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

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

National Instruments declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 30th. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 18th will be paid a dividend of $0.26 per share on Monday, March 9th. This represents a $1.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.59%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 14th. This is a boost from National Instruments's previous quarterly dividend of $0.25. View National Instruments' Dividend History.

National Instruments Corp (NASDAQ:NATI) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January, 30th. The technology company reported $0.45 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.41 by $0.04. The technology company earned $367.47 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $357.87 million. National Instruments had a net margin of 11.98% and a return on equity of 14.81%. The business's revenue was up 2.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.53 earnings per share. View National Instruments' Earnings History.

National Instruments is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 5th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for National Instruments.

National Instruments issued an update on its first quarter earnings guidance on Thursday, January, 30th. The company provided EPS guidance of $0.24-0.38 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.26. The company issued revenue guidance of $308-338 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $312.75 million.

3 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for National Instruments' stock. Their forecasts range from $40.00 to $50.00. On average, they anticipate National Instruments' share price to reach $45.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 12.1% 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 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for National Instruments.

Press coverage about NATI stock has been trending extremely negative on Thursday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. National Instruments earned a media sentiment score of -4.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the technology company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for National Instruments.

National Instruments saw a decline in short interest during the month of February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 1,320,000 shares, a decline of 16.5% from the January 30th total of 1,580,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 621,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.1 days. Currently, 1.1% of the shares of the company are short sold. 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 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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Janus Henderson Group PLC (7.30%), State Street Corp (2.28%), Riverbridge Partners LLC (2.00%), William Blair Investment Management LLC (1.82%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.41%) and King Luther Capital Management Corp (1.32%). Company insiders that own National Instruments stock include 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 Bares Capital Management Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Bank of America Corp DE, Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., Royce & Associates LP and Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC. Company insiders that have sold National Instruments company stock in the last year include 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 Marshall Wace North America L.P., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Marshall Wace LLP, Crossmark Global Holdings Inc., Kopion Asset Management LLC, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Man Group plc and Bank of Montreal Can. 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 $40.13.

National Instruments has a market capitalization of $5.25 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 7,263 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]