Natera Inc (NASDAQ: NTRA) Rose 43.8% From Its 52-Week Low; YTD Numbers Fall -6.56% – Here Are Some Things To Keep In Mind

During the last session, Natera Inc (NASDAQ:NTRA)’s traded shares were 1.65 million, with the beta value of the company hitting 1.82. At the end of the trading day, the stock’s price was $147.92, reflecting an intraday gain of 3.91% or $5.57. The 52-week high for the NTRA share is $183.00, that puts it down -23.72 from that peak though still a striking 43.8% gain since the share price plummeted to a 52-week low of $83.13. The company’s market capitalization is $20.00B, and the average trade volume was 1.52 million shares over the past three months.

Natera Inc (NTRA) received a consensus recommendation of Buy from analysts. That translates to a mean rating of 1.52. NTRA has a Sell rating from 0 analyst(s) out of 9 analysts who have looked at this stock. 0 analyst(s) recommend to Hold the stock while 1 suggest Overweight, and 8 recommend a Buy rating for it. 0 analyst(s) has rated the stock Underweight. Company’s earnings per share (EPS) for the current quarter are expected to be -0.66.

Natera Inc (NASDAQ:NTRA) trade information

Natera Inc (NTRA) registered a 3.91% upside in the last session and has traded in the red over the past 5 sessions. The stock spiked 3.91% in intraday trading to $147.92, hitting a weekly high. The stock’s 5-day price performance is -7.87%, and it has moved by -16.22% in 30 days. Based on these gigs, the overall price performance for the year is 65.44%.

The consensus price target of analysts on Wall Street is $155, which implies an increase of 4.57% to the stock’s current value. The extremes of the forecast give a target low and a target high price of $150 and $182 respectively. As a result, NTRA is trading at a discount of -23.04% off the target high and -1.41% off the low.

Natera Inc (NTRA) estimates and forecasts

In the rating firms’ projections, revenue will increase 13.04% compared to the previous financial year.

As companies strive to predict their financial trajectories, we turn our attention to the forthcoming financial quarter. Here are the insights gathered from industry analysts. Revenue for the current quarter is expected to be 446.26M as predicted by 15 analyst(s). Meanwhile, a consensus of 15 analyst(s) estimates revenue growth to 464.65M by the end of current fiscal year. As per earnings report from last fiscal year’s results, sales for the corresponding quarters totaled 367.74M and 413.35M respectively. In this case, analysts expect current quarter sales to grow by 21.35% and then jump by 12.41% in the coming quarter.

An analysis of the company’s performance over the past 5 years shows that the company’s earnings grew an estimated 3.18%. While earnings are projected to return -39.08% in 2025.

NTRA Dividends

Natera Inc is due to release its next quarterly earnings in April. However, it is important to remember that the dividend yield ratio is merely an indicator meant to only serve as guidance.

The next largest institutional holding, with 6.77 million shares, is of BLACKROCK INC.’s that is approximately 5.6049% of outstanding shares. At the market price on 2024-06-30, these shares were valued at $733.28 million.

Also, the Mutual Funds coming in first place with the largest holdings of Natera Inc (NTRA) shares are Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and Vanguard Small-Cap Index Fund . Data provided on Sep 30, 2024 indicates that Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund owns about 3.74 shares. This amounts to just over 2.77 percent of the company’s overall shares, with a $553.31 million market value. The same data shows that the other fund manager holds slightly less at 2.94, or about 2.18% of the stock, which is worth about $435.1 million.