Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for NVGS in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
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Navigator (NVGS) Stock Analysis & Forecast
Oct 12 close
$23.89−0.04 (−0.2%)
Gekko Brief
AI summaryOct 12 closeThis week's news centers on Navigator Holdings' proposed redomicile, under which Navigator Holdings would merge into a subsidiary of the newly formed Navigator Gas plc, incorporated in England and Wales, with each NVGS common share converting into one ordinary share of the new parent. Separately, BW Group has reduced its stake through open-market sales between September 23 and October 1, with transactions of 100,000 common shares at weighted-average prices ranging from $22.94 to $23.46. Sell-side coverage remains a "Moderate Buy" average rating, with one hold and four buy recommendations noted among five brokerages, while another piece points to rising demand for cleaner fuels like LPG and ammonia as a valuation driver.
Shares closed at $23.89, down 0.2% on the day, sitting above both the 50-day average of $22.61 and the 200-day average of $20.91, with the shorter average above the longer one. The GekkoIndex reads 52.9, placing NVGS in the Neutral zone. Gekko Fair Value stands at $35.91, putting the current price 33.5% below that level.
Earnings are due 3 November, 21 days out and before the open, falling inside a typical 20-trading-day holding window. No insider, Congress, or unusual options activity appears in the respective 90-day and 30-day windows. Seasonality over the next 20 trading days has averaged 5.9% across 5 years, rising in 3 of them. The consensus analyst target sits at $25.67, implying 7.5% upside from current levels.
Written by AI from the Oct 12, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.
Navigator price vs fair value
Close $23.89200-day averageGekko Fair Value $35.91
Navigator quick facts
- Market cap
- $1.47B
- P/E ratio
- 11.3
- Forward P/E
- 12.9
- EPS, TTM
- $2.16
- Revenue, TTM
- $614.5M
- Profit margin
- 22.8%
- Dividend yield
- 1.14%
- Beta
- 0.48
- Volume
- 451,683 avg 518,073
- 1-year return
- +62.1%
- Typical daily move
- ±3.2%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±5%
- 50-day average
- $22.61
- 200-day average
- $20.91
- Next earnings
- Nov 3 before open
- Shares outstanding
- 61.49M
Navigator swing-trade checklist
Navigator scores 3 supportive, 1 mixed and 1 headwind across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
3 supportive1 mixed1 headwind
- Trendsupportive
Above 50 and 200-day
Close $23.89 is above the 50-day ($22.61) and 200-day ($20.91) averages, and the 50-day is above the 200-day.
See the chart - GekkoIndexmixed
52.9, Neutral
Reading 52.9 is in the Neutral zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuesupportive
33.5% below
Price is 33.5% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).
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No data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart money - Earnings riskheadwind
Reports in 22 days
Reports on Nov 3, 2026, 22 days away — inside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitysupportive
+5.9% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +5.9% over 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
See seasonality
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Navigator stock chart and price history
Navigator closed at $23.89 on Oct 12, 2026, +62.1% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $14.08 to $25.48.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- +3.3%
- 3 months
- +13.3%
- 6 months
- +16.7%
- 1 year
- +62.1%
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About Navigator
Navigator owns and runs a worldwide fleet of ships that carry liquefied gas, moving petrochemical gases, liquefied petroleum gases, and ammonia across both international and regional sea routes. Its customers include energy companies, industrial users, and commodity traders who rely on it to move these cargoes from one point to another. The company is widely recognized for this seaborne gas transport work.
Beyond shipping the cargo itself, Navigator also offers shore-based infrastructure tied to its operations along with consultancy services. Its transport business runs through a fleet of 57 carriers, each built with semi- or full refrigeration to keep gas cargoes stable during transit.
The company traces back to 1997, when it was incorporated, and operated for a time as an Isle of Man public limited company before adopting the Navigator Holdings name in 2006. It is headquartered in London, United Kingdom, and its shares trade on the NYSE under the ticker NVGS.
- Listed
- NYSE
- Sector
- Transportation
- Industry
- Marine shipping
- Website
- navigatorgas.com
Navigator GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
Navigator’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 52.9, in the Neutral zone, up 1.2 points over five sessions.
52.9Neutral
Up 1.2 points over five sessions.
Reading for Oct 12, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 36 | +0.2% | +1.7% | ||
| Accumulation | 169 | +0.4% | +3.7% | ||
| Neutral (current zone) | 417 | +0.6% | +1.4% | ||
| Distribution | 51 | −1.4% | −4.0% | ||
| Selling | 9 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average NVGS share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Neutral readings averaged +1.1% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
Neutral zone: No clear directional signal. About the five zones →
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Is Navigator stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
Navigator trades 33.5% below Gekko Fair Value of $35.91, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Navigator shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$35.91
Gekko Fair Value, Oct 10, 2026
33.5% Undervalued
At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 8.1% below the estimate.
Gekko Fair ValueShare price, month end
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Navigator insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Navigator, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in NVGS were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
Navigator has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
- $6.32M
- As a share of market cap
- 0.43%
- Trailing four quarters
- $95.47M
From company filings.
Hedge funds and billionaires quarter ended Mar 31
0of the funds Gekko tracks hold NVGS.
