Natera Inc (NASDAQ: NTRA) is -4.00% 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 $132.23 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 19.74%.
Currently trading at $151.97, the stock is 4.49% and -2.03% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.97 million and changing 14.93% at the moment leaves the stock 9.17% off its SMA200. NTRA registered 59.25% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 18.54%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $155.123 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $139.20915.
The stock witnessed a 8.53% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -10.82%, and is 6.12% 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 10.54% over the week and 5.86% over the month.
Natera Inc (NTRA) has around 4434 employees, a market worth around $20.54B and $1.70B in sales. Profit margin for the company is -11.22%. Distance from 52-week low is 82.81% and -16.96% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-14.74%).
with sales reaching $446.68M over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -42.16% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 13.18% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 21.47% in year-over-year returns.
803.0 institutions hold shares in Natera Inc (NTRA), with institutional investors hold 97.01% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 132.65M, and float is at 128.07M with Short Float at 3.00%. Institutions hold 93.66% 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 5.5118 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 Sheena Jonathan, the company’s CO-FOUNDER. SEC filings show that Sheena Jonathan sold 3,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Apr 03 ’25 at a price of $139.19 per share for a total of $0.42 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 40282.0 shares.
Natera Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Apr 04 ’25 that Sheena Jonathan (CO-FOUNDER) sold a total of 3,070 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Apr 04 ’25 and was made at $133.14 per share for $0.41 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.26 million shares of the NTRA stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Apr 01 ’25, Marcus Gail Boxer (Director) disposed off 4,000 shares at an average price of $140.78 for $0.56 million. The insider now directly holds 9,704 shares of Natera Inc (NTRA).
