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Navient (NAVI) Competitors

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$15.14 -0.05 (-0.33%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

NAVI vs. WDR, COWN, TIGR, COLD, PIPR, EPRT, MC, VIRT, LB, and PECO

Should you be buying Navient stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Navient include Waddell & Reed Financial (WDR), Cowen (COWN), UP Fintech (TIGR), Americold Realty Trust (COLD), Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR), Essential Properties Realty Trust (EPRT), Moelis & Company (MC), Virtu Financial (VIRT), LandBridge (LB), and Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (PECO).

Navient vs.

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

Waddell & Reed Financial has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Navient has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Navient received 32 more outperform votes than Waddell & Reed Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 48.24% of users gave Navient an outperform vote while only 46.74% of users gave Waddell & Reed Financial an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Waddell & Reed FinancialOutperform Votes
394
46.74%
Underperform Votes
449
53.26%
NavientOutperform Votes
426
48.24%
Underperform Votes
457
51.76%

Waddell & Reed Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Navient pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Waddell & Reed Financial pays out 53.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Navient pays out 92.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

97.1% of Navient shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Waddell & Reed Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 28.0% of Navient shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Waddell & Reed Financial has a net margin of 9.17% compared to Navient's net margin of 1.71%. Waddell & Reed Financial's return on equity of 14.57% beat Navient's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Waddell & Reed Financial9.17% 14.57% 9.54%
Navient 1.71%8.62%0.41%

Navient has higher revenue and earnings than Waddell & Reed Financial. Waddell & Reed Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Navient, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Waddell & Reed Financial$1.07B1.45$114.99M$1.8813.29
Navient$4.83B0.34$228M$0.6921.94

Navient has a consensus price target of $15.75, indicating a potential upside of 4.03%. Given Navient's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Navient is more favorable than Waddell & Reed Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Waddell & Reed Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Navient
3 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.63

In the previous week, Navient had 10 more articles in the media than Waddell & Reed Financial. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Navient and 0 mentions for Waddell & Reed Financial. Navient's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Waddell & Reed Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that Navient is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Waddell & Reed Financial Neutral
Navient Positive

Summary

Navient beats Waddell & Reed Financial on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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NAVI vs. The Competition

MetricNavientSecurity brokers & dealers IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.63B$31.64B$10.97B$8.66B
Dividend Yield4.19%2.18%5.94%4.06%
P/E Ratio21.9417.6228.4717.46
Price / Sales0.345.7860.0069.07
Price / Cash4.8221.8618.4836.36
Price / Book0.602.723.845.87
Net Income$228M$932.00M$998.34M$225.66M
7 Day Performance0.40%0.59%-0.06%-1.34%
1 Month Performance-4.30%4.94%1.86%1.15%
1 Year Performance-8.90%49.18%24.75%24.02%

Navient Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NAVI
Navient
3.9827 of 5 stars
$15.14
-0.3%
$15.75
+4.0%
-8.5%$1.63B$4.83B21.944,500Dividend Announcement
WDR
Waddell & Reed Financial
N/A$24.98
flat
N/A+0.0%$1.55B$1.07B17.971,116High Trading Volume
COWN
Cowen
1.654 of 5 stars
$38.99
flat
N/AN/A$1.10B$1.54B17.801,534Analyst Forecast
TIGR
UP Fintech
1.2641 of 5 stars
$5.68
+3.1%
$5.42
-4.6%
+21.6%$1.05B$306.51M28.401,109Short Interest ↓
COLD
Americold Realty Trust
4.9298 of 5 stars
$21.82
+0.4%
$30.73
+40.8%
-19.6%$6.20B$2.67B-21.6014,706Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
PIPR
Piper Sandler Companies
3.4492 of 5 stars
$336.11
+1.4%
$193.00
-42.6%
+120.4%$5.98B$1.47B35.911,725Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
EPRT
Essential Properties Realty Trust
3.606 of 5 stars
$32.86
+0.6%
$33.37
+1.5%
+41.6%$5.76B$359.60M28.5740Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
MC
Moelis & Company
1.8768 of 5 stars
$74.69
-2.1%
$60.83
-18.6%
+66.5%$5.60B$970.70M140.921,161Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
VIRT
Virtu Financial
4.7295 of 5 stars
$34.92
-0.8%
$29.50
-15.5%
+99.7%$5.40B$2.29B17.55990Dividend Announcement
Positive News
LB
LandBridge
1.0635 of 5 stars
$68.87
+5.0%
$36.57
-46.9%
N/A$5.04BN/A0.006Positive News
PECO
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.
2.2979 of 5 stars
$39.01
+1.0%
$38.43
-1.5%
+12.4%$4.78B$642.79M84.80290Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:NAVI) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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