NASDAQ:NATI - National Instruments Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

National Instruments declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 26th. Stockholders of record on Monday, May 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.23 per share on Monday, June 4th. This represents a $0.92 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.11%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 11th. View National Instruments' Dividend History.

National Instruments Corp (NASDAQ:NATI) released its earnings results on Thursday, April, 26th. The technology company reported $0.26 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.19 by $0.07. The technology company earned $311.90 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $322.77 million. National Instruments had a net margin of 4.50% and a return on equity of 11.50%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 3.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.21 earnings per share. View National Instruments' Earnings History.

National Instruments is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July, 26th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for National Instruments.

National Instruments issued an update on its second quarter earnings guidance on Monday, May, 21st. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $0.23-0.37 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.29. The company issued revenue guidance of $320-350 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $333.40 million.

2 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for National Instruments' shares. Their predictions range from $50.00 to $50.00. On average, they expect National Instruments' stock price to reach $50.00 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for National Instruments.

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News headlines about NATI stock have been trending somewhat positive on Wednesday, according to Accern Sentiment. Accern ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. National Instruments earned a news sentiment score of 0.09 on Accern's scale. They also gave news coverage about the technology company an impact score of 47.02 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future.

National Instruments' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (6.88%), Bares Capital Management Inc. (2.70%), American Century Companies Inc. (1.80%), King Luther Capital Management Corp (1.51%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (0.81%) and Hound Partners LLC (0.81%). 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 UBS Group AG, Baillie Gifford & Co., Clinton Group Inc., Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Sei Investments Co., Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Hsbc Holdings PLC and SG Americas Securities LLC. Company insiders that have sold National Instruments company stock in the last year include Alexander M Davern, Gerhard Paul Fettweis, James J Truchard, Jeffrey L Kodosky, John Charles Roiko and Scott Arthur Rust. View Insider Buying and Selling for National Instruments.

NATI stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hound Partners LLC, Prudential Financial Inc., Legal & General Group Plc, Millennium Management LLC, American Century Companies Inc., Federated Investors Inc. PA, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and BlackRock Inc.. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of NATI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $43.70.

National Instruments has a market capitalization of $5.80 billion and generates $1.29 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $52.41 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.94 on an earnings per share basis. National Instruments employs 7,412 workers across the globe.

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]