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Navient (NAVI) Competitors

$18.23
+0.43 (+2.42%)
(As of 06/9/2023 ET)
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Today's Range
$17.79
$18.28
50-Day Range
$14.59
$18.23
52-Week Range
$12.45
$19.34
Volume
1.73 million shs
Average Volume
1.06 million shs
Market Capitalization
$2.31 billion
P/E Ratio
5.05
Dividend Yield
3.51%
Price Target
$17.30

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Piper Sandler Companies
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Navient
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Piper Sandler Companies 7.25% 15.38% 9.38%
Navient 12.07% 16.24% 0.67%

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Piper Sandler Companies
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Navient
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.86

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Piper Sandler Companies$1.43 billion1.71$110.67 million$5.8723.36
Navient$3.84 billion0.60$645 million$3.615.05

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Piper Sandler CompaniesOutperform Votes
29
58.00%
Underperform Votes
21
42.00%
NavientOutperform Votes
418
49.76%
Underperform Votes
422
50.24%

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.
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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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NAVI vs. The Competition

MetricNavientSecurity brokers & dealers IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.31B$10.06B$6.30B$6.28B
Dividend Yield3.60%3.48%7.16%6.27%
P/E Ratio5.0510.11147.6012.78
Price / Sales0.604.836,589.6990.51
Price / Cash5.0632.2333.72115.16
Price / Book0.832.871.835.30
Net Income$645M$350.83M$649.05M$193.31M
7 Day Performance12.25%0.06%1.23%1.29%
1 Month Performance24.95%7.04%3.13%4.61%
1 Year Performance30.12%-5.04%13.96%5.86%

Navient Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PIPR
Piper Sandler Companies
2.2054 of 5 stars
$132.50
+3.2%
$157.00
+18.5%
+14.5%$2.35B$1.43B22.571,790
CS
Credit Suisse Group
2.1007 of 5 stars
$0.88
flat
$4.73
+434.5%
-86.4%$2.75B$22.88B1.3650,480
VIRT
Virtu Financial
3.244 of 5 stars
$18.14
+1.1%
$24.29
+33.9%
-22.9%$2.98B$2.36B9.16973
PJC
Piper Jaffray Companies
0 of 5 stars
$79.62
-1.3%
N/A-1.8%$1.14B$800.99M12.991,262
WT
WisdomTree
2.0706 of 5 stars
$7.20
+2.7%
$6.50
-9.7%
N/A$1.07B$305.02M16.00N/APositive News
AC
Associated Capital Group
0.9689 of 5 stars
$36.47
+0.7%
$26.00
-28.7%
-5.5%$798.33M$15.23M-53.6325
FRHC
Freedom
0 of 5 stars
$82.70
+1.3%
N/A+87.9%$4.92B$584.87M0.003,421
SF
Stifel Financial
2.5845 of 5 stars
$58.66
+2.1%
$78.00
+33.0%
-5.8%$6.23B$4.39B11.269,000
JEF
Jefferies Financial Group
2.7348 of 5 stars
$31.50
+2.5%
$36.00
+14.3%
+5.4%$7.29B$5.98B13.465,381
SEIC
SEI Investments
2.3507 of 5 stars
$58.56
+1.5%
$60.80
+3.8%
+4.1%$7.81B$1.99B20.334,837News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:NAVI) was last updated on 6/10/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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