NVGS vs Peers Stock Comparison

Navigator Holdings Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group

Percentile Scorecard

NVGS

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisNVGS
Valuation 73 #38 of 136
Growth 84 #20 of 122
Profitability 85 #18 of 116
Financial Health 59 #59 of 144
Shareholder Returns 73 #23 of 82
Overall 75
  • NVGS ranked among 150 companies in Transportation

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodNVGSSPY
1 month -5.8% -0.8%
3 months -0.1% +3.5%
6 months +2.0% +7.0%
Year to date +25.2% +12.2%
1 year +37.9% +13.0%
3 years +53.4% +86.3%
3 years, per year +15.3% +23.1%
5 years +170.1% +68.6%
5 years, per year +22.0% +11.0%
10 years +195.1% +258.0%
10 years, per year +11.4% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureNVGSSPY
Volatility, 1Y 31.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 34.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.39 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.20 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -39.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -13.6% -1.8%
52-week high $25.09 $779.14
52-week low $15.95 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleNVGS
P/E now vs peer median 10.1xmedian 16.1x
P/S now vs peer median 2.4xmedian 1.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 4.6xmedian 8.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 11.5xmedian 11.5x
P/B now vs peer median 1.1xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.25median 0.81

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsNVGS
Revenue $579.12M
Gross profit $389.30M
Operating income $300.01M
Net income $148.27M
Free cash flow $122.80M
EPS (diluted) $2.12
Cash & equivalents $225.89M
Total debt $781.93M
Shares (diluted) 68.04M
Enterprise value $742.04M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricNVGS
P/E 10.1x
P/FCF 11.5x
P/Operating cash flow 7.3x
P/S 2.4x
P/B 1.1x
P/Tangible book 1.1x
EV/EBITDA 4.6x
EV/EBIT 6.6x
EV/Revenue 3.4x
EV/FCF 16.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 10.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.25

Growth

14 metrics
MetricNVGS
Revenue growth (1Y) 9.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 8.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 12.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 11.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) 24.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 32.0%
Net income growth (1Y) 58.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 35.6%
EPS growth (1Y) 64.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 41.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -2.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 11.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 136.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 64.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricNVGS
Gross margin 67.2%
EBITDA margin 74.6%
Operating margin 51.8%
Pretax margin 46.2%
Net margin 24.9%
FCF margin 21.2%
Operating cash flow margin 33.4%
Return on equity 22.8%
Return on assets 12.4%
Return on invested capital 14.9%
Return on capital employed 14.5%
Asset turnover 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue 0.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricNVGS
Debt / assets 33.7%
Debt / equity 0.6x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.3x
Debt / FCF 6.4x
Liabilities / assets 45.2%
Equity / assets 54.8%
Interest coverage 11.2x
Current ratio 1.7x
Quick ratio 1.2x
Cash ratio 1.0x
Altman Z-score 1.83

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricNVGS
Dividend yield 1.3%
Net buyback yield 6.8%
Shareholder yield 8.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) –
Payout ratio (FCF) –
Dividend growth (1Y) –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusNVGS
Forward P/E 9.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.30FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +94.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -27.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $566.07MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +5.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -13.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersNVGS
Held by institutions 37.4%
Institutions holding 174
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.6%
Institutions buying 107
Institutions selling 41
Buyers to sellers 2.61

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