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Natera Inc (NASDAQ: NTRA) closed the day trading at $168.50 down -1.09% from the previous closing price of $170.35. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.09 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.91 million shares were traded. NTRA stock price reached its highest trading level at $174.15 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $168.08.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of NTRA, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 4.23 and its Current Ratio is at 4.39. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.54 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.44.
Raymond James Downgraded its Strong Buy to Outperform on February 20, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $68 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 Jan 08 ’25 when RABINOWITZ DANIEL sold 6,223 shares for $175.30 per share. The transaction valued at 1,090,901 led to the insider holds 199,804 shares of the business.
DANIEL RABINOWITZ bought 6,223 shares of NTRA for $1,060,399 on Jan 08 ’25. On Jan 02 ’25, another insider, Sheena Jonathan, who serves as the CO-FOUNDER of the company, sold 3,000 shares for $159.55 each. As a result, the insider received 478,645 and left with 44,782 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 22245537792 and an Enterprise Value of 21798905856. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 14.52 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 23.81. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 14.229 whereas that against EBITDA is -101.674.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for NTRA is 1.65, which has changed by 1.5566561 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.22677135 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 $59.80. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 5.11%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 36.59%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, NTRA traded about 1.24M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, NTRA traded about 1240770 shares per day. A total of 132.02M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 124.70M. Insiders hold about 5.55% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 90.36% stake in the company. Shares short for NTRA as of 1735603200 were 4315638 with a Short Ratio of 3.47, compared to 1732838400 on 4019467. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 4315638 and a Short% of Float of 3.42.
