Navient Corporation

NasdaqGS:NAVI Stock Report

Market Cap: US$1.5b

Navient Valuation

Is NAVI undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of NAVI when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: NAVI ($13.52) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($19.82)

Significantly Below Fair Value: NAVI is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for NAVI?

Key metric: As NAVI is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for NAVI. This is calculated by dividing NAVI's market cap by their current earnings.
What is NAVI's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio18.4x
EarningsUS$79.00m
Market CapUS$1.45b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does NAVI's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for NAVI vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average15.9x
PRG PROG Holdings
11.2x-0.2%US$1.8b
LC LendingClub
36.2x52.3%US$1.9b
ATLC Atlanticus Holdings
10.5x26.9%US$848.1m
FINV FinVolution Group
5.9x11.8%US$1.8b
NAVI Navient
18.4x31.5%US$1.5b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: NAVI is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.4x) compared to the peer average (15.9x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does NAVI's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Consumer Finance Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
YRD Yiren Digital
1.7xn/aUS$418.16m
No more companies available in this PE range
NAVI 18.4xIndustry Avg. 11.5xNo. of Companies5PE0816243240+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: NAVI is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.4x) compared to the US Consumer Finance industry average (11.3x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is NAVI's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

NAVI PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio18.4x
Fair PE Ratio19.5x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: NAVI is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.4x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19.5x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst NAVI forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$13.52
US$14.67
+8.5%
11.6%US$17.00US$11.00n/a9
Dec ’25US$15.58
US$14.72
-5.5%
11.7%US$17.00US$11.00n/a9
Nov ’25US$13.99
US$14.72
+5.2%
11.7%US$17.00US$11.00n/a9
Oct ’25US$15.22
US$14.67
-3.6%
12.9%US$17.00US$10.00n/a9
Sep ’25US$16.93
US$14.25
-15.8%
13.0%US$16.00US$10.00n/a8
Aug ’25US$15.79
US$14.25
-9.8%
13.0%US$16.00US$10.00n/a8
Jul ’25US$14.23
US$14.88
+4.5%
12.8%US$17.00US$11.00n/a8
Jun ’25US$15.07
US$14.88
-1.3%
12.8%US$17.00US$11.00n/a8
May ’25US$15.42
US$14.88
-3.5%
12.8%US$17.00US$11.00n/a8
Apr ’25US$17.03
US$16.25
-4.6%
14.0%US$20.00US$13.00n/a8
Mar ’25US$16.46
US$16.44
-0.09%
13.5%US$20.00US$13.00n/a9
Feb ’25US$16.45
US$16.90
+2.7%
12.0%US$20.00US$13.00n/a10
Jan ’25US$18.62
US$17.44
-6.3%
6.7%US$20.00US$16.00n/a9
Dec ’24US$17.70
US$17.33
-2.1%
6.7%US$20.00US$16.00US$15.589
Nov ’24US$15.91
US$18.33
+15.2%
10.0%US$22.00US$16.00US$13.999
Oct ’24US$17.22
US$19.56
+13.6%
6.2%US$22.00US$18.00US$15.228
Sep ’24US$18.16
US$19.56
+7.7%
6.2%US$22.00US$18.00US$16.938
Aug ’24US$18.87
US$19.56
+3.7%
6.2%US$22.00US$18.00US$15.798
Jul ’24US$18.58
US$18.38
-1.1%
10.5%US$22.00US$16.00US$14.238
Jun ’24US$15.60
US$18.17
+16.5%
10.5%US$22.00US$16.00US$15.079
May ’24US$16.32
US$18.25
+11.8%
10.0%US$22.00US$16.00US$15.4210
Apr ’24US$15.99
US$18.55
+16.0%
10.8%US$22.00US$14.00US$17.0310
Mar ’24US$18.03
US$18.55
+2.9%
10.8%US$22.00US$14.00US$16.4610
Feb ’24US$19.12
US$18.55
-3.0%
10.8%US$22.00US$14.00US$16.4510
Jan ’24US$16.45
US$15.85
-3.6%
8.5%US$18.00US$14.00US$18.6210
Dec ’23US$17.00
US$15.85
-6.8%
8.5%US$18.00US$14.00US$17.7010

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/24 05:41
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/24 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

Navient Corporation is covered by 23 analysts. 7 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Mark DeVriesBarclays
Terry MaBarclays
James FotheringhamBMO Capital Markets Equity Research