Navient Corporation (NASDAQ:NAVI - Get Free Report) declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 14th, RTT News reports. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 5th will be given a dividend of 0.16 per share by the credit services provider on Friday, September 19th. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.9%.
Navient has a dividend payout ratio of 47.8% indicating that its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings. Research analysts expect Navient to earn $1.41 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $0.64 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 45.4%.
Navient Stock Down 0.2%
Shares of NAVI traded down $0.03 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $13.15. 621,683 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 816,912. Navient has a 52 week low of $10.53 and a 52 week high of $16.97. The company has a current ratio of 9.94, a quick ratio of 9.94 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 16.52. The company's 50 day moving average is $13.84 and its two-hundred day moving average is $13.32. The company has a market capitalization of $1.31 billion, a P/E ratio of 42.42 and a beta of 1.37.
Navient (NASDAQ:NAVI - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 30th. The credit services provider reported $0.21 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.27 by ($0.06). Navient had a net margin of 0.89% and a return on equity of 4.08%. The company had revenue of $156.00 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $156.20 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.29 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Navient will post 1.04 earnings per share for the current year.
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Navient Corporation provides technology-enabled education finance and business processing solutions for education, health care, and government clients in the United States. It operates through three segments: Federal Education Loans, Consumer Lending, and Business Processing. The company owns Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) loans that are insured or guaranteed by state or not-for-profit agencies; and performs servicing on its portfolios, as well as federal education loans held by other institutions.
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