National Instruments Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:NATI)

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

National Instruments announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 30th. Shareholders of record on Monday, August 12th will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share on Tuesday, September 3rd. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.46%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 9th. View National Instruments' Dividend History.

National Instruments Corp (NASDAQ:NATI) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July, 30th. The technology company reported $0.28 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.30 by $0.02. The technology company had revenue of $334.23 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $339.60 million. National Instruments had a net margin of 11.22% and a return on equity of 15.03%. View National Instruments' Earnings History.

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

National Instruments will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, October 29th 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 issued an update on its third quarter earnings guidance on Tuesday, July, 30th. The company provided EPS guidance of $0.36-0.50 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $0.42. The company issued revenue guidance of $325-355 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $352.70 million.

3 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for National Instruments' shares. Their predictions range from $40.00 to $50.00. On average, they expect National Instruments' stock price to reach $46.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 13.2% 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 3 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for National Instruments.

Headlines about NATI stock have trended somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. National Instruments earned a news impact score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the technology company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for National Instruments.

National Instruments saw a drop in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 1,610,000 shares, a drop of 15.7% from the August 30th total of 1,910,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 619,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.6 days. Approximately 1.3% of the shares of the stock 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 CA (CA), BlackRock (BLK), FactSet Research Systems (FDS), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Amgen (AMGN), PepsiCo (PEP), SunPower (SPWR), Abbott Laboratories (ABT), IBM (IBM) and Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG).

National Instruments' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Riverbridge Partners LLC (2.00%), Stephens Investment Management Group LLC (0.54%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.09%), Coastline Trust Co (0.05%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.04%) and Pacer Advisors Inc. (0.03%). 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, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Stephens Investment Management Group LLC, Brookstone Capital Management, Pacer Advisors Inc., Coastline Trust Co and NEXT Financial Group Inc. Company insiders that have sold National Instruments company stock in the last year include Eric Howard Starkloff, Jeffrey L Kodosky, John Charles Roiko and Scott Arthur Rust. View Insider Buying and Selling for National Instruments.

NATI stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Oakbrook Investments LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Meeder Asset Management Inc., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank . 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of NATI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $40.62.

National Instruments has a market capitalization of $5.36 billion and generates $1.36 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $155.06 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.34 on an earnings per share basis. National Instruments employs 7,263 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]