Natera Inc (NASDAQ: NTRA) is 99.54% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $36.90 and a high of $132.01 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 $123.08 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 1.91%.
Currently trading at $124.99, the stock is 2.93% and 8.91% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 0.98 million and changing 1.55% at the moment leaves the stock 33.06% off its SMA200. NTRA registered 176.53% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 38.88%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $114.9714 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $94.2685.
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The stock witnessed a 5.83% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 12.21%, and is -1.66% down 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 2.75% over the week and 3.71% over the month.
Natera Inc (NTRA) has around 3293 employees, a market worth around $15.46B and $1.36B in sales. Profit margin for the company is -21.47%. Distance from 52-week low is 238.73% and -5.32% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-24.73%).
Natera Inc quarterly earnings per share for the current quarter are estimated at -0.57 with sales reaching $361.7M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 47.96% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 40.20% year-over-year.
643.0 institutions hold shares in Natera Inc (NTRA), with institutional investors hold 102.46% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 119.58M, and float is at 116.24M with Short Float at 6.52%. Institutions hold 98.68% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 11.27 million shares valued at $1.22 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 9.3316 of the NTRA Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 6.77 million shares valued at $733.28 million to account for 5.6049 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are JPMORGAN CHASE & CO which holds 6.07 million shares representing 5.0208 and valued at over $656.87 million, while FRED ALGER MANAGEMENT, LLC holds 4.356 of the shares totaling 5.26 million with a market value of $569.89 million.
Natera Inc (NTRA) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Sheena Jonathan, the company’s CO-FOUNDER. SEC filings show that Sheena Jonathan sold 19,300 shares of the company’s common stock on Sep 18 ’24 at a price of $127.61 per share for a total of $2.46 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 58932.0 shares.
Natera Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Sep 18 ’24 that Sheena Jonathan (CO-FOUNDER) sold a total of 2,700 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Sep 18 ’24 and was made at $127.57 per share for $0.34 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.28 million shares of the NTRA stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Sep 16 ’24, Chapman Steven Leonard (CEO AND PRESIDENT) disposed off 5,024 shares at an average price of $128.48 for $0.65 million. The insider now directly holds 195,686 shares of Natera Inc (NTRA).
