National Instruments Gets More Efficient
Investors have started to see signs of a slowing economy across several industrial sectors. National Instruments (NASDAQ: NATI) has exposure to business cycles because of its role in providing scientists and engineers with the tools they need to conduct measurements and tests, and some disruptions across its customer base have put pressure on the company's growth recently.
Coming into Tuesday's second-quarter financial report, National Instruments investors weren't expecting a whole lot from the company, projecting relatively flat numbers compared to year-ago levels. Falling revenue wasn't a mark in NI's favor, but a strong bottom-line performance once again rewarded the testing and measurement equipment provider's efforts to control costs and boost efficiency.
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