NTRA (Natera Inc) climbed 2.91 at the last close: Is This Today’s Most Popular Stock?

On Tuesday, Natera Inc (NASDAQ: NTRA) opened higher 2.91% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $128.20. Price fluctuations for NTRA have ranged from $36.90 to $132.01 over the past 52 weeks.

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During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Healthcare Sector giant was 33.95%. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted 47.95% at the time writing. With a float of $116.25 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $119.58 million.

Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 3293 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 53.85%, operating margin of -23.06%, and the pretax margin is -21.35%.

Natera Inc (NTRA) Breakdown of a Key Holders of the stock

A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Diagnostics & Research industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Natera Inc is 6.01%, while institutional ownership is 95.48%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Oct 01 ’24, was worth 377,024. In this transaction CO-FOUNDER of this company sold 3,000 shares at a rate of $125.67, taking the stock ownership to the 57,432 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Oct 01 ’24, when Company’s CO-FOUNDER sold 2,700 for $125.60, making the entire transaction worth $339,113. This insider now owns 282,041 shares in total.

Natera Inc (NTRA) Recent Fiscal highlights

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 47.95% per share during the next fiscal year.

Natera Inc (NASDAQ: NTRA) Trading Performance Indicators

Check out the current performance indicators for Natera Inc (NTRA). In the past quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 4.01. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 11.99.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is -2.47, a number that is poised to hit -0.57 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach -1.18 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Natera Inc (NTRA)

Looking closely at Natera Inc (NASDAQ: NTRA), its last 5-days average volume was 1.12 million, which is a drop from its year-to-date volume of 1.35 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 82.02%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 4.55.

During the past 100 days, Natera Inc’s (NTRA) raw stochastic average was set at 96.11%, which indicates a significant increase from 87.64% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 32.24% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 39.81% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $119.11, while its 200-day Moving Average is $97.39. However, in the short run, Natera Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $134.10. Second resistance stands at $136.28. The third major resistance level sits at $139.01. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $129.19, it is likely to go to the next support level at $126.46. Now, if the price goes above the second support level, the third support stands at $124.28.

Natera Inc (NASDAQ: NTRA) Key Stats

There are currently 122,803K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 16.32 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 1,083 M according to its annual income of -434,800 K. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 413,350 K and its income totaled -37,460 K.