Natera Inc (NASDAQ:NTRA) has a beta value of 1.80 and has seen 0.68 million shares traded in the recent trading session. The company, currently valued at $19.77B, closed the recent trade at $146.26 per share which meant it gained $6.24 on the day or 4.46% during that session. The NTRA stock price is -25.12% off its 52-week high price of $183.00 and 43.16% above the 52-week low of $83.13. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 3.17 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 1.62 million shares.
The consensus among analysts is that Natera Inc (NTRA) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 1.45. 0 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 1 rate it as Overweight. 0 out of 9 have rated it as a Hold, with 8 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight.
Natera Inc (NASDAQ:NTRA) trade information
Sporting 4.46% in the green today, the stock has traded in the red over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the NTRA stock price touched $146.26 or saw a rise of 2.34%. Year-to-date, Natera Inc shares have moved -7.61%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change -1.12%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Natera Inc (NASDAQ:NTRA) have changed -15.06%. Short interest in the company has seen 2.88 million shares shorted with days to cover at 1.63.
Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $171, which means that the shares’ value could jump 14.47% from the levels at last check today. The projected low price target is $150.0 while the price target rests at a high of $195.0. In that case, then, we find that the latest price level in today’s session is -33.32% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock gain -2.56% from the levels at last check today.
Natera Inc (NTRA) estimates and forecasts
The company’s shares have gained 24.31% over the past 6 months. If we evaluate the company’s growth over the last 5-year and for the next 5-year period, we find that annual earnings growth was 3.18% over the past 5 years.
NTRA Dividends
Natera Inc is expected to release its next earnings report on 2025-Feb-26 this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue.
Natera Inc (NASDAQ:NTRA)’s Major holders
Insiders own 3.49% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 93.55% with a share float percentage of 96.93%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Natera Inc having a total of 796.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 11.27 million shares worth more than $1.22 billion. As of 2024-06-30, VANGUARD GROUP INC held 9.3316% of shares outstanding.
The other major institutional holder is BLACKROCK INC., with the holding of over 6.77 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $733.28 million and represent 5.6049% of shares outstanding.
Also the top two Mutual Funds that are holding company’s shares are Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and Vanguard Small-Cap Index Fund. As of Dec 31, 2024, the former fund manager holds about 2.91% shares in the company for having 3.94 shares of worth $576.82 million while later fund manager owns 3.19 shares of worth $468.17 million as of Dec 31, 2024, which makes it owner of about 2.36% of company’s outstanding stock.
