NASDAQ:NAVINavient Stock Price, Forecast & News

Navient's stock was trading at $9.49 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, NAVI shares have decreased by 27.3% and is now trading at $6.90. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Navient in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Navient.

Navient is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July 28th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Navient.

Navient Corp (NASDAQ:NAVI) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April, 21st. The credit services provider reported $0.46 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.72 by $0.26. The credit services provider earned $297 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $287 million. Navient had a net margin of 7.24% and a return on equity of 18.83%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.58 EPS. View Navient's earnings history.

Navient declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 21st. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 5th will be paid a dividend of $0.16 per share on Friday, June 19th. This represents a $0.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 9.28%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 4th. View Navient's dividend history.

6 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for Navient's stock. Their forecasts range from $10.00 to $18.00. On average, they expect Navient's stock price to reach $12.67 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 83.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Navient.

Media stories about NAVI stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Navient earned a media sentiment score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the credit services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about Navient.

Navient saw a increase in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 13,230,000 shares, an increase of 10.0% from the May 31st total of 12,030,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,970,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.5 days. Approximately 7.0% of the company's shares are short sold. View Navient's Current Options Chain.

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

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One share of NAVI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $6.90.

Navient has a market capitalization of $1.34 billion and generates $5.53 billion in revenue each year. The credit services provider earns $597 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.64 on an earnings per share basis. Navient employs 5,800 workers across the globe.

The official website for Navient is 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]