Stock Valuation & Dividend Analysis: Navient Corp (NAVI)

Name of Company Country of Origin/ Exchange Traded Sector Stock Price
NAVIENT CORP US/
NAS
Financial Services – Credit Services – Credit Services USD13.16
@ 07 Jul 2018
COMPANY PROFILE Navient Corp is a financial service provider that offers business processing services to education, healthcare, and government clients at the federal, state, and local levels. The company also provides asset management services.

Navient is a financial services company that provides asset management and business processing services to education, healthcare, and government clients at the federal, state, and local levels. The company operates in Delaware, western New York, northern Pennsylvania, Indiana, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia, among other locations. The company has three primary reportable business segments: Federal Family Education Loan Program loans, private education loans, and business services. The company’s fourth and other segment relates to financial results of the company’s holding company, including activities related to repurchases of debt, corporate liquidity portfolio, and unallocated overhead and regulatory-related costs. FFELP loans are its largest revenue source.

Stock Code NAVI
Stock Valuation and Dividend Analysis Below

Navient Dividend Yield

For stocks that has a history of paying meaningful dividends, the stock price is often dependent on how much dividend the company pays.
At the price of USD13.16 as at 07 Jul 2018, Navient Corp is trading at a Dividend Yield of 4.9%. This is a 8.7% discount to its historical average Dividend Yield of 4.5%.  (Note: The lower/higher the dividend yield, the more expensive/cheaper the stock is.)
Is the stock overvalued? One should not just look at one indicator to determine the fair value of a stock.
ProThinker believes in using a combination of valuation methods to decide whether a stock is over or undervalued? The five ratios we use are Price to Earnings, Price to Sales, Price to Cash Flow, Price to Book and Dividend Yield. We use multiple methods to value a stock because each has its benefits as well as shortcomings. Price to Earnings and Price to Cash Flow Ratios relate stock price to profitability but are meaningless when the comany has negative earnings or cash flows. Price to Sales Ratio is more stable because sales are never negative. However, this does not tell us whether the company is able to sell profitably. Price to Book Ratio gives us an indication as to how much we are paying for the company’s assets but it is not directly related to the company’s profitability. Dividend Yield cannot be used for companies that are paying little to no dividends.
While it is important to value stocks based on multiple valuation methods, this often leads to differing views on valuation. One indicator may suggest that a stock is overvalued while another suggest that it is undervalued. This does not help an investor who needs to make a definite decision whether to buy, hold or sell the stock. That is why we advocate the use of a Composite Valuation Indicator, which is derived from the best combination of the five indicators above. A Composite Valuation Indicator will give you ONE conclusion on whether a stock is under or over valued.
To find out more about our valuation methodology, click here. 
Free cash flows are not relevant for financial institutions.

Navient Dividend vs. Free Cash Flow

Source of Data: Charts are from ProThinker Stock Report. Company description, historical financial statements data and price data are from gurufocus.com. Estimates are from gurufocus and/or 4-traders.com – Thomson Reuters.
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