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NAVI vs. EWBC, FITB, HBAN, SLM, COF, EQH, FNB, OBK, OMF, and SYF

Should you be buying Navient stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Navient include East West Bancorp (EWBC), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), SLM (SLM), Capital One Financial (COF), Equitable (EQH), F.N.B. (FNB), Origin Bancorp (OBK), OneMain (OMF), and Synchrony Financial (SYF).

Navient vs. Its Competitors

East West Bancorp (NASDAQ:EWBC) and Navient (NASDAQ:NAVI) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

East West Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Navient pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. East West Bancorp pays out 28.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Navient pays out 206.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. East West Bancorp has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years.

89.5% of East West Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.1% of Navient shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of East West Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.2% of Navient shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

East West Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Navient. East West Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Navient, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
East West Bancorp$4.53B2.92$1.17B$8.5611.21
Navient$4.43B0.27$131M$0.3139.32

In the previous week, East West Bancorp had 7 more articles in the media than Navient. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for East West Bancorp and 2 mentions for Navient. East West Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Navient's score of 0.06 indicating that East West Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
East West Bancorp
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Navient
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

East West Bancorp has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Navient has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

East West Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $121.33, indicating a potential upside of 26.42%. Navient has a consensus price target of $13.07, indicating a potential upside of 7.23%. Given East West Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe East West Bancorp is more favorable than Navient.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
East West Bancorp
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.65
Navient
4 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.78

East West Bancorp has a net margin of 26.06% compared to Navient's net margin of 0.89%. East West Bancorp's return on equity of 15.09% beat Navient's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
East West Bancorp26.06% 15.09% 1.56%
Navient 0.89%4.08%0.21%

Summary

East West Bancorp beats Navient on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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NAVI vs. The Competition

MetricNavientFIN IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.21B$10.97B$12.44B$10.49B
Dividend Yield5.26%3.74%5.59%4.80%
P/E Ratio39.3221.2728.5727.13
Price / Sales0.272.4329.65179.96
Price / Cash3.988.4122.2461.22
Price / Book0.501.802.236.52
Net Income$131M$486.48M$1.02B$276.93M
7 Day Performance2.01%2.43%0.22%1.93%
1 Month Performance-8.62%-7.94%-2.51%2.19%
1 Year Performance-22.50%17.05%533.63%35.00%

Navient Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NAVI
Navient
4.3097 of 5 stars
$12.19
+0.2%
$13.07
+7.2%
-22.9%$1.21B$4.43B39.322,100
EWBC
East West Bancorp
4.7081 of 5 stars
$101.18
+1.9%
$121.33
+19.9%
+3.1%$13.68B$4.53B11.823,100Upcoming Earnings
FITB
Fifth Third Bancorp
4.9582 of 5 stars
$42.20
+1.8%
$50.20
+19.0%
-9.9%$27.45B$13.28B13.1118,616Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
Gap Up
HBAN
Huntington Bancshares
4.9993 of 5 stars
$15.90
+1.9%
$19.37
+21.8%
+0.5%$22.76B$11.96B11.7819,932Trending News
Analyst Forecast
SLM
SLM
4.9348 of 5 stars
$25.50
-0.6%
$33.89
+32.9%
+8.7%$5.35B$2.62B12.891,710Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
COF
Capital One Financial
4.9894 of 5 stars
$207.55
+2.5%
$252.78
+21.8%
+32.2%$129.50B$53.94B106.4452,600Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
EQH
Equitable
4.3305 of 5 stars
$48.86
+1.1%
$64.45
+31.9%
+4.2%$14.48B$12.44B39.408,000Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
FNB
F.N.B.
4.7407 of 5 stars
$15.63
+2.4%
$18.64
+19.3%
+1.8%$5.48B$2.57B12.214,280Trending News
Earnings Report
OBK
Origin Bancorp
3.3751 of 5 stars
$33.39
+1.2%
$43.20
+29.4%
N/A$1.03B$619.96M14.911,031
OMF
OneMain
4.927 of 5 stars
$53.23
+2.1%
$60.50
+13.7%
+13.5%$6.20B$4.99B9.339,000
SYF
Synchrony Financial
4.9079 of 5 stars
$70.19
+3.2%
$77.45
+10.3%
+26.2%$25.31B$22.65B8.2520,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Buyback Announcement
Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:NAVI) was last updated on 10/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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