National Instruments Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:NATI)

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

National Instruments announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 30th. Shareholders of record on Monday, August 12th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share on Tuesday, September 3rd. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.36%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 9th. View National Instruments' Dividend History.

National Instruments Corp (NASDAQ:NATI) released its earnings results on Tuesday, July, 30th. The technology company reported $0.28 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.30 by $0.02. The technology company had revenue of $334.23 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $339.60 million. National Instruments had a return on equity of 15.03% and a net margin of 11.22%. View National Instruments' Earnings History.

National Instruments is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 24th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for National Instruments.

National Instruments updated its third quarter earnings guidance on Tuesday, July, 30th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $0.36-0.50 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $0.42. The company issued revenue guidance of $325-355 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $352.70 million.

2 brokers have issued 12-month price targets for National Instruments' stock. Their forecasts range from $48.00 to $50.00. On average, they expect National Instruments' stock price to reach $49.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 15.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for National Instruments.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for National Instruments in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for National Instruments.

Headlines about NATI stock have trended somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog 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 -1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the technology company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for National Instruments.

National Instruments saw a increase in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 2,216,000 shares, an increase of 46.5% from the July 31st total of 1,512,600 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 688,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.2 days. Currently, 1.8% of the company's stock 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 QUALCOMM (QCOM), CA (CA), BlackRock (BLK), FactSet Research Systems (FDS), Micron Technology (MU), Abbott Laboratories (ABT), Amgen (AMGN), Intel (INTC), PepsiCo (PEP) and SunPower (SPWR).

National Instruments' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (10.59%), BlackRock Inc. (10.59%), Vanguard Group Inc. (8.95%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (7.65%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (7.65%) and Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (7.59%). 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 Invesco Ltd., Janus Henderson Group PLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Schroder Investment Management Group, Schroder Investment Management Group and Prudential Financial Inc.. Company insiders that have sold National Instruments company stock in the last year include Eric Howard Starkloff, 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 BlackRock Inc., BlackRock Inc., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, William Blair Investment Management LLC, DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale, D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc. and Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of NATI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $42.42.

National Instruments has a market capitalization of $5.59 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]