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.28 by $0.04. The technology company earned $346.13 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $342.65 million. National Instruments had a return on equity of 14.02% and a net margin of 5.50%. View National Instruments' Earnings History.

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

National Instruments will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, January 29th at 5:00 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for National Instruments' stock. Their forecasts range from $46.00 to $50.00. On average, they expect National Instruments' share price to reach $48.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 4.6% 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.

Media stories about NATI stock have trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing 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 nearest to five being the most favorable. National Instruments earned a news impact score of 0.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the technology company a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is very unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term.

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National Instruments' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Riverbridge Partners LLC (2.29%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.23%), Coastline Trust Co (0.05%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.03%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.02%) and Denali Advisors LLC (0.02%). 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, Denali Advisors LLC, Oakbrook Investments LLC and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. Company insiders that have sold National Instruments company stock in the last year include Alexander M Davern, Eric Howard Starkloff, Gerhard Paul Fettweis, James J Truchard, Jeffrey L Kodosky, John Charles Roiko and Scott Arthur Rust. View Insider Buying and Selling for National Instruments.

NATI stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Retirement Systems of Alabama, Fox Run Management L.L.C., First Hawaiian Bank, Meeder Asset Management Inc., Coastline Trust Co and Nisa Investment Advisors 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of NATI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $45.87.

National Instruments has a market capitalization of $6.12 billion and generates $1.29 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $52.41 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.94 on an earnings per share basis. National Instruments employs 7,412 workers across the globe.

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]