National Instruments Corporation

NasdaqGS:NATI Stock Report

Market Cap: US$8.0b

National Instruments Valuation

Is NATI undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

0/6

Valuation Score 0/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of NATI when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: NATI ($59.98) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($54.57)

Significantly Below Fair Value: NATI is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for NATI?

Key metric: As NATI is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for NATI. This is calculated by dividing NATI's market cap by their current earnings.
What is NATI's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio44.4x
EarningsUS$179.40m
Market CapUS$7.97b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does NATI's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for NATI vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average47.2x
NOVT Novanta
98.5x32.5%US$6.0b
BMI Badger Meter
53.6x10.4%US$6.2b
ITRI Itron
22.8x6.5%US$5.2b
VNT Vontier
13.9x10.5%US$5.6b
NATI National Instruments
44.4x12.7%US$8.0b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: NATI is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (44.4x) compared to the peer average (41.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does NATI's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Electronic Industry?

4 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
SHMD SCHMID Group
2.6xn/aUS$107.87m
SGE Strong Global Entertainment
3.8xn/aUS$12.27m
SPEC Spectaire Holdings
0.03xn/aUS$797.53k
SMX SMX (Security Matters)
0.5xn/aUS$714.91k
No more companies available in this PE range
NATI 44.4xIndustry Avg. 23.5xNo. of Companies9PE01632486480+
4 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: NATI is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (44.4x) compared to the US Electronic industry average (18.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is NATI's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

NATI PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio44.4x
Fair PE Ratio21.8x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: NATI is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (44.4x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21.8x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

Analyst Forecast: Insufficient data to show price forecast.


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