Natera Inc (NASDAQ: NTRA) is 52.35% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $36.90 and a high of $98.82 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The NTRA stock was last observed hovering at around $96.75 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -1.32%.
Currently trading at $95.43, the stock is 4.65% and 18.42% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.26 million and changing -1.36% at the moment leaves the stock 61.44% off its SMA200. NTRA registered 80.06% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 121.36%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $10.24 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of -$27.88.
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The stock witnessed a 4.11% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 53.35%, and is 2.66% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 3.87% over the week and 3.60% over the month.
Natera Inc (NTRA) has around 3293 employees, a market worth around $11.52B and $1.08B in sales. Profit margin for the company is -40.16%. Distance from 52-week low is 158.62% and -3.43% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-38.99%).
Natera Inc quarterly earnings per share for the current quarter are estimated at -$0.71 with sales reaching $315.67M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 38.49% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 23.80% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 38.70% in year-over-year returns.
Natera Inc (NTRA) Top Institutional Holders
489 institutions hold shares in Natera Inc (NTRA), with institutional investors hold 99.99% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 119.58M, and float is at 113.00M with Short Float at 7.04%. Institutions hold 95.85% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is Vanguard Group Inc with over 10.44 million shares valued at $508.1 million. The investor’s holdings represent 9.11% of the NTRA Shares outstanding. As of Jun 29, 2023, the second largest holder is Fred Alger Management, LLC with 7.33 million shares valued at $356.47 million to account for 6.39% of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are JP Morgan Chase & Company which holds 6.91 million shares representing 6.03% and valued at over $336.37 million, while Blackrock Inc. holds 5.25% of the shares totaling 6.02 million with a market value of $292.81 million.
Natera Inc (NTRA) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Sheena Jonathan,the company’sCO-FOUNDER. SEC filings show that Sheena Jonathan sold 26,700 shares of the company’s common stock on Apr 03 ’24 at a price of $92.47 per share for a total of $2.47 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.32 million shares.
Natera Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Apr 02 ’24 that Brophy Michael Burkes (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER) sold a total of 1,378 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Apr 02 ’24 and was made at $92.62 per share for $0.13 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 70646.0 shares of the NTRA stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 28 ’24, Chapman Steven Leonard (CEO AND PRESIDENT) disposed off 2,662 shares at an average price of $90.42 for $0.24 million. The insider now directly holds 234,526 shares of Natera Inc (NTRA).
