Natera Inc (NASDAQ: NTRA) is 4.40% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $62.96 and a high of $183.00 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 $167.61 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -2.35%.
Currently trading at $165.26, the stock is -0.91% and 0.23% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.57 million and changing -1.40% at the moment leaves the stock 31.64% off its SMA200. NTRA registered 151.88% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 61.78%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $164.2618 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $125.205.
The stock witnessed a 2.02% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 39.28%, and is 4.36% 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 5.08% over the week and 4.45% over the month.
Natera Inc (NTRA) has around 3293 employees, a market worth around $21.82B and $1.53B in sales. Profit margin for the company is -14.01%. Distance from 52-week low is 162.48% and -9.69% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-16.98%).
with sales reaching $427.47M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 59.35% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 50.24% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 37.40% in year-over-year returns.
Natera Inc (NTRA) Top Institutional Holders
709.0 institutions hold shares in Natera Inc (NTRA), with institutional investors hold 96.68% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 132.02M, and float is at 124.45M with Short Float at 3.47%. Institutions hold 93.35% 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 4.9375% 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
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Natera Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Jan 24 ’25 that Brophy Michael Burkes (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER) sold a total of 946 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Jan 24 ’25 and was made at $171.98 per share for $0.16 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.11 million shares of the NTRA stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Jan 23 ’25, Brophy Michael Burkes (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER) disposed off 495 shares at an average price of $171.09 for $84690.0. The insider now directly holds 110,420 shares of Natera Inc (NTRA).
