Student loan servicer Navient (NASDAQ:NAVI) will be reporting results this Wednesday morning. Here’s what to look for.
Navient missed analysts’ revenue expectations by 1.5% last quarter, reporting revenues of $164 million, down 31.4% year on year. It was a softer quarter for the company, with a significant miss of analysts’ EPS estimates and a slight miss of analysts’ revenue estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Navient’s revenue to decline 64% year on year to $162.8 million, a reversal from the 17.4% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.18 per share.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Navient has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates five times over the last two years.
Looking at Navient’s peers in the consumer finance segment, some have already reported their Q3 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Sallie Mae delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 42.1%, missing analysts’ expectations by 1.5%, and LendingClub reported revenues up 31.9%, topping estimates by 3.9%. Sallie Mae traded up 3.3% following the results while LendingClub was also up 10.5%.
Read our full analysis of Sallie Mae’s results here and LendingClub’s results here.
Investors in the consumer finance segment have had steady hands going into earnings, with share prices flat over the last month. Navient is down 1.3% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $13.94 (compared to the current share price of $12.92).
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