NAVI vs. PIPR, CS, VIRT, PJC, WT, AC, FRHC, SF, JEF, and SEIC
Should you be buying Navient stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Navient include Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR), Credit Suisse Group (CS), Virtu Financial (VIRT), Piper Jaffray Companies (PJC), WisdomTree (WT), Associated Capital Group (AC), Freedom (FRHC), Stifel Financial (SF), Jefferies Financial Group (JEF), and SEI Investments (SEIC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Navient vs.
Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE:PIPR) and Navient (NASDAQ:NAVI) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.
In the previous week, Navient had 3 more articles in the media than Piper Sandler Companies. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Navient and 2 mentions for Piper Sandler Companies. Navient's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Piper Sandler Companies' score of 0.70 indicating that Navient is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
64.0% of Piper Sandler Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.5% of Navient shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of Piper Sandler Companies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 26.9% of Navient shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Piper Sandler Companies pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Navient pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Piper Sandler Companies pays out 40.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Navient pays out 17.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Piper Sandler Companies has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Navient is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Navient has a net margin of 12.07% compared to Piper Sandler Companies' net margin of 7.25%. Navient's return on equity of 16.24% beat Piper Sandler Companies' return on equity.
Piper Sandler Companies has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Navient has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Piper Sandler Companies currently has a consensus target price of $157.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.48%. Navient has a consensus target price of $17.30, indicating a potential downside of 5.10%. Given Piper Sandler Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Piper Sandler Companies is more favorable than Navient.
Navient has higher revenue and earnings than Piper Sandler Companies. Navient is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Piper Sandler Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Navient received 389 more outperform votes than Piper Sandler Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.00% of users gave Piper Sandler Companies an outperform vote while only 49.76% of users gave Navient an outperform vote.
Summary
Navient beats Piper Sandler Companies on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding NAVI and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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