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NAVI (Navient) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 2.90 (As of Jul. 06, 2025)


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What is Navient Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-07-06), Navient's current share price is $14.82. Navient's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $5.11. Navient's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 2.90.

The historical rank and industry rank for Navient's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

NAVI' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.15   Med: 3.07   Max: 3.83
Current: 2.9

During the past years, Navient's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 3.83. The lowest was 2.15. And the median was 3.07.

NAVI's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
82.14% of 112 companies
in the Credit Services industry
Industry Median: 8.55 vs NAVI: 2.90

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Navient's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $0.696. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is $5.11 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Navient Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Navient's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Navient Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Navient Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - - 3.31 3.66 2.59

Navient Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.36 2.75 3.03 2.59 2.47

Competitive Comparison of Navient's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Credit Services subindustry, Navient's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Navient's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Credit Services Industry

For the Credit Services industry and Financial Services sector, Navient's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Navient's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.


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Navient Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

Navient's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=14.82/5.11
=2.90

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Navient's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Navient's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=0.696/134.9266*134.9266
=0.696

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Navient Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 1.437 100.684 1.926
201509 1.077 100.392 1.447
201512 1.249 99.792 1.689
201603 0.997 100.470 1.339
201606 1.308 101.688 1.736
201609 1.085 101.861 1.437
201612 0.774 101.863 1.025
201703 1.206 102.862 1.582
201706 0.958 103.349 1.251
201709 1.036 104.136 1.342
201712 0.907 104.011 1.177
201803 1.056 105.290 1.353
201806 0.736 106.317 0.934
201809 0.655 106.507 0.830
201812 1.902 105.998 2.421
201903 0.761 107.251 0.957
201906 1.403 108.070 1.752
201909 1.355 108.329 1.688
201912 0.862 108.420 1.073
202003 2.265 108.902 2.806
202006 0.728 108.767 0.903
202009 1.139 109.815 1.399
202012 0.905 109.897 1.111
202103 0.968 111.754 1.169
202106 0.875 114.631 1.030
202109 1.204 115.734 1.404
202112 1.050 117.630 1.204
202203 -0.712 121.301 -0.792
202206 0.946 125.017 1.021
202209 0.482 125.227 0.519
202212 1.533 125.222 1.652
202303 1.115 127.348 1.181
202306 0.792 128.729 0.830
202309 1.008 129.860 1.047
202312 2.650 129.419 2.763
202403 1.596 131.776 1.634
202406 2.491 132.554 2.536
202409 -0.093 133.029 -0.094
202412 0.074 133.157 0.075
202503 0.696 134.927 0.696

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Navient  (NAS:NAVI) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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Navient Business Description

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Address
13865 Sunrise Valley Drive, Herndon, VA, USA, 20171
Navient Corp provides technology-enabled education finance solutions that simplify complex programs and help millions of people achieve success. The company operates its business in three segments: Federal Education Loans, Consumer Lending, and Business Processing. A majority of its revenue is generated from the Federal Education Loans segment, in which the company owns and manages the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) loans, generating revenue mainly in the form of net interest income. The Consumer Lending segment owns and manages private education loans and is the master servicer for these portfolios. Through its Earnest brand, the company also refinances and originates in-school private educational loans.
Executives
Stephen M Hauber officer: SVP, Chief Risk&Compliance Off 123 S JUSTISON STREET, SUITE 300, WILMINGTON DE 19801
Mark L Heleen officer: EVP & Chief Legal Officer 12061 BLUEMONT WAY, RESTON VA 20190
John M Kane officer: Chief Operating Officer 300 CONTINENTAL DRIVE, NEWARK DE 19713
Newbury Investors Llc 10 percent owner 135 EAST 57TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10022
Edward J Bramson 10 percent owner SHERBORNE INVESTORS MANAGEMENT LP, 135 EAST 57TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10022
Sherborne Investors Gp, Llc 10 percent owner 135 EAST 57TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10022
Stephen Welker 10 percent owner SHERBORNE INVESTORS MANAGEMENT LP, 135 EAST 57TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10022
Sherborne Investors Lp 10 percent owner 135 E. 57TH STREET, 32ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Sherborne Investors Management Gp, Llc 10 percent owner 135 E. 57TH STREET, 32ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Sherborne Investors Management Lp 10 percent owner 135 E. 57TH STREET, 32ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Michael A Lawson director 123 JUSTISON STREET, WILMINGTON DE 19801
Joe Fisher officer: EVP, CFO & PAO 123 JUSTISON STREET, WILMINGTON DE 19801
Anna Escobedo Cabral director 300 CONTINENTAL DRIVE, NEWARK DE 19713
John F Remondi director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 300 CONTINENTAL DRIVE, NEWARK DE 19713
Ted A Morris officer: Acting Chief Financial Officer 123 S. JUSTISON STREET, WILMINGTON DE 19801