Navient Corp’s filing revealed that its EVP, CLO & Secretary HELEEN MARK L unloaded Company’s shares for reported $0.17 million on Jan 31 ’24. In the deal valued at $17.20 per share,10,000 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, HELEEN MARK L now holds 385,577 shares worth roughly $6.57 million.
Then, KANE JOHN M sold 150,132 shares, generating $2,855,090 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $19.02, the EVP & Group President now owns 490,778 shares.
Before that, HELEEN MARK L sold 10,000 shares. Navient Corp shares valued at $169,863 were divested by the EVP, CLO & Secretary at a price of $16.99 per share. As a result of the transaction, HELEEN MARK L now holds 395,330 shares, worth roughly $6.73 million.
JP Morgan upgraded its Navient Corp [NAVI] rating to a Neutral from a an Underweight in a research note published on April 03, 2024; the price target was decreased to $17 from $18. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Deutsche Bank’s analysts, who began to cover the stock in early January with a ‘”a Hold”‘ rating. Barclays also remained covering NAVI and has decreased its forecast on January 10, 2024 with a “an Underweight” recommendation from previously “an Equal weight” rating. TD Cowen revised its rating on January 08, 2024. It rated NAVI as “an Underperform” which previously was an “a Market perform”.
Price Performance Review of NAVI
On Friday, Navient Corp [NASDAQ:NAVI] saw its stock jump 0.95% to $17.03. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -2.13%. Navient Corp shares have fallen nearly -8.54% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 7.31% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $19.69 was reached on 01/02/24, a 52-week low of $14.10 was recorded on 02/07/24. SMA at 50 days reached $16.63, while 200 days put it at $17.46. A total of 0.59 million shares were traded, compared to the trading of 0.7 million shares in the previous session.
Levels Of Support And Resistance For NAVI Stock
The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 16.83, which if violated will result in even more drops to 16.63. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 17.14. A further resistance level may holdings at 17.25. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the 14-day chart is 53.32, which indicates neutral technical sentiment, while the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) stands at 0.10, which suggests price will go down in the next trading period. Percent R suggests that price movement has been low at 40.30%. Stochastics %K at 60.81% indicates the stock is a holding.
How much short interest is there in Navient Corp?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Navient Corp stocks on Mar 15, 2024, dropping by -0.41 million shares to a total of 7.57 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on Feb 15, 2024 was 7.98 million shares. There was a decline of -5.42%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock. In spite of short shares comprising just 11.60% of the overall stock float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) fell to 8.71.
