Natera Inc (NASDAQ: NTRA) is 94.62% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $36.90 and a high of $124.72 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 $118.45 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 3.46%.
Currently trading at $121.91, the stock is 11.84% and 11.40% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.48 million and changing 2.92% at the moment leaves the stock 42.49% off its SMA200. NTRA registered 121.98% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 74.76%.
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The stock witnessed a 14.45% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 12.61%, and is 2.88% 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 3.40% over the week and 4.97% over the month.
Natera Inc (NTRA) has around 3293 employees, a market worth around $15.08B and $1.36B in sales. Profit margin for the company is -21.47%. Distance from 52-week low is 230.38% and -2.25% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-24.73%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 47.95% this year
633.0 institutions hold shares in Natera Inc (NTRA), with institutional investors hold 102.37% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 119.58M, and float is at 116.04M with Short Float at 7.28%. Institutions hold 98.58% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 11.04 million shares valued at $1.01 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 9.258 of the NTRA Shares outstanding. As of 2024-03-31, the second largest holder is JPMORGAN CHASE & CO with 7.36 million shares valued at $672.96 million to account for 6.1676 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are FRED ALGER MANAGEMENT, LLC which holds 6.55 million shares representing 5.4878 and valued at over $598.78 million, while BLACKROCK INC. holds 5.4367 of the shares totaling 6.49 million with a market value of $593.2 million.
Natera Inc (NTRA) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Chapman Steven Leonard, the company’s CEO AND PRESIDENT. SEC filings show that Chapman Steven Leonard sold 5,583 shares of the company’s common stock on Aug 15 ’24 at a price of $118.91 per share for a total of $0.66 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.2 million shares.
Natera Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Aug 15 ’24 that Sheena Jonathan (CO-FOUNDER) sold a total of 12,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Aug 15 ’24 and was made at $121.01 per share for $1.45 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.29 million shares of the NTRA stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Aug 15 ’24, STEVEN L CHAPMAN (Officer) Proposed Sale 5,583 shares at an average price of $118.91 for $0.66 million. The insider now directly holds shares of Natera Inc (NTRA).
