NASDAQ:NAVI - Navient Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Navient declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 4th. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.16 per share on Friday, June 15th. This represents a $0.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.59%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 31st. View Navient's Dividend History.

Navient declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback program on Thursday, October 5th 2017, which allows the company to repurchase outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Navient Corp (NASDAQ:NAVI) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April, 24th. The credit services provider reported $0.43 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.41 by $0.02. The credit services provider had revenue of $329 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $313 million. Navient had a net margin of 6.43% and a return on equity of 13.91%. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.37 earnings per share. View Navient's Earnings History.

Navient is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July, 24th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Navient.

10 analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Navient's stock. Their forecasts range from $14.00 to $20.00. On average, they expect Navient's stock price to reach $16.25 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 16.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings 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."

Navient saw a drop in short interest in June. As of June 29th, there was short interest totalling 10,486,767 shares, a drop of 27.7% from the June 15th total of 14,506,173 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,372,799 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.4 days. Approximately 3.8% of the company's stock are sold short. View Navient's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Navient include Raymond James (RJF), SEI Investments (SEIC), MarketAxess (MKTX), Virtu Financial (VIRT), Stifel Financial (SF), Waddell & Reed Financial (WDR), Wisdom Tree Investments (WETF), Piper Jaffray Companies (PJC), Associated Capital Group (AC), Gamco Investors (GBL), Greenhill & Co., Inc. (GHL), Investment Technology Group (ITG), Cowen Inc Class A (COWN), Siebert Financial (SIEB) and Oppenheimer (OPY).

News coverage about NAVI stock has trended somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment. Accern identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Navient earned a media sentiment score of 0.24 on Accern's scale. They also gave press coverage about the credit services provider an impact score of 44.90 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days.

Navient's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Bank of Montreal Can (0.64%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.13%), Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH (0.07%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.04%), Heritage Investors Management Corp (0.04%) and Boston Advisors LLC (0.03%). Company insiders that own Navient stock include Bates Ann Torre, 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 Bank of Montreal Can, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Denali Advisors LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Hartford Investment Management Co., LS Investment Advisors LLC, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC and Heritage Investors Management Corp. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Retirement Systems of Alabama, Boston Advisors LLC, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, FormulaFolio Investments LLC, Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, Fox Run Management L.L.C. and Cerebellum GP 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 $13.95.

Navient has a market capitalization of $3.69 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]