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How good a business is NTRA?
Natera, Inc. earns −28% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so growth costs more than it returns.
−28%
Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 37 points below what the capital costs: growth destroys value
- Operating margin
- −11%
Operating margin · Diagnostics & Research median 7.1% · 12 months to Q2 2026
- Share count, year on year
- +5.1%
Share count, year on year · shareholders own a smaller slice than a year ago
- R&D as % of revenue
- 29%
R&D as % of revenue
| Year | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| FY2020 | −55% |
| FY2021 | −75% |
| FY2022 | −66% |
| FY2023 | −41% |
| FY2024 | −13% |
| FY2025 | −13% |
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- Operating margin12 months to Q2 2026
- −11%
- Net margin12 months to Q2 2026
- −7.1%
- Free cash flow margin
- 3.1%
- R&D as % of revenue
- 29%
- Revenue, trailing twelve months
- $2.71B
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- $84M
- Net income, trailing twelve months
- −$192M
- Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
- −28%
Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion from the cash flow statement.
Diagnostics & Research
Ranks #1 of 29 by Smart Score