NASDAQ:NATINational Instruments Stock Price, Forecast & News

National Instruments' stock was trading at $33.86 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, NATI shares have increased by 7.9% and is now trading at $36.54. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for National Instruments in the last year. There are currently 4 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 Thursday, July 30th 2020. View our earnings forecast for National Instruments.

National Instruments will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, July 30th 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 Corp (NASDAQ:NATI) posted its earnings results on Thursday, April, 30th. The technology company reported $1.01 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.17 by $0.84. The technology company had revenue of $309.38 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $312.11 million. National Instruments had a net margin of 20.09% and a return on equity of 13.96%. The company's revenue was down .6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.30 EPS. View National Instruments' earnings history.

National Instruments announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 30th. Stockholders of record on Monday, May 18th will be given a dividend of $0.26 per share on Monday, June 8th. This represents a $1.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.85%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 15th. View National Instruments' dividend history.

National Instruments issued an update on its second quarter 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Tuesday, June, 9th. The company provided EPS guidance of 0.22-0.30 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.09. The company issued revenue guidance of $295-315 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $303.16 million.

5 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices for National Instruments' shares. Their forecasts range from $35.00 to $46.00. On average, they expect National Instruments' stock price to reach $40.60 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 11.1% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for National Instruments.

Headlines about NATI stock have trended somewhat positive on Tuesday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. National Instruments earned a media sentiment score of 1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the technology company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news about National Instruments.

National Instruments saw a increase in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,030,000 shares, an increase of 6.7% from the June 15th total of 965,200 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 590,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.7 days. Currently, 0.9% of the shares of the company are sold short. View National Instruments' Current Options Chain.

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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 shareholders include Riverbridge Partners LLC (2.02%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.11%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.02%) and Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.00%). 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. View institutional ownership trends for National Instruments.

NATI stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Riverbridge Partners LLC, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $36.54.

National Instruments has a market capitalization of $4.77 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]