UBS Group AG Sells 129,746 Shares of Navient Corporation $NAVI

Posted by Francis Steltz on May 23rd, 2026

UBS Group AG reduced its stake in Navient Corporation (NASDAQ:NAVI – Free Report) by 28.7% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 322,227 shares of the credit services provider’s stock after selling 129,746 shares during the period. UBS Group AG’s holdings in Navient were worth $4,189,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in NAVI. Royal Bank of Canada boosted its position in shares of Navient by 11.7% in the 1st quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 98,366 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $1,243,000 after purchasing an additional 10,296 shares during the last quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC boosted its position in shares of Navient by 9.1% in the 1st quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC now owns 210,350 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $2,657,000 after purchasing an additional 17,483 shares during the last quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. boosted its position in shares of Navient by 77.0% in the 2nd quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 7,766 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $109,000 after purchasing an additional 3,378 shares during the last quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership boosted its position in shares of Navient by 13.5% in the 2nd quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 438,621 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $6,185,000 after purchasing an additional 52,236 shares during the last quarter. Finally, First Trust Advisors LP boosted its position in shares of Navient by 6.4% in the 2nd quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 276,778 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $3,903,000 after purchasing an additional 16,611 shares during the last quarter. 97.14% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research analysts have recently issued reports on the company. TD Cowen raised their price target on Navient from $8.00 to $9.00 and gave the stock a “sell” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Zacks Research upgraded Navient from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, March 30th. Morgan Stanley reduced their price target on Navient from $12.00 to $9.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, April 16th. Bank of America assumed coverage on Navient in a research report on Monday, April 20th. They issued an “underperform” rating and a $7.00 price target on the stock. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “sell (d)” rating on shares of Navient in a research report on Friday, March 27th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Hold rating and four have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Navient has an average rating of “Reduce” and a consensus target price of $9.29.

Read Our Latest Stock Analysis on Navient

Navient Stock Performance

Shares of Navient stock opened at $8.44 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $793.28 million, a PE ratio of -13.40 and a beta of 1.24. Navient Corporation has a 12 month low of $7.80 and a 12 month high of $16.07. The company has a current ratio of 7.67, a quick ratio of 7.67 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 16.49. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $8.43 and its 200 day simple moving average is $10.35.

Navient (NASDAQ:NAVI – Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 29th. The credit services provider reported $0.20 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.17 by $0.03. The business had revenue of $152.00 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $141.47 million. Navient had a positive return on equity of 4.39% and a negative net margin of 1.94%.During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.25 EPS. On average, research analysts predict that Navient Corporation will post 0.71 EPS for the current year.

Navient Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 19th. Investors of record on Friday, June 5th will be paid a dividend of $0.16 per share. This represents a $0.64 annualized dividend and a yield of 7.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 5th. Navient’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently -101.59%.

Navient Profile

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Navient Corporation (NASDAQ: NAVI) is a specialized provider of asset management and business processing solutions, with a primary focus on student loan servicing. Established in 2014 through the separation from Sallie Mae, Navient assumed responsibility for servicing federal and private education loans, positioning itself as one of the largest servicers of higher education debt in the United States.

The company’s core activities center on federal student loan servicing under contracts with the U.S.