Postal Realty Trust (PSTL) Competitors

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

Is PSTL or NAVI a better dividend stock?

Postal Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.97 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Navient pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Postal Realty Trust pays out 461.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Navient pays out 55.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has more risk & volatility, PSTL or NAVI?

Postal Realty Trust has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Navient has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PSTL or NAVI more profitable?

Postal Realty Trust has a net margin of 4.55% compared to Navient's net margin of 2.96%. Navient's return on equity of 6.69% beat Postal Realty Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Postal Realty Trust	4.55%	1.06%	0.55%
Navient	2.96%	6.69%	0.33%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PSTL or NAVI?

Navient received 390 more outperform votes than Postal Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 48.15% of users gave Postal Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 47.88% of users gave Navient an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Postal Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 39 48.15%	Underperform Votes 42 51.85%
Navient	Outperform Votes 429 47.88%	Underperform Votes 467 52.12%

Do analysts prefer PSTL or NAVI?

Postal Realty Trust currently has a consensus price target of $16.50, indicating a potential upside of 29.51%. Navient has a consensus price target of $12.93, indicating a potential upside of 3.18%. Given Postal Realty Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Postal Realty Trust is more favorable than Navient.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Postal Realty Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Navient	2 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media refer more to PSTL or NAVI?

In the previous week, Navient had 16 more articles in the media than Postal Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Navient and 7 mentions for Postal Realty Trust. Postal Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Navient's score of 0.92 indicating that Postal Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Postal Realty Trust	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Navient	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher valuation and earnings, PSTL or NAVI?

Navient has higher revenue and earnings than Postal Realty Trust. Navient is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Postal Realty Trust, 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
Postal Realty Trust	$76.37M	3.93	$3.71M	$0.21	60.67
Navient	$961M	1.32	$131M	$1.16	10.80

Do institutionals & insiders believe in PSTL or NAVI?

57.9% of Postal Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.1% of Navient shares are held by institutional investors. 13.6% of Postal Realty Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 28.0% of Navient shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Navient beats Postal Realty Trust on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.