Navient Stock Price, Forecast & Analysis (NASDAQ:NAVI)

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

Navient declared 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.48%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 5th. View Navient's Dividend History.

Navient Corp (NASDAQ:NAVI) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October, 22nd. The credit services provider reported $0.62 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.57 by $0.05. The credit services provider had revenue of $312 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $295.33 million. Navient had a net margin of 8.80% and a return on equity of 17.50%. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.53 EPS. 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 EPS guidance of $2.52-2.55 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.44.

6 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for Navient's stock. Their forecasts range from $14.50 to $18.00. On average, they anticipate Navient's stock price to reach $15.80 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 10.6% 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.

News coverage about NAVI stock has been trending positive on Thursday, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Navient earned a coverage optimism score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the credit services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Navient.

Navient saw a drop in short interest in October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 11,480,000 shares, a drop of 7.6% from the September 30th total of 12,420,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,710,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 6.7 days. Currently, 5.3% of the shares of the company 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), Micron Technology (MU), Bank of America (BAC), NVIDIA (NVDA), New Residential Investment (NRZ) and Starbucks (SBUX).

Navient's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (1.64%), First Trust Advisors LP (0.41%), North Star Asset Management Inc. (0.27%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.26%), Rhumbline Advisers (0.23%) and New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.18%). 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 WBI Investments Inc., First Trust Advisors LP, Meeder Asset Management Inc., Convergence Investment Partners LLC, Systematic Financial Management LP, Gabelli Funds LLC, Alps Advisors Inc. and Rhumbline Advisers. 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., State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Icon Advisers Inc. Co., Boston Advisors LLC, California Public Employees Retirement System, Alberta Investment Management Corp and Campbell & CO Investment Adviser 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 $14.29.

Navient has a market capitalization of $3.16 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]