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

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

National Instruments declared a dividend on Wednesday, October 23rd. Shareholders of record on Monday, November 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share on Monday, December 2nd. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 7th. View National Instruments' Dividend History.

National Instruments Corp (NASDAQ:NATI) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 29th. The technology company reported $0.39 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.38 by $0.01. The technology company earned $340.44 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $338.95 million. National Instruments had a return on equity of 14.73% and a net margin of 11.90%. National Instruments's quarterly revenue was down 1.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.45 earnings per share. View National Instruments' Earnings History.

National Instruments is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 30th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for National Instruments.

National Instruments will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, January 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 updated its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Tuesday, October, 29th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $0.43-0.57 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.46. The company issued revenue guidance of $345-375 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $364.43 million.

3 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for National Instruments' stock. Their forecasts range from $40.00 to $50.00. On average, they expect National Instruments' stock price to reach $45.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.7%. 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.

News stories about NATI stock have trended very positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. National Instruments earned a media sentiment score of 4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the technology company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for National Instruments.

National Instruments saw a increase in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,550,000 shares, an increase of 6.9% from the December 15th total of 1,450,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 548,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.8 days. Currently, 1.3% of the company's stock are sold short. View National Instruments' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to National Instruments include Cognex (CGNX), FLIR Systems (FLIR), Coherent (COHR), Itron (ITRI), Badger Meter (BMI), OSI Systems (OSIS), Mesa Laboratories (MLAB), MTS Systems (MTSC), FARO Technologies (FARO), Vishay Precision Group (VPG) and Daktronics (DAKT).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other National Instruments investors own include BlackRock (BLK), FactSet Research Systems (FDS), IBM (IBM), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Enbridge (ENB), Pfizer (PFE), AT&T (T), Gilead Sciences (GILD), PepsiCo (PEP) and Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA).

National Instruments' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Riverbridge Partners LLC (2.00%), Kopion Asset Management LLC (0.13%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.12%), Roubaix Capital LLC (0.05%), Coastline Trust Co (0.05%) and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (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, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Eqis Capital Management Inc., Wedge Capital Management L L P NC and NEXT Financial Group Inc. Company insiders that have sold National Instruments company stock in the last year include Jeffrey L Kodosky 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 Kopion Asset Management LLC, Roubaix Capital LLC, New York State Teachers Retirement System, Sciencast Management LP, Strs Ohio, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Coastline Trust Co and Huntington National Bank. 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 $46.26.

National Instruments has a market capitalization of $6.06 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]