Navient (NASDAQ:NAVI) Issues FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Navient (NASDAQ:NAVI) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided EPS guidance of 1.000-1.200 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 0.070. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts recently weighed in on NAVI shares. Bank of America lowered shares of Navient from a “neutral” rating to an “underperform” rating and set a $12.00 target price on the stock. in a report on Thursday, September 4th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their target price on shares of Navient from $14.00 to $12.50 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, October 30th. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Navient from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Saturday. Cowen restated a “sell” rating on shares of Navient in a report on Thursday. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “sell (d+)” rating on shares of Navient in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, four have assigned a Hold rating and five have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Reduce” and an average target price of $12.83.

Navient Stock Performance

Shares of Navient stock traded down $0.11 on Tuesday, reaching $12.10. 61,241 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 810,212. Navient has a 52 week low of $10.53 and a 52 week high of $16.07. The company has a 50 day moving average of $12.93 and a 200 day moving average of $13.26. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.18 billion, a PE ratio of -22.47 and a beta of 1.33. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 16.98, a current ratio of 9.41 and a quick ratio of 9.41.

Navient (NASDAQ:NAVI) last released its earnings results on Monday, February 28th. The credit services provider reported $0.97 earnings per share for the quarter. Navient had a negative net margin of 1.48% and a positive return on equity of 4.12%. The firm had revenue of $511.00 million during the quarter. Equities analysts forecast that Navient will post 1.04 earnings per share for the current year.

Navient Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 19th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 5th were paid a $0.16 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, September 5th. This represents a $0.64 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.3%. Navient’s dividend payout ratio is currently -118.52%.

Institutional Trading of Navient

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of NAVI. Russell Investments Group Ltd. raised its position in Navient by 77.0% in the 2nd quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 7,766 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $109,000 after purchasing an additional 3,378 shares during the period. Corient Private Wealth LLC raised its position in Navient by 6.8% in the 2nd quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 18,372 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $259,000 after purchasing an additional 1,168 shares during the period. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC raised its position in Navient by 346.5% in the 2nd quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 21,754 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $307,000 after purchasing an additional 16,882 shares during the period. Quantinno Capital Management LP raised its position in Navient by 33.4% in the 2nd quarter. Quantinno Capital Management LP now owns 26,036 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $367,000 after purchasing an additional 6,512 shares during the period. Finally, Two Sigma Securities LLC raised its position in Navient by 35.0% in the 2nd quarter. Two Sigma Securities LLC now owns 34,696 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $489,000 after purchasing an additional 8,995 shares during the period. 97.14% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Navient Company Profile

Navient Corporation provides technology-enabled education finance and business processing solutions for education, health care, and government clients in the United States. It operates through three segments: Federal Education Loans, Consumer Lending, and Business Processing. The company owns Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) loans that are insured or guaranteed by state or not-for-profit agencies; and performs servicing on its portfolios, as well as federal education loans held by other institutions.