National Instruments Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for National Instruments in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" National Instruments stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in NATI, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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National Instruments is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 4th 2021.
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National Instruments Co. (NASDAQ:NATI) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 29th. The technology company reported $0.13 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.21 by $0.08. National Instruments had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.73% and a net margin of 1.61%.
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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 30.6% and is now trading at $44.21.
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National Instruments announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, July 30th. Stockholders of record on Monday, August 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.27 per share on Monday, August 30th. This represents a $1.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.44%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 6th. This is a positive change from National Instruments's previous quarterly dividend of $0.25.
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National Instruments pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.45%. National Instruments does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of National Instruments is 135.00%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on EPS estimates, National Instruments will have a dividend payout ratio of 92.31% in the coming year. This indicates that National Instruments may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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National Instruments issued an update on its third quarter 2021 earnings guidance on Thursday, July, 29th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $0.310-$0.450 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.100. The company issued revenue guidance of $355 million-$385 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $339.02 million.

5 analysts have issued 1-year target prices for National Instruments' stock. Their forecasts range from $35.00 to $50.00. On average, they anticipate National Instruments' stock price to reach $39.80 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 10.0%.
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265 employees have rated National Instruments CEO Alex Davern on Glassdoor.com. Alex Davern has an approval rating of 71% among National Instruments' employees.

Some companies that are related to National Instruments include Cognex (CGNX), Coherent (COHR), Itron (ITRI), Badger Meter (BMI), OSI Systems (OSIS), Mesa Laboratories (MLAB), FARO Technologies (FARO), Vishay Precision Group (VPG) and Daktronics (DAKT).
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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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Sarasin & Partners LLP (0.46%), Schaper Benz & Wise Investment Counsel Inc. WI (0.27%), Kopion Asset Management LLC (0.21%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (0.16%), Texas Permanent School Fund (0.07%) and Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (0.03%). Company insiders that own National Instruments stock include Carla Pineyro Sublett, Jason Elliot Green, Jeffrey L Kodosky, John Charles Roiko and Scott Arthur Rust.
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NATI stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Michigan Retirement System, Kopion Asset Management LLC, Alliancebernstein L.P., Capital Investment Counsel Inc, and Texas Permanent School Fund. Company insiders that have sold National Instruments company stock in the last year include Carla Pineyro Sublett, Jason Elliot Green, and Scott Arthur Rust.
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NATI stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Sarasin & Partners LLP, Schaper Benz & Wise Investment Counsel Inc. WI, Versor Investments LP, New Mexico Educational Retirement Board, Icon Wealth Partners LLC, Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, and Huntington National Bank.
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Shares of NATI can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of NATI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $44.21.

National Instruments has a market capitalization of $5.82 billion and generates $1.29 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $143.66 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.80 on an earnings per share basis.

National Instruments employs 7,000 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of National Instruments: AWR Corporation, AWR Japan KK, AWR-APLAC Oy, Applied Wave Research Limited, BEEcube, BEEcube Inc., DASYTEC USA Incorporated, Digilent, Drivven, Enterprise International Holding B.V., Ettus Research, M2 SAS, Measurement Computing, Measurement Computing GmbH, Micropross SAS, NI France Holdings SAS, NI Hungary Kft., NI Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., NI Solutions (Proprietary) Limited, NI Southeast Asia Sdn. Bhd., NI Systems (India) Private Limited, NI Taiwan Corporation, NMDG NV, National Instruments (Czech Republic) s.r.o., National Instruments (Korea) Corporation, National Instruments (Thailand) Co. Ltd., National Instruments AM LLC, National Instruments Asia Minor Ölcüm Cihazlarý Ticaret Limited Þirketi, National Instruments Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd., National Instruments Australia Pty Ltd, National Instruments Belgium N.V., National Instruments Brazil Ltda., National Instruments Canada Co., National Instruments Chile SpA., National Instruments Colombia SAS, National Instruments Corporation (UK) Limited, National Instruments Costa Rica Ltda., National Instruments Denmark ApS, National Instruments Dresden GmbH, National Instruments Egypt LLC, National Instruments Engineering GmbH, National Instruments Engineering GmbH & Co. KG, National Instruments Europe Corporation, National Instruments Finland Oy, National Instruments France SAS, National Instruments Germany GmbH, National Instruments Gesellschaft m.b.H., National Instruments Hong Kong Limited, National Instruments Hungary Kft., National Instruments Instrumentacija avtomatizacija in upravljanje procesov d.o.o., National Instruments Ireland Resources Limited, National Instruments Israel Ltd., National Instruments Italy s.r.l., National Instruments Japan KK, National Instruments Lebanon SARL, National Instruments Netherlands B.V., National Instruments New Zealand Limited, National Instruments Norway AS, National Instruments Poland Sp.Zo.o., National Instruments Portugal Unipessoal Lda., National Instruments RUS LLC, National Instruments Romania s.r.l., National Instruments Scandinavia Corporation, National Instruments Singapore (PTE) Ltd., National Instruments Spain S.L., National Instruments Sweden A.B., National Instruments Switzerland GmbH, National Instruments de Mexico S.A. de C.V., National Instruments de Mexico Servicios S.A. de C.V., PT. National Instruments Indonesia, Phase Matrix, Phase Matrix Inc., Quality Instrumentation Solutions Inc., Signalion, and microLEX Systems.

National Instruments was founded in 1976.

The official website for National Instruments is www.ni.com.

National Instruments is headquartered at 11500 North MoPac Expressway, Austin TX, 78759.

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]