NASDAQ:NAVI - Navient Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Navient trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "NAVI."

Navient declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, August 15th. Investors of record on Friday, September 7th will be paid a dividend of $0.16 per share on Friday, September 21st. This represents a $0.64 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.79%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 6th. View Navient's Dividend History.

Navient declared that its board has authorized a share repurchase program on Thursday, October 5th 2017, which authorizes the company to buyback outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are typically an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Navient Corp (NASDAQ:NAVI) released its earnings results on Tuesday, July, 24th. The credit services provider reported $0.52 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.47 by $0.05. The credit services provider earned $330 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $314 million. Navient had a net margin of 5.72% and a return on equity of 13.95%. Navient's revenue was down 3.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.43 earnings per share. View Navient's Earnings History.

Navient is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October, 16th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Navient.

10 equities research analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Navient's stock. Their forecasts range from $14.00 to $20.00. On average, they anticipate Navient's stock price to reach $16.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 21.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Navient.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Navient in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Navient.

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Press coverage about NAVI stock has trended somewhat positive on Sunday, according to Accern Sentiment. Accern scores the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Navient earned a media and rumor sentiment score of 0.11 on Accern's scale. They also gave media stories about the credit services provider an impact score of 46.87 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View Recent Headlines for Navient.

Navient's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Canyon Capital Advisors LLC (9.68%), BlackRock Inc. (9.22%), Boston Partners (6.34%), LSV Asset Management (2.42%), FMR LLC (2.24%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.49%). Company insiders that own Navient stock include Christian M Lown, Gilleland Diane Suitt, John M Kane, Stephen M Hauber and William M Diefenderfer III. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Navient.

NAVI stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alps Advisors Inc., EJF Capital LLC, Boston Partners, Millennium Management LLC, Chicago Equity Partners LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, Russell Investments Group Ltd. and California Public Employees Retirement System. Company insiders that have sold Navient company stock in the last year include John M Kane and Stephen M Hauber. View Insider Buying and Selling for Navient.

NAVI stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Canyon Capital Advisors LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Sapience Investments LLC, BlueMountain Capital Management LLC, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., LSV Asset Management and FMR LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Navient.

Shares of NAVI can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of NAVI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $13.36.

Navient has a market capitalization of $3.50 billion and generates $5.18 billion in revenue each year. The credit services provider earns $292 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.79 on an earnings per share basis. Navient employs 6,700 workers across the globe.

Navient's mailing address is 123 JUSTISON STREET, WILMINGTON DE, 19801. The credit services provider can be reached via phone at 302-283-8000 or via email at [email protected]