$28.28 -0.02 (-0.07%)
11/20/2009 4:00 PM

National Instruments Corp (NATI)

CAPS Rating: 5 out of 5

A supplier of measurement and automation products that engineers and scientists use in a range of industries. The Company provides application software and modular, multifunction hardware that users combine with industry-standard computers, networks.

Current Price $28.28 Mkt Cap $2.2B
Open $28.03 P/E Ratio 64.32
Prev. Close $28.30 Div. (Yield) 0.48 (1.70%)
Daily Range $27.95 - $28.36 Volume 183,675
52-Wk Range $15.99 - $28.90 Avg. Daily Vol. 321,000

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marktsgooch (< 20)
Submitted February 12, 2009

$229m cash vs $168m total liabilities.Stock is cheaper now than it was in 1999, or (ignoring a couple of dips in 2002) at any time since.Dividend pays to sit and wait.Solid company. Bargain stock.

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morton2002 (< 20)
Submitted January 27, 2007

National Instruments is now in between major software product cycles. It's Q4'06 results will be strong, but poor execution by upper management will make growth difficult.

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Member Avatar learner09 (62.05) Submitted: 10/29/2009 4:23:49 PM : Outperform Start Price: $27.29 NATI Score: +0.69

Good tech stock. Plays in both manufacturing and technical education market. and a dividend stream yet.

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Member Avatar getoutngo (< 20) Submitted: 10/21/2009 5:31:42 PM : Underperform Start Price: $27.08 NATI Score: -3.29

Forward PE of 30x on 2010's earnings, coming down from 45x today?! If Sales are only growing 10%, then earnings growth will not pickup substantially enough to drive the forecasted PE lower from 30x, especially when historical PE is much lower. They need to substantially increase earnings to justify their valuation.

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Member Avatar miketexan (< 20) Submitted: 7/27/2009 3:34:05 PM : Outperform Start Price: $25.76 NATI Score: -2.80

NI is strong, well managed, with smart people and little internal politics. Employees believe and contribute in the company's success.

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Score Leader

hjerman

hjerman (68.74) Score: +32.49

The Score Leader is the member with the highest score across all their picks in NATI.

Top
Pick 		Member Name Member
Rating 		Start
Date 		Call Time
Frame 		Start
Price 		Stock
Gain 		S&P
Gain 		Score Commentary
hjerman 68.74 4/20/2007 Outperform 3Y $25.54 +10.75% -21.74% +32.49
Vince1172 < 20 3/29/2007 Outperform 5Y $25.04 +12.95% -18.84% +31.79
toddpnewton < 20 4/19/2007 Outperform 3Y $25.75 +9.84% -21.44% +31.28 1 Comment
clmjr 88.10 3/23/2007 Outperform 3Y $25.31 +11.75% -19.37% +31.12
cbser2007 96.01 3/14/2007 Outperform 1Y $24.99 +13.16% -16.09% +29.26
mkris1 < 20 1/10/2007 Outperform 3W $25.41 +11.28% -17.41% +28.69
t34pilot 27.03 3/20/2007 Outperform 1Y $25.44 +11.17% -17.41% +28.58
christmp < 20 3/2/2007 Outperform 1Y $25.34 +11.58% -16.75% +28.34 1 Comment
wantonhubris 73.17 3/5/2007 Outperform 5Y $25.14 +12.48% -15.79% +28.26
Tigerbarb1961 72.19 3/12/2007 Outperform NS $25.52 +10.83% -17.28% +28.11
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Wall Street

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Member Name Member
Rating		 Start
Date		 Call Time
Frame		 Start
Price		 Stock
Gain		 S&P
Gain		 Score End Date Commentary
TrackCitigroup < 20 1/30/2008 Underperform NS $24.93 +29.54% -6.00% -35.54 7/30/2008 @ $32.30
TrackSoros 24.12 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $33.01 -14.34% -24.86% +10.52 1 Comment
TrackSMHCapital 85.86 7/27/2007 Outperform NS $31.17 -9.27% -21.88% +12.61
TrackTWeisel < 20 7/13/2007 Outperform NS $32.83 -13.85% -25.47% +11.62
TrackJPMorgan 73.67 6/18/2007 Outperform NS $31.25 -9.49% -24.90% +15.41
TrackJimCramer 36.31 11/20/2006 Underperform 3W $28.62 -1.19% -17.17% -15.99
TrackCreditSuiss 90.95 10/24/2006 Outperform NS $29.19 +10.05% -7.74% +17.80 8/20/2008 @ $32.13
TrackNeedham < 20 10/24/2006 Outperform NS $28.48 -0.69% -15.39% +14.70

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