NASDAQ:NAVI - Navient Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Navient announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 14th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 6th will be given a dividend of $0.16 per share on Friday, December 20th. This represents a $0.64 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.61%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 5th. View Navient's Dividend History.

Navient Corp (NASDAQ:NAVI) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October, 22nd. The credit services provider reported $0.62 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.57 by $0.05. The credit services provider earned $312 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $295.33 million. Navient had a return on equity of 17.50% and a net margin of 8.80%. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.53 earnings per share. View Navient's Earnings History.

Navient is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, January 28th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Navient.

Navient updated its FY 2019 earnings guidance on Wednesday, October, 23rd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.52-2.55 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $2.44.

6 brokers have issued 12-month price targets for Navient's shares. Their forecasts range from $14.50 to $18.00. On average, they expect Navient's stock price to reach $16.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 15.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Navient.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Navient in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Navient.

Media headlines about NAVI stock have been trending somewhat positive on Friday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Navient earned a news sentiment score of 1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the credit services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Navient.

Navient saw a drop in short interest during the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totalling 11,480,000 shares, a drop of 7.6% from the October 31st total of 12,420,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,710,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 6.7 days. Currently, 5.3% of the company's stock are sold short. View Navient's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Navient investors own include Opko Health (OPK), Apple Hospitality REIT (APLE), General Electric (GE), AT&T (T), Intel (INTC), Bank of America (BAC), Ford Motor (F), Micron Technology (MU), Starbucks (SBUX) and Alibaba Group (BABA).

Navient's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Canyon Capital Advisors LLC (9.62%), State Street Corp (2.62%), Boston Partners (1.95%), Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (1.64%), Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC (0.88%) and Man Group plc (0.43%). Company insiders that own Navient stock include Canyon Capital Advisors Llc and Stephen M Hauber. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Navient.

NAVI stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Boston Partners, Canyon Capital Advisors LLC, Man Group plc, WBI Investments Inc., State Street Corp, First Trust Advisors LP, Meeder Asset Management Inc. and Convergence Investment Partners LLC. Company insiders that have sold Navient company stock in the last year include Canyon Capital Advisors Llc 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 Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Barclays PLC, Maverick Capital Ltd., State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Millennium Management LLC, Soros Fund Management LLC, Point72 Asset Management L.P. and Parametric Portfolio Associates 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of NAVI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $13.87.

Navient has a market capitalization of $3.07 billion and generates $5.61 billion in revenue each year. The credit services provider earns $395 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.09 on an earnings per share basis. Navient employs 6,500 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Navient.

The official website for Navient is http://www.navient.com/.

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]