Natera Inc (NASDAQ: NTRA) is -5.48% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $83.13 and a high of $183.00 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The NTRA stock was last observed hovering at around $150.87 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -1.24%.
Currently trading at $149.63, the stock is 0.80% and -7.64% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.01 million and changing -0.82% at the moment leaves the stock 9.40% off its SMA200. NTRA registered 66.03% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 17.62%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $162.013 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $136.7789.
The stock witnessed a -13.31% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -12.39%, and is 5.00% 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 4.53% over the week and 6.13% over the month.
Natera Inc (NTRA) has around 4434 employees, a market worth around $20.23B and $1.70B in sales. Profit margin for the company is -11.22%. Distance from 52-week low is 80.00% and -18.23% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-14.74%).
with sales reaching $446.47M over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -42.18% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 13.09% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 21.41% in year-over-year returns.
799.0 institutions hold shares in Natera Inc (NTRA), with institutional investors hold 97.02% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 132.65M, and float is at 128.07M with Short Float at 2.25%. Institutions hold 93.67% 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 4.2837 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 Chapman Steven Leonard, the company’s CEO AND PRESIDENT. SEC filings show that Chapman Steven Leonard sold 6,702 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 17 ’25 at a price of $146.03 per share for a total of $0.98 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.2 million shares.
Natera Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Mar 17 ’25 that Brophy Michael Burkes (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER) sold a total of 792 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Mar 17 ’25 and was made at $146.04 per share for $0.12 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 71869.0 shares of the NTRA stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 18 ’25, Sheena Jonathan (CO-FOUNDER) disposed off 3,000 shares at an average price of $145.65 for $0.44 million. The insider now directly holds 41,782 shares of Natera Inc (NTRA).
