The stock of Navient Corp (NASDAQ: NAVI) has increased by 0.99 when compared to last closing price of 16.10. Despite this, the company has experienced a -2.34% fall in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. GlobeNewsWire reported 2024-04-10 that HERNDON, Va., April 10, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Navient (Nasdaq: NAVI), a leader in technology-enabled education finance and business processing solutions, will host an audio webcast to review its 2024 first quarter financial results on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time. The results are scheduled to be released the same day by 7:00 a.m. on Navient.com/investors. In addition to being available on the company’s investor website, the results will be filed with the SEC on a Form 8-K available at SEC.gov.
Is It Worth Investing in Navient Corp (NASDAQ: NAVI) Right Now?
Navient Corp (NASDAQ: NAVI) has a higher price-to-earnings ratio of 9.09x compared to its average ratio. NAVI has 36-month beta value of 1.38. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 3 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 1 as “overweight,” 5 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for NAVI is 107.15M, and currently, short sellers hold a 7.19% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of NAVI on April 19, 2024 was 883.68K shares.
NAVI’s Market Performance
The stock of Navient Corp (NAVI) has seen a -2.34% decrease in the past week, with a -1.81% drop in the past month, and a -3.50% fall in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 2.60%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 2.38% for NAVI. The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -3.47% for NAVI’s stock, with a -6.52% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of NAVI
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for NAVI stocks, with JP Morgan repeating the rating for NAVI by listing it as a “Neutral.” The predicted price for NAVI in the upcoming period, according to JP Morgan is $17 based on the research report published on April 03, 2024 of the current year 2024.
Barclays gave a rating of “Underweight” to NAVI, setting the target price at $14 in the report published on January 10th of the current year.
NAVI Trading at -1.57% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought NAVI to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -17.42% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 2.38%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 2.60%, as shares sank -3.96% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +1.88% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, NAVI fell by -2.34%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -13.46% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $16.81. In addition, Navient Corp saw -12.67% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at NAVI starting from HELEEN MARK L, who sale 10,000 shares at the price of $17.20 back on Jan 31 ’24. After this action, HELEEN MARK L now owns 385,577 shares of Navient Corp, valued at $171,967 using the latest closing price.
KANE JOHN M, the EVP & Group President of Navient Corp, sale 150,132 shares at $19.02 during a trade that took place back on Dec 14 ’23, which means that KANE JOHN M is holding 490,778 shares at $2,855,090 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for NAVI
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 1.48 for the present operating margin
- 0.64 for the gross margin
The net margin for Navient Corp stands at 0.14. The total capital return value is set at 0.06. Equity return is now at value 7.95, with 0.35 for asset returns.
Based on Navient Corp (NAVI), the company’s capital structure generated 0.95 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.01. The debt to equity ratio resting at 20.91. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 0.97.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 3.86 billion with net debt to EBITDA at 17.4. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 24.36. The receivables turnover for the company is 1.01for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.04.
Conclusion
To put it simply, Navient Corp (NAVI) has had a bad performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
