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After finishing at $181.11 in the prior trading day, Natera Inc (NASDAQ: NTRA) closed at $179.19, down -1.06%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.06 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.41 million shares were traded. NTRA stock price reached its highest trading level at $180.83 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $178.16.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of NTRA by taking a closer look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 24.21 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 235.21. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 3.58 and its Current Ratio is at 3.72. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.16 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.08.
On March 13, 2025, RBC Capital Mkts started tracking the stock assigning a Outperform rating and target price of $251. On January 23, 2025, Barclays started tracking the stock assigning a Overweight rating and target price of $200.Barclays initiated its Overweight rating on January 23, 2025, with a $200 target price.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Sep 19 ’25 when Sheena Jonathan sold 11,000 shares for $179.47 per share. The transaction valued at 1,974,206 led to the insider holds 28,782 shares of the business.
Sheena Jonathan sold 3,070 shares of NTRA for $540,148 on Sep 17 ’25. The CO-FOUNDER now owns 239,182 shares after completing the transaction at $175.94 per share. On Sep 19 ’25, another insider, Rabinowitz Matthew, who serves as the EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN of the company, sold 25,527 shares for $180.58 each. As a result, the insider received 4,609,599 and left with 2,320,852 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, NTRA now has a Market Capitalization of 24593489920 and an Enterprise Value of 23773626368. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 12.52 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 19.66. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 12.103 whereas that against EBITDA is -90.726.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for NTRA is 1.76, which has changed by 0.4558823 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.1675967 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, NTRA has reached a high of $183.00, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $117.27. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 14.12%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 12.92%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 1.30M shares per day over the past 3-months and 1012070 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 136.76M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 130.07M. Insiders hold about 5.23% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 94.69% stake in the company. Shares short for NTRA as of 1756425600 were 3707654 with a Short Ratio of 2.85, compared to 1753920000 on 3970163. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 3707654 and a Short% of Float of 2.8199999.
Earnings Estimates
As of right now, 13.0 analysts gave their recommendation on the stock of the company. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is -$0.35, with high estimates of -$0.15 and low estimates of -$0.51.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between -$1.51 and -$2.52 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of -$2.0. EPS for the following year is -$0.85, with 15.0 analysts recommending between $0.52 and -$2.45.
Revenue Estimates
16 analysts predict $514.74M in revenue for the current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $525.3M to a low estimate of $503.4M. As of the current estimate, Natera Inc’s year-ago sales were $439.76MFor the next quarter, 16 analysts are estimating revenue of $532.71M. There is a high estimate of $556.1M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $518.2M.
A total of 19 analysts have provided revenue estimates for NTRA’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $2.11B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $1.6B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $2.07B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $1.7BBased on 20 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $2.4B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $2.64B and the low estimate is $1.86B.
