NAVI vs. WT, AC, GAMI, TIGR, VIRT, PIPR, FRHC, UPBD, CXW, and OFG
Should you be buying Navient stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Navient include WisdomTree (WT), Associated Capital Group (AC), GAMCO Investors (GAMI), UP Fintech (TIGR), Virtu Financial (VIRT), Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR), Freedom (FRHC), Upbound Group (UPBD), CoreCivic (CXW), and OFG Bancorp (OFG). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Navient (NASDAQ:NAVI) and WisdomTree (NYSE:WT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking and risk.
Navient pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. WisdomTree pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Navient pays out 41.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. WisdomTree pays out 17.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
In the previous week, Navient had 7 more articles in the media than WisdomTree. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Navient and 7 mentions for WisdomTree. WisdomTree's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Navient's score of -0.12 indicating that WisdomTree is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Navient received 411 more outperform votes than WisdomTree when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.00% of users gave WisdomTree an outperform vote while only 48.68% of users gave Navient an outperform vote.
WisdomTree has a net margin of 29.80% compared to Navient's net margin of 3.93%. WisdomTree's return on equity of 16.31% beat Navient's return on equity.
97.1% of Navient shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.6% of WisdomTree shares are held by institutional investors. 28.0% of Navient shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of WisdomTree shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Navient has higher revenue and earnings than WisdomTree. Navient is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WisdomTree, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Navient has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WisdomTree has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Navient presently has a consensus price target of $16.10, indicating a potential upside of 0.75%. WisdomTree has a consensus price target of $10.88, indicating a potential upside of 17.44%. Given WisdomTree's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe WisdomTree is more favorable than Navient.
Summary
WisdomTree beats Navient on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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