Company Analysis

Navient Corporation (NAVI)

NAVI · Security Brokers, Dealers & Flotation Companies · Herndon, VA · filing with the SEC since 2013
Grade2.8
◀ Past 2.6● Present 3.2▶ Future 2.3

The grade of Navient Corporation

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
2.8/10
◀ Past2.625% of the headline
● Present3.245% of the headline
▶ Future2.330% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

2.6/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
0.8/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

2 warning events since 2017; the latest 2026-11-02.

weight 45% of this tense · 8th percentile among 30 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Navient Corporation's filings since 2017 show 2 warning events of 2 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2026-11-02); a material cybersecurity incident (8-K item 1.05, the latest 2026-07-02) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
1.5/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

-6.3% a year over 8 filed years; profitable in 7 of 8.

weight 33% of this tense · 15th percentile among 29 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Navient Corporation's 8 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $4.9 billion in fiscal 2018 to $3.1 billion in fiscal 2025, down 6.3% a year; it rose in 2 of 7 years; the deepest fall was 46% from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2021; net income was positive in 7 of 8 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span-6.3%bottom 2% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 2% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 40% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak46.0%bottom 16% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
8.1/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 11.7% a year. 51% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 81st percentile among 26 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Navient Corporation's diluted share count shrank about 11.7% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 51% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 2% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 37% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

3.2/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
4.1/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -3%: lost 3¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 95%: owes 95¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 41st percentile among 29 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Navient Corporation lost about 3 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 95 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 10.8% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 5% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 19% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 2% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
2.3/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 23% of 29 in its family; net margin -2.6%.

weight 45% of this tense · 23rd percentile among 29 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Navient Corporation's standing among 29 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $3.1 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 48% by size; a net margin of -2.6% ranks in the bottom 16%; revenue growth of -1.2% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 2% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$3.11Btop 48% of its family
  • net margin-2.6%bottom 16% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-1.2%bottom 2% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
3.8/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 38% of 18 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2023.

weight 22% of this tense · 38th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Navient Corporation's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Yowan, David L. (President & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2023-05-17, 3.5 years (bottom 47% of its family); the 8 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 7.9 years (top 42%); 8 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 8 people in charge now (bottom 7%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge8 in three years among 8 peoplebottom 7% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed7.9 yearstop 42% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record3.5 yearsbottom 47% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

2.3/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
2.8/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 28% of 29 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 28th percentile among 29 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Navient Corporation's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $637 million against debt of $41 billion leaves -82.2% of its assets as net cash, bottom 2% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 14.2% of revenue (top 47%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-82.2%bottom 2% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue14.2%top 47% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
3.5/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 35% of 29 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 35th percentile among 29 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Navient Corporation's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -1.2% a year over the last three filed years against -6.3% over all 8, speeding up (top 31% of its family); the newest year grew -18.4% (bottom 2%) (its annual reports). Navient Corporation tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+5.1 points a yeartop 31% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-18.4%bottom 2% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
0.7/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 7% of 25 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 7th percentile among 25 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Navient Corporation's newest year against its own record: revenue of $3.1 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 24.9% below the $4.1 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 14% of its family); net income of $80 million against a prior three-year average of $335 million (bottom 6%); a net margin of -2.6% against 9.5% before (bottom 2%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-24.9%bottom 14% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-124%bottom 6% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-12.1 pointsbottom 2% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton NAVI · research, not advice