JPMorgan Chase & Co. Grows Stock Holdings in Natera, Inc. $NTRA

JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its position in shares of Natera, Inc. (NASDAQ:NTRAFree Report) by 10.5% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 12,854,334 shares of the medical research company’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,225,420 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. owned about 0.09% of Natera worth $2,944,800,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC lifted its position in Natera by 6.6% in the first quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 1,560 shares of the medical research company’s stock valued at $221,000 after acquiring an additional 96 shares during the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC lifted its position in Natera by 68.3% in the first quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 4,552 shares of the medical research company’s stock valued at $644,000 after acquiring an additional 1,847 shares during the last quarter. Focus Partners Wealth lifted its position in Natera by 8.6% in the first quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 5,993 shares of the medical research company’s stock valued at $847,000 after acquiring an additional 474 shares during the last quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC purchased a new stake in Natera in the second quarter valued at $298,000. Finally, WINTON GROUP Ltd purchased a new stake in Natera in the second quarter valued at $558,000. 99.90% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Natera Stock Performance

NASDAQ NTRA opened at $215.31 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $30.83 billion, a PE ratio of -132.09 and a beta of 1.56. Natera, Inc. has a one year low of $131.81 and a one year high of $256.36. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $204.19 and its two-hundred day moving average is $216.13.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities research analysts recently weighed in on NTRA shares. The Goldman Sachs Group started coverage on shares of Natera in a research report on Friday. They issued a “neutral” rating and a $245.00 price target for the company. Evercore reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $270.00 price target on shares of Natera in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Wolfe Research started coverage on shares of Natera in a research report on Tuesday, June 2nd. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $260.00 price target for the company. William Blair started coverage on shares of Natera in a research report on Tuesday, April 14th. They issued an “outperform” rating for the company. Finally, Morgan Stanley reduced their price target on shares of Natera from $265.00 to $250.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, March 3rd. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fourteen have given a Buy rating, four have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $256.12.

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Insider Buying and Selling at Natera

In other Natera news, Director Roelof Botha sold 78,000 shares of Natera stock in a transaction on Monday, June 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $220.31, for a total value of $17,184,180.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 1,076,198 shares in the company, valued at approximately $237,097,181.38. The trade was a 6.76% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Steven Leonard Chapman sold 41,124 shares of Natera stock in a transaction on Thursday, June 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $221.03, for a total transaction of $9,089,637.72. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 108,743 shares in the company, valued at approximately $24,035,465.29. This represents a 27.44% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last three months, insiders have sold 156,530 shares of company stock valued at $33,914,062. Company insiders own 5.05% of the company’s stock.

Natera Profile

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Natera is a global diagnostics company that develops and commercializes cell-free DNA and other genetic testing technologies for clinical applications. The company focuses on three principal areas: reproductive health (including non-invasive prenatal testing and carrier screening), oncology (tumor-informed assays for minimal residual disease and recurrence monitoring), and organ transplantation (cell-free DNA tests to detect allograft injury). Natera combines laboratory testing, proprietary bioinformatics, and clinical reporting to deliver personalized genetic information to clinicians and patients.

Key product offerings include Panorama, a non-invasive prenatal test that screens for fetal chromosomal abnormalities and select single-gene conditions; Horizon carrier screening for inherited conditions; Signatera, a personalized, tumor-informed assay used for detecting minimal residual disease and monitoring treatment response in cancer patients; and Prospera, a donor-derived cell-free DNA test used to assess the risk of organ rejection.

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