Natera Inc (NASDAQ: NTRA) closed the day trading at $96.50 down -1.01% from the previous closing price of $97.48. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.98 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1041418 shares were traded.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of NTRA, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 3.96 and its Current Ratio is at 4.10. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.58 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.46.
On February 20, 2024, Raymond James Downgraded its rating to Outperform which previously was Strong Buy and also upped its target price recommendation from $68 to $85.
BTIG Research reiterated its Buy rating for the stock on December 29, 2023, while the target price for the stock was revised from $75 to $85.
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 Apr 03 ’24 when Sheena Jonathan sold 26,700 shares for $92.47 per share. The transaction valued at 2,468,822 led to the insider holds 321,031 shares of the business.
Brophy Michael Burkes sold 1,378 shares of NTRA for $127,629 on Apr 02 ’24. The CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER now owns 70,646 shares after completing the transaction at $92.62 per share. On Mar 28 ’24, another insider, Chapman Steven Leonard, who serves as the CEO AND PRESIDENT of the company, sold 2,662 shares for $90.42 each. As a result, the insider received 240,687 and left with 234,526 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 11.76B and an Enterprise Value of 11.32B. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 10.76 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 15.08. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 10.46 whereas that against EBITDA is -28.47.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, NTRA has reached a high of $98.82, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $36.90. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 82.45, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 59.77.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, NTRA traded about 1.51M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, NTRA traded about 1.3M shares per day. A total of 119.58M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 113.00M. Insiders hold about 6.43% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 92.43% stake in the company. Shares short for NTRA as of Mar 15, 2024 were 7.95M with a Short Ratio of 4.15, compared to 7.83M on Feb 15, 2024. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 6.59% and a Short% of Float of 7.01%.
Earnings Estimates
Current recommendations for the stock of the company come from 15 analysts. On average, analysts expect EPS of -$0.71 for the current quarter, with a high estimate of -$0.63 and a low estimate of -$0.78, while EPS last year was -$1.23. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is -$0.62, with high estimates of -$0.55 and low estimates of -$0.7.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between -$2.02 and -$2.53 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of -$2.32. EPS for the following year is -$1.21, with 16 analysts recommending between -$0.57 and -$1.65.
Revenue Estimates
14 analysts predict $315.67M in revenue for the current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $329M to a low estimate of $303M. As of the current estimate, Natera Inc’s year-ago sales were $227.67M, an estimated increase of 38.70% from the year-ago figure. For the next quarter, 14 analysts are estimating revenue of $328.25M, an increase of 35.60% less than the figure of $38.70% in the same quarter last year. There is a high estimate of $334.69M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $317.4M.
A total of 16 analysts have provided revenue estimates for NTRA’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $1.36B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $1.33B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $1.34B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $1.08B, up 23.80% from the average estimate. Based on 16 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $1.58B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $1.75B and the low estimate is $1.5B. The average revenue growth estimate for next year is up 17.70% from the average revenue estimate for this year.
