Natera Inc (NASDAQ: NTRA) is 11.35% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $64.74 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 $168.22 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 8.05%.
Currently trading at $176.27, the stock is 4.62% and 6.06% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.6 million and changing 4.79% at the moment leaves the stock 39.16% off its SMA200. NTRA registered 165.43% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 80.33%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $165.6918 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $126.25935.
The stock witnessed a 9.99% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 46.03%, and is 2.59% 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 4.88% over the week and 4.80% over the month.
Natera Inc (NTRA) has around 3293 employees, a market worth around $23.27B and $1.53B in sales. Profit margin for the company is -14.01%. Distance from 52-week low is 172.27% and -3.68% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-16.98%).
with sales reaching $447.91M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 60.38% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 50.76% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 43.97% in year-over-year returns.
706.0 institutions hold shares in Natera Inc (NTRA), with institutional investors hold 96.69% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 132.02M, and float is at 124.49M with Short Float at 3.40%. Institutions hold 93.28% 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
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Brophy Michael Burkes, the company’s CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. SEC filings show that Brophy Michael Burkes sold 1,442 shares of the company’s common stock on Jan 27 ’25 at a price of $161.87 per share for a total of $0.23 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.11 million shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Jan 24 ’25, Brophy Michael Burkes (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER) disposed off 946 shares at an average price of $171.98 for $0.16 million. The insider now directly holds 109,474 shares of Natera Inc (NTRA).
