NASDAQ:NATINational Instruments Stock Price, Forecast & News

National Instruments' stock was trading at $33.86 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, NATI shares have increased by 7.1% and is now trading at $36.26.
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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."
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National Instruments is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, November 3rd 2020.
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National Instruments Corp (NASDAQ:NATI) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 30th. The technology company reported $0.08 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.16 by $0.08. The technology company earned $301.33 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $301.51 million. National Instruments had a return on equity of 12.46% and a net margin of 19.25%.
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National Instruments declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, August 3rd. Investors of record on Monday, August 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.26 per share on Tuesday, September 8th. This represents a $1.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.87%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 14th.
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National Instruments issued an update on its third quarter earnings guidance on Thursday, July, 30th. The company provided EPS guidance of $0.14-0.28 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $0.30. The company issued revenue guidance of $285-325 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $317.96 million.

5 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for National Instruments' shares. Their forecasts range from $35.00 to $46.00. On average, they anticipate National Instruments' stock price to reach $40.60 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 12.0% from the stock's current price.
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Media stories about NATI stock have trended very positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. National Instruments earned a news impact score of 4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media 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 effect on the company's share price in the immediate future.
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National Instruments saw a increase in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 1,550,000 shares, an increase of 19.2% from the July 15th total of 1,300,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 515,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.0 days. Approximately 1.3% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other National Instruments investors own include BlackRock (BLK), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Pfizer (PFE), Enbridge (ENB), FactSet Research Systems (FDS), IBM (IBM), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Abbott Laboratories (ABT), Marathon Petroleum (MPC) and PepsiCo (PEP).

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

National Instruments' stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Riverbridge Partners LLC (2.02%), New York State Common Retirement Fund (0.37%), Kornitzer Capital Management Inc. KS (0.32%), Bessemer Group Inc. (0.31%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (0.28%) and Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.27%). Company insiders that own National Instruments stock include Duy Loan T Le, Eric Howard Starkloff, James J Truchard, 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 NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V., Retirement Systems of Alabama, WINTON GROUP Ltd, Tygh Capital Management Inc., Kopion Asset Management LLC, New York State Common Retirement Fund, US Bancorp DE, and Texas Permanent School Fund. Company insiders that have sold National Instruments company stock in the last year include Jeffrey L Kodosky, and John Charles Roiko.
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NATI stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Great Lakes Advisors LLC, Bessemer Group Inc., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Vident Investment Advisory LLC, Vident Investment Advisory LLC, Riverbridge Partners LLC, Swiss National Bank, and First Trust Advisors LP.
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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 Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of NATI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $36.26.

National Instruments has a market capitalization of $4.77 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]