Navigator (NVGS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Navigator Holdings Ltd., which operates as Navigator Gas, owns and operates a fleet of gas carriers that transport liquefied gases by sea. Its vessels are designed to carry cargoes including liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), ethylene, ammonia and other petrochemical gases.

The company serves customers across international markets, including gas producers, commodity traders and industrial users. Its fleet includes ships with different cargo-handling and refrigeration capabilities to transport gases with varying requirements.

Navigator also has an ownership interest in an ethylene export terminal at Morgan’s Point, Texas, developed through a joint venture with Enterprise Products Partners. The terminal complements its shipping business by connecting U.S. ethylene supplies with overseas markets.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $20.85 to $21.31
• 50-Day Range: $19.49 to $25.09
• 52-Week Range: $17.12 to $25.48
• Volume: 572,749 shs
• Average Volume: 416,737 shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.28 billion
• P/E Ratio: 10.00
• Dividend Yield: 1.33%
• Price Target: $27.00
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Navigator Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Navigator scored higher than 100% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 1st out of 242 stocks in the energy sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Navigator has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.25, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 3 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Navigator has a consensus price target of $27.00, representing about 28.5% upside from its current price of $21.01.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Navigator has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 33.33%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Navigator are expected to grow by 33.33% in the coming year, from $1.80 to $2.40 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Navigator is 7.14, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 26.57.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Navigator is 7.14, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Energy sector average P/E ratio of about 21.33.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Navigator has a PEG Ratio of 0.50. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Navigator has a P/B Ratio of 0.96. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.09% of the float of Navigator has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Navigator has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.86, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Navigator has recently decreased by 5.95%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Navigator pays a meaningful dividend of 1.41%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Navigator has only been increasing its dividend for 1 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Navigator is 10.88%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Navigator will have a dividend payout ratio of 13.33% next year. This indicates that Navigator will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.65

News Sentiment

Navigator has a news sentiment score of 0.65. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Energy companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 5 news articles for Navigator this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

4 people have searched for NVGS on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 300% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added Navigator to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.9 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Navigator insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $264,000.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Institutions

18.95% of the stock of Navigator is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 9/1 Dividend: 8/19/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/1 Dividend: 8/19/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/01/2026
• Last Earnings: 11/03/2026
• Today: 11/11/2026
• Record date for 12/3 Dividend: 11/17/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 12/3 Dividend: 11/17/2026
• Dividend Payable: 12/03/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Energy
• Industry: Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels
• Sub-Industry: Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation
• Current Symbol: NYSE:NVGS
• CIK: 1581804
• Web: www.navigatorgas.com
• Phone: 442073404850
• Fax: 44-20-7340-4858
• Employees: 175
• Year Founded: 1997

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Navigator: $27.00
• High Price Target: $27.00
• Low Price Target: $27.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +28.5%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.25
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $2.94
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 10.00
• Forward P/E Ratio: 8.75
• P/E Growth: 0.51
• Net Income: $100.12 million
• Net Margins: 30.06%
• Pretax Margin: 30.93%
• Return on Equity: 10.43%
• Return on Assets: 5.83%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.44
• Current Ratio: 1.38
• Quick Ratio: 1.30

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $586.96 million
• Price / Sales: 2.18
• Cash Flow: $3.38 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 6.22
• Book Value: $21.88 per share
• Price / Book: 0.96

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 60,830,000
• Free Float: 60,590,000
• Market Cap: $1.28 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.55