Natera Inc (NASDAQ: NTRA) is 33.70% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $92.14 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 $137.82 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 3.25%.
Currently trading at $141.07, the stock is -8.70% and -10.97% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.42 million and changing 2.35% at the moment leaves the stock -8.48% off its SMA200. NTRA registered -10.89% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -17.95%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $158.4531 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $154.14238.
The stock witnessed a -17.92% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -5.05%, and is -1.61% 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 3.47% over the week and 3.45% over the month.
Natera Inc (NTRA) has around 4434 employees, a market worth around $19.26B and $1.83B in sales. Profit margin for the company is -10.36%. Distance from 52-week low is 53.10% and -22.92% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-14.13%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -42.66% this year
848.0 institutions hold shares in Natera Inc (NTRA), with institutional investors hold 99.87% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 135.93M, and float is at 129.37M with Short Float at 4.90%. Institutions hold 96.66% 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 9.1768 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 Brophy Michael Burkes, the company’s CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. SEC filings show that Brophy Michael Burkes sold 920 shares of the company’s common stock on Jul 22 ’25 at a price of $139.58 per share for a total of $0.13 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 70494.0 shares.
Natera Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Jul 24 ’25 that Brophy Michael Burkes (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER) sold a total of 755 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Jul 24 ’25 and was made at $139.50 per share for $0.11 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 70494.0 shares of the NTRA stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Jul 23 ’25, Brophy Michael Burkes (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER) disposed off 495 shares at an average price of $141.28 for $69934.0. The insider now directly holds 71,249 shares of Natera Inc (NTRA).
