National Instruments Corp (NATI) Earnings Preview For Upcoming Quarterly Earnings Release Date
National Instruments Corporation manufactures and supplies measurement and automation products. The company was founded in 1976 and is based in Austin, Texas.
52 Week High: $33.20
52 Week Low: $21.32
Book Value: $6.87
Float Short:   1.80%
Analysts are expecting an improvement of $0.02 in earnings per share compared to last quarter's results of $0.19. Investors will be looking to see a number north of $0.21 per share , based on the earnings estimates. Analyst estimates range between $0.2 and $0.23 per share.
The current trailing twelve months P/E ratio is 26.4. The forward P/E ratio is 25.88.
Looking at the price movement over the last month, the stock has moved higher in price 6.73%, and 4.30% from one year ago.
The stock is performing similar when compared to the general stock market up to this point. When reviewed with the S&P 500, the year up to date positive change is 1.11%.
For the same fiscal period year-over-year, revenue has improved to $873.22 million for 2010 vs. $676.59 million for 2009. The bottom line has rising earnings year-over-year of $109.12 million for 2010 vs. $17.09 million for 2009.The company's earnings before interest and taxes are rising with an EBIT year-over-year of $128.31 million for 2010 vs. $46.53 million for 2009. Rising revenue along with rising earnings is a very good sign and what we want to see with our companies. Be sure to check the margins in the earnings release to make sure that the bottom line is keeping up with the top line.
Here is a look at the fiscal year revenue. 
Here is the last few quarters to get an idea how well they perform compared to estimates 
Reported earnings per share compared to the mean estimate. Differences are rounded.
The total short interest number of shares for NATI 
The number of days to cover short interest based on average daily trading volume for NATI 
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