Company Analysis

Natera, Inc. (NTRA)

Nasdaq: NTRA · Services-Medical Laboratories · Austin, TX · filing with the SEC since 2014
Grade6.6
◀ Past 5.8● Present 6.5▶ Future 7.5

The grade of Natera, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.6/10
◀ Past5.830% of the headline
● Present6.540% of the headline
▶ Future7.530% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

5.8/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.8/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 78th percentile among 27 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Natera, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
5.2/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+30.3% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 0 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 52nd percentile among 23 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Natera, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $213 million in fiscal 2016 to $2.3 billion in fiscal 2025, up 30.3% a year; it rose in 8 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 1% from fiscal 2016 to fiscal 2017; net income was positive in 0 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span30.3%top 46% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 37% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 24% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak1.4%top 33% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
4.0/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 11.6% a year. 0% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 538 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 40th percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Natera, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 11.6% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 0% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 538 sales (510 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-10 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 43% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 36% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.5/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.0/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -12%: lost 12¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 29%: owes 29¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 50th percentile among 25 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Natera, Inc. lost about 12 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 29 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 9.6% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 44% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 40% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 48% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
7.7/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 23% of 24 in its family; net margin -9%.

weight 45% of this tense · 77th percentile among 24 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Natera, Inc.'s standing among 24 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $2.3 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 11% by size; a net margin of -9% ranks in the top 44%; revenue growth of 41.1% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 15% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$2.31Btop 11% of its family
  • net margin-9.0%top 44% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth41.1%top 15% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
6.6/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 34% of 17 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2019.

weight 22% of this tense · 66th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Natera, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Chapman, Steven Leonard (CEO AND PRESIDENT, as filed), filing under that title since 2019-03-25, 7.6 years (top 15% of its family); the 16 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 7.8 years (top 17%); 9 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 16 people in charge now (bottom 30%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge9 in three years among 16 peoplebottom 30% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed7.8 yearstop 17% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record7.6 yearstop 15% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

7.5/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
7.0/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 30% of 24 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 70th percentile among 24 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Natera, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $1.1 billion against no long-term debt tagged leaves 44.9% of its assets as net cash, top 13% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 4.7% of revenue (top 35%); research spending of 27.1% of revenue (top 42%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets44.9%top 13% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue4.7%top 35% of its family
  • research spending against revenue27.1%top 42% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
8.8/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 12% of 23 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 88th percentile among 23 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Natera, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 41.1% a year over the last three filed years against 30.3% over all 10, speeding up (top 2% of its family); the newest year grew 35.9% (top 15%); research spending grew 25.4% a year (top 14%); capital spending grew 30.6% a year (top 17%) (its annual reports). Natera, Inc. reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2025: Product at $2.3 billion (100%), Licensing and Other at $10 million (0%); 1 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+10.8 points a yeartop 2% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth35.9%top 15% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending25.4%top 14% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending30.6%top 17% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
6.1/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 39% of 20 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 61st percentile among 20 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Natera, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $2.3 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 5.5% below the $2.4 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 43% of its family); net income of $208 million against a prior three-year average of $391 million (top 22%); a net margin of -9% against -39.4% before (top 37%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-5.5%bottom 43% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+47%top 22% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+30.4 pointstop 37% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton NTRA · research, not advice