Navient Corporation

NAVI

Financial - Credit Services · Financial Services

Also trades as: 0K5R.L

Price

$8.44

-0.10 (-1.23%)

Market Cap

$792.8M

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is serious

Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.

Data as of Aug 12, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026

Share count falling — buybacks

−42.4% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 172.0M (2021) → 99.0M (2025)

Navient is a financial services company that specializes in managing and collecting on student loans. It services both federal and private student loans, meaning it handles billing, payments, and customer support for borrowers who owe money on their education debt. Navient was spun off from Sallie Mae in 2014 and became one of the largest student loan servicers in the United States.

The company earns money primarily through fees for servicing loans and through interest income on private student loans it owns on its balance sheet. Navient operates mainly in the United States and has a large existing portfolio of older federal loans, though it lost its federal loan servicing contract with the U.S. Department of Education in 2021. This means its legacy loan portfolio is slowly shrinking over time as borrowers pay off their debt, making portfolio runoff and legal settlements — the company has faced multiple regulatory actions — the central risk to its long-term business.

Winston Score History

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-15.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

+85.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (7%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

1.7%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$44.0B cash & investments

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Revenue declining

Navient Corporation's revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

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Quality

Gross Margin

96.0%

Premium pricing power — 96.0% gross margin

Operating Margin

84.0%

Excellent — 84.0% operating margin

ROCE

1.2%

Weak — 1.2% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY

-18.8%

Shrinking sales (-18.8% YoY)

EPS YoY

-247.6%

Earnings shrinking (-247.6% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

EPS Consistency

3/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

N/A

Data not available

FCF Margin

11.6%

Modest free cash flow (11.6%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

18.49

Heavy debt load (18.49)

Interest Cover

0.46x

Dangerous — barely covers interest (0.5x)

Interest coverage below 1. Their profits don't cover the interest bill.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

N/M

Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful

P/E vs Forward

N/A

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

7.06%

Healthy income — 7.06% yield

Yield above 6% — often a flag the market is pricing in a cut.

Dividend Growth

+0.0%

Dividend flat

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