Navient (NAVI) Competitors

Americold Realty Trust (NYSE:COLD) and Navient (NASDAQ:NAVI) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and valuation.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in COLD or NAVI?

98.1% of Americold Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.1% of Navient shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Americold Realty Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 28.0% of Navient shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate COLD or NAVI?

Americold Realty Trust presently has a consensus price target of $26.09, indicating a potential upside of 51.41%. Navient has a consensus price target of $12.93, indicating a potential downside of 1.80%. Given Americold Realty Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Americold Realty Trust is more favorable than Navient.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Americold Realty Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73
Navient	3 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.88

Which has higher valuation & earnings, COLD or NAVI?

Navient has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Americold Realty Trust. Americold Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Navient, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Americold Realty Trust	$2.63B	1.87	-$336.21M	-$0.43	-40.07
Navient	$830M	1.60	$131M	$0.50	26.33

Which has more volatility and risk, COLD or NAVI?

Americold Realty Trust has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Navient has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is COLD or NAVI a better dividend stock?

Americold Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Navient pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Americold Realty Trust pays out -214.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Navient pays out 128.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Americold Realty Trust has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Americold Realty Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor COLD or NAVI?

Navient received 152 more outperform votes than Americold Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.01% of users gave Americold Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 47.83% of users gave Navient an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Americold Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 277 61.01%	Underperform Votes 177 38.99%
Navient	Outperform Votes 429 47.83%	Underperform Votes 468 52.17%

Is COLD or NAVI more profitable?

Navient has a net margin of 2.96% compared to Americold Realty Trust's net margin of -3.54%. Navient's return on equity of 6.69% beat Americold Realty Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Americold Realty Trust	-3.54%	-2.70%	-1.21%
Navient	2.96%	6.69%	0.33%

Does the media refer more to COLD or NAVI?

In the previous week, Americold Realty Trust had 10 more articles in the media than Navient. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Americold Realty Trust and 8 mentions for Navient. Americold Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Navient's score of 1.02 indicating that Americold Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Americold Realty Trust	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Navient	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Americold Realty Trust beats Navient on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.