NASDAQ:NATINational Instruments Stock Price, Forecast & News

National Instruments' stock was trading at $33.86 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, NATI shares have increased by 13.5% and is now trading at $38.43. 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) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April, 30th. The technology company reported $1.01 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.17 by $0.84. The technology company earned $309.38 million during 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%. National Instruments's revenue for the quarter was down .6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.30 earnings per share. View National Instruments' earnings history.

National Instruments declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 30th. Shareholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.71%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 15th. View National Instruments' dividend history.

National Instruments updated its second quarter 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Tuesday, June, 9th. The company provided earnings per share 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 twelve-month target prices for National Instruments' shares. Their forecasts range from $35.00 to $46.00. On average, they anticipate National Instruments' share price to reach $40.60 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 5.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for National Instruments.

News articles about NATI stock have trended very negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. National Instruments earned a news impact score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the technology company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about National Instruments.

National Instruments saw a decrease in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 965,200 shares, a decrease of 23.4% from the May 31st total of 1,260,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 651,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.5 days. Approximately 0.8% of the shares of the company are short sold. View National Instruments' Current Options Chain.

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

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One share of NATI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $38.43.

National Instruments has a market capitalization of $5.02 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]