Navigator (NVGS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

1 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Navigator in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" NVGS shares.
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1 brokers have issued twelve-month price targets for Navigator's shares. Their NVGS share price targets range from $20.00 to $20.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $20.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 29.7% from the stock's current price.
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Navigator's stock was trading at $14.55 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, NVGS stock has increased by 5.9% and is now trading at $15.4150.
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Navigator saw a drop in short interest in March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 320,100 shares, a drop of 21.9% from the March 15th total of 410,100 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 187,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.7 days. Currently, 1.1% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, May 27th 2024.
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Navigator Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:NVGS) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, March, 13th. The shipping company reported $0.32 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.31 by $0.01. The shipping company earned $123.52 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $114.37 million. Navigator had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 6.96% and a net margin of 14.94%.

Navigator announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, March 13th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 4th will be given a dividend of $0.05 per share on Thursday, April 25th. This represents a $0.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.30%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, April 3rd.
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Navigator (NYSE:NVGS) pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.32%. The dividend payout ratio is 18.02%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, NVGS will have a dividend payout ratio of 10.31% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Navigator (NYSE:NVGS) stock in their portfolio include Invesco Oil & Gas Services ETF (PXJ).SonicShares Global Shipping ETF (BOAT).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Navigator investors own include Energy Transfer (ET), Teekay LNG Partners (TGP), GasLog (GLOG), Enbridge (ENB), Gilead Sciences (GILD), GasLog Partners (GLOP), New Residential Investment (NRZ), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) and Fanuc (FANUY).

Navigator's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Hodges Capital Management Inc. (0.71%), Penbrook Management LLC (0.14%), Cornerstone Investment Partners LLC (0.05%), BNP Paribas Financial Markets (0.01%) and Concourse Financial Group Securities Inc. (0.00%).

Shares of NVGS stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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