Navient (NAVI) Competitors

CareTrust REIT (NASDAQ:CTRE) and Navient (NASDAQ:NAVI) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CTRE or NAVI?

87.8% of CareTrust REIT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.1% of Navient shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of CareTrust REIT 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 company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CTRE or NAVI?

Navient received 7 more outperform votes than CareTrust REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.72% of users gave CareTrust REIT an outperform vote while only 48.15% of users gave Navient an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CareTrust REIT	Outperform Votes 422 64.72%	Underperform Votes 230 35.28%
Navient	Outperform Votes 429 48.15%	Underperform Votes 462 51.85%

Do analysts rate CTRE or NAVI?

CareTrust REIT currently has a consensus target price of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.51%. Navient has a consensus target price of $13.50, indicating a potential upside of 4.01%. Given CareTrust REIT's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe CareTrust REIT is more favorable than Navient.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CareTrust REIT	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Navient	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has more volatility and risk, CTRE or NAVI?

CareTrust REIT has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Navient has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CTRE or NAVI?

Navient has higher revenue and earnings than CareTrust REIT. Navient is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CareTrust REIT, 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
CareTrust REIT	$228.26M	23.49	$125.08M	$0.79	36.16
Navient	$961M	1.38	$131M	$1.16	11.19

Is CTRE or NAVI more profitable?

CareTrust REIT has a net margin of 42.22% compared to Navient's net margin of 2.96%. Navient's return on equity of 6.69% beat CareTrust REIT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CareTrust REIT	42.22%	5.59%	4.39%
Navient	2.96%	6.69%	0.33%

Is CTRE or NAVI a better dividend stock?

CareTrust REIT pays an annual dividend of $1.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Navient pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. CareTrust REIT pays out 169.6% 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. Navient is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer CTRE or NAVI?

In the previous week, CareTrust REIT had 6 more articles in the media than Navient. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for CareTrust REIT and 8 mentions for Navient. CareTrust REIT's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Navient's score of 0.12 indicating that CareTrust REIT is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CareTrust REIT	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Navient	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Navient beats CareTrust REIT on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.