National Instruments Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for National Instruments in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" National Instruments stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in NATI, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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National Instruments is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 4th 2021.
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National Instruments Co. (NASDAQ:NATI) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 29th. The technology company reported $0.13 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.21 by $0.08. The technology company earned $346.70 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $324.73 million. National Instruments had a net margin of 1.61% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.73%.
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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 stock has increased by 21.9% and is now trading at $41.29.
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National Instruments announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, July 30th. Stockholders of record on Monday, August 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.27 per share on Monday, August 30th. This represents a $1.08 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.62%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 6th. This is a positive change from National Instruments's previous quarterly dividend of $0.25.
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National Instruments pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.63%. National Instruments does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of National Instruments is 135.00%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, National Instruments will have a dividend payout ratio of 58.38% next year. This indicates that National Instruments will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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National Instruments updated its third quarter 2021 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 5th. The company provided EPS guidance of $0.310-$0.450 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $0.100. The company issued revenue guidance of $355 million-$385 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $339.02 million.

2 brokerages have issued 1 year price objectives for National Instruments' stock. Their forecasts range from $37.00 to $50.00. On average, they anticipate National Instruments' stock price to reach $43.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 5.4% from the stock's current price.
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265 employees have rated National Instruments CEO Alex Davern on Glassdoor.com. Alex Davern has an approval rating of 71% among National Instruments' employees.

Some companies that are related to National Instruments include Cognex (CGNX), Coherent (COHR), Itron (ITRI), Badger Meter (BMI), OSI Systems (OSIS), Mesa Laboratories (MLAB), FARO Technologies (FARO), Vishay Precision Group (VPG) and Daktronics (DAKT).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other National Instruments investors own include Abbott Laboratories (ABT), Enbridge (ENB), International Business Machines (IBM), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), Citigroup (C), Editas Medicine (EDIT), AT&T (T), Accenture (ACN) and Bank of America (BAC).

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

National Instruments' stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (15.45%), Vanguard Group Inc. (8.97%), BlackRock Inc. (8.67%), William Blair Investment Management LLC (3.16%), State Street Corp (2.54%) and Morgan Stanley (2.11%). Company insiders that own National Instruments stock include Carla Pineyro Sublett, Jason Elliot Green, 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 BlackRock Inc., BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, AQR Capital Management LLC, Neuberger Berman Group LLC, Federated Hermes Inc., William Blair Investment Management LLC, and Natixis. Company insiders that have sold National Instruments company stock in the last year include Jason Elliot Green, and Scott Arthur Rust.
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NATI stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Macquarie Group Ltd., Millennium Management LLC, Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley, Sarasin & Partners LLP, Invesco Ltd., American Century Companies Inc., and State Street Corp.
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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 WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of NATI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $41.29.

National Instruments has a market capitalization of $5.49 billion and generates $1.29 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $143.66 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.80 on an earnings per share basis.

National Instruments employs 7,000 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of National Instruments: AWR Corporation, BEEcube, Constellation International Holding BV, Digilent, Digilent Inc., Digilent Information Technology (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., Digilent RO S.R.L., Drivven, Electronics Workbench, Enterprise International Holding B.V., Ettus Research, Gemni Holdings ULC, Hyperception, Hyperception Inc., IOtech, M2 SAS, Measurement Computing Corp., Measurement Computing Corporation, Measurement Computing GmbH, Micropross SAS, NI France Holdings SAS, NI Hungary Software és Hardware Gyártó Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság (NI Hungary Kft.), NI Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., NI Southeast Asia Sdn. Bhd., NI Systems (India) Private Limited, NI Taiwan Corporation, NMDG NV, National Instruments (Czech Republic) s.r.o., National Instruments (Korea) Corporation, National Instruments (Thailand) Co. Ltd., National Instruments AM LLC, National Instruments Asia Minor Ölçüm Cihazlar Anonim Sirketi (Turkey), National Instruments Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd., National Instruments Australia Corporation, National Instruments Australia Pty Ltd., National Instruments Belgium N.V., National Instruments Brazil Ltda, National Instruments Canada Co., National Instruments Chile SpA, National Instruments Colombia SAS, National Instruments Corporation (UK) Limited, National Instruments Costa Rica Limitada (Ltda), National Instruments Denmark ApS, National Instruments Dresden GmbH, National Instruments Egypt LLC, National Instruments Engineering GmbH, National Instruments Engineering GmbH & Co. KG, National Instruments Europe Corporation, National Instruments Finland Oy, National Instruments France Corporation, National Instruments France SAS, National Instruments Germany GmbH, National Instruments Gesellschaft m.b.H., National Instruments Hong Kong Limited, National Instruments Hungary Kereskedelmi Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság (National Instruments Hungary Kft.), National Instruments Ireland Resources Limited, National Instruments Israel Ltd., National Instruments Italy s.r.l., National Instruments Japan KK, National Instruments Lebanon SARL, National Instruments Netherlands B.V., National Instruments New Zealand Limited, National Instruments Norway AS, National Instruments Philippines Inc., National Instruments Poland Sp.Zo.o, National Instruments RUS LLC, National Instruments Romania s.r.l., National Instruments Scandinavia Corporation, National Instruments Singapore (Pte) Ltd, National Instruments Spain S.L., National Instruments Sweden A.B., National Instruments Switzerland Corporation, National Instruments Switzerland GmbH, National Instruments de Mexico S.A. de C.V., National Instruments de Mexico Servicios S.A. de C.V., Optimal Plus Germany GmbH, Optimal Plus Inc., Optimal Plus Japan KK, Optimal Plus Ltd, Optimal Plus Philippines, Optimal Plus Singapore PTE. Ltd, OptimalPlus Ltd., PT. National Instruments Indonesia, Phase Matrix, Phase Matrix Inc., Quality Instrumentation Solutions Inc., Shanghai NI Instruments Co. Ltd, Signalion, Washington Holding & Finance B.V., microLEX Systems, and monoDrive.

National Instruments was founded in 1976.

The official website for National Instruments is www.ni.com.

National Instruments is headquartered at 11500 North MoPac Expressway, Austin TX, 78759.

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].