The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Natera Inc shares valued at $8,589,169 were purchased by MICHAEL BROPHY on Jan 21 ’26. At $234.85 per share, MICHAEL BROPHY acquired 36,573 shares.
Also, Moshkevich Solomon sold 2,951 shares, netting a total of over 675,621 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $228.95 each, the insider now holds 123,499 shares.
Before that, Chapman Steven Leonard had sold 3,848 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $881,482, the CEO AND PRESIDENT traded Natera Inc shares for $229.08 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 3,848 shares, worth approximately $33.16 million.
As published in their initiating research note from Citigroup on January 07, 2026, Natera Inc [NTRA] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $300. As of October 27, 2025, BNP Paribas Exane has increased its “an Underperform” rating to a “Neutral” for NTRA.
Analyzing NTRA Stock Performance
On last trading session, Natera Inc [NASDAQ: NTRA] rose 3.38% to $242.78. The stock’s lowest price that day was $234.04, but it reached a high of $243.69 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 2.06%. Over the course of the year, Natera Inc shares have jumped approximately 53.31%.
Is Natera Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Natera Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-12-31 jumping by 0.73 million shares to 4.75 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-28 was 4.02 million shares. A jump of 15.33% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 4.2 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 4.2.
Which companies own the most shares of Natera Inc (NTRA)?
In terms of Natera Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 269 in the next 12 months, up nearly 14.54% from the previous closing price of $234.85. Analysts anticipate Natera Inc stock to reach 285 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 172. In spite of this, 9 analysts ranked Natera Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2026. On March 13, 2025, RBC Capital Mkts assigned a price target of “an Outperform” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $251.
