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Profile - National Instruments Corp (NasdaqNM:NATI)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
11500 N. MoPac Expressway
Austin, TX 78759
Phone: (512) 338-9119
Fax: (512) 794-8411
Email: info@natinst.com
Employees (last reported count): 2,511
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 ·Industry: Computer Peripherals
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Index Membership
 ·S&P 400 MidCap
Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 43%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 2 insider buys; 1,000  shares
 · 4 insider sells; 25.0K shares
  (0.1% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 46% (81% of float)
(330 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 1.50M shares (+5.98%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
National Instruments Corporation is a supplier of measurement and automation products that engineers and scientists use in a wide range of industries. These industries are spread across a large and diverse market for test and measurement (T&M) and industrial automation (IA) applications. The Company provides flexible application software and modular, multifunction hardware that users combine with industry-standard computers, networks and the Internet to create measurement and automation systems, which the Company also refers to as virtual instruments. The Company offers an extensive line of measurement and automation products. Engineers, scientists and other users involved in T&M and IA applications can use these products with computers, networks and the Internet to develop customer-defined virtual instrument solutions.
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Financial Summary
NATI leverages commercial technologies, such as industry-standard computers and the Internet, to bring affordable, productive measurement and automation tools to engineers and scientists around the world. For the six months ended 6/30/01, revenues rose 6% to $205.8 million. Net income fell 14% to $23.4 million. Revenues reflect new and upgraded products, and increased market acceptance. Earnings were offset by foreign exchange losses.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY1999 Pay

James Truchard, Ph.D., 56
Chairman, Pres
$242K
Alexander Davern, 33
CFO and Treasurer
--  
Peter Zogas, Jr., 39
VP - Sales
193K
John Graff, 35
VP of Marketing
--  
Mark Finger, 42
VP - HR
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Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-1999 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc..
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Statistics at a Glance -- NasdaqNM:NATIAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 4-Apr-2001
$26.688
Recent Price$31.37 
52-Week High
on 9-Feb-2001
$57.563
Beta0.74 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)257.9K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)187.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-30.0%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-6.1%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$1.60B
Shares Outstanding51.0M
Float29.0M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: 3 for 2 on 23-Aug-1999
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$6.86 
Earnings (ttm)$0.96 
Earnings (mrq)$0.18 
Sales (ttm)$7.87 
Cash (mrq)$3.14 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)4.57 
Price/Earnings (ttm)32.74 
Price/Sales (ttm)3.98 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$422.3M
EBITDA (ttm)$87.2M
Income available to common (ttm)$51.4M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)12.2%
Operating Margin (ttm)16.6%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)13.43%
Return on Equity (ttm)16.11%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)5.22 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0 
Total Cash (mrq)$159.8M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short1.67M
Percent of Float5.8%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
1.51M
Short Ratio6.02 
Daily Volume277.0K
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