0added0opened0trimmed1sold out
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Navigator earnings: next date and track record
Navigator reports on Nov 3, 2026, before the open (22 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 3 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Nov 3, 2026
Expected before the open, 22 days away
- EPS estimate
- $0.40
- Revenue estimate
- $135.5M
3 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±2.9%average move across the report
5 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
Last earnings call, May 6, 2026 AI summary
- What they said
- Navigator Gas reported record net income of $36 million ($0.55/share) and EBITDA of $80 million in Q1 2026, with TCE rates near $30,000/day. Morgans Point ethylene terminal hit record throughput of 300,000+ tons, up 57% QoQ. The company completed a $61.2M share buyback, raised capital return policy to 35% of net income, and signed an LOI to sell 8 Unigas pool vessels for ~$183 million.
- Guidance
- Q2 2026 TCE rates and utilization expected to exceed Q1 levels, with April already setting monthly records. Ethylene export volumes projected to reach new records in Q2. Newbuild financing secured at 150bps margin for first 2 of 6 ordered vessels.
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2026 | $0.50 est $0.44 | $140.6M est $139.4M | +1.2% |
| Mar 11, 2026 | $0.32 est $0.46 | $139.5M est $139.9M | −12.7% |
| Nov 4, 2025 | $0.36 est $0.40 | $153.1M est $138.3M | +3.2% |
| Aug 12, 2025 | $0.14 est $0.32 | $129.6M est $122.3M | +0.6% |
| May 14, 2025 | $0.36 est $0.30 | $151.4M est $134.9M | +0.9% |
| Mar 12, 2025 | $0.38 est $0.32 | $144.0M est $125.8M | −0.3% |
| Nov 6, 2024 | $0.26 est $0.32 | $141.8M est $122.2M | −0.6% |
| Aug 14, 2024 | $0.32 est $0.33 | $146.7M est $134.1M | +3.4% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Navigator stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Navigator is $25.67, +7.5% from the last close, from 2 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$25.67consensus 12-month target, +7.5% from the last close
Now $23.89Avg $25.67
Low $26High $27
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 2 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6 | Deutsche Bank | $27 | +13.0% |
| Aug 5 | Alliance Global Partners | $26 | +8.8% |
| Jul 27 | Alliance Global Partners | $26 | +8.8% |
| Jul 15 | Deutsche Bank | — | — |
+1.4%average 20-day move after past Neutral readings
+5.9%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±3.2%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Navigator seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Oct 10, Navigator averaged +5.9% across the last 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +1.3% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | +2.2% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +2.6% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +5.9% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +6.8% | 3 of 5 |
For scale, NVGS’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 5%.
Navigator market cap and key statistics
Navigator’s market cap is $1.47B, with a P/E ratio of 11.3 and revenue of $614.5M over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $1.47B
- P/E ratio
- 11.3
- Forward P/E
- 12.9
- EPS, TTM
- $2.16
- Gekko Fair Value
- $35.91
Trading
- Volume
- 451,683
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 518,073
- 52-week high
- $25.48
- 52-week low
- $14.08
- Shares outstanding
- 61.49M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $614.5M
- Profit margin
- 22.8%
- Return on equity
- 11.7%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- +174.2%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 0.48
- Typical daily move
- ±3.2%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±5%
- Dividend yield
- 1.14%
Navigator stock news this week
Coverage of Navigator this week reads neutral: 1 positive, 4 neutral and 1 negative headlines.
- Navigator Holdings (NVGS) As Cleaner Fuel Demand Keeps Its Valuation In FocusSimply Wall Street, Oct 11
- A merger would put Navigator Holdings (NYSE: NVGS) under a parent incorporated in England and Wales.Stock Titan, Oct 8
- A proposed merger would move Navigator Holdings (NVGS) from the Marshall Islands to England and Wales.Stock Titan, Oct 8
- About 6.6% of Navigator Holdings (NVGS) is attributed to BW Group after a series of share sales.Stock Titan, Oct 6
- Enterprise value to EBIT forward of Navigator Holdings Ltd. – NYSE:NVGSTradingView, Oct 5
- Navigator Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:NVGS) Stock Rated “Moderate Buy” by Sell-Side BrokeragesDefense World, Oct 5
Navigator peers
Navigator’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| FROFrontline | Distribution | 23.3% above |
| KEXKirby | Neutral | 30.2% below |
| MATXMatson | Neutral | 9.6% above |
| INSWInternational Seaways | Distribution | 4.1% below |
| CMBTCMB.TECH | Neutral | 9.0% above |
| HAFNHafnia | Distribution | 29.2% below |
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Navigator stock FAQ
What is Navigator’s market cap?
Navigator’s market cap is $1.47B at the Oct 12, 2026 close of $23.89, with 61.49M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 11.3.
What is the Navigator stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Navigator is $25.67, +7.5% from the last close. Of the 2 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 2 rate it a buy, 0 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is Navigator stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate Navigator is undervalued: the Oct 12, 2026 close of $23.89 is 33.5% below Gekko Fair Value of $35.91. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does Navigator report earnings next?
Navigator is expected to report on Nov 3, 2026, before the market opens (22 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $0.40 per share on revenue of $135.5M. Navigator beat the earnings estimate in 3 of its last 8 reports, moving 2.9% on average across the report.
What is Navigator’s 52-week high and low?
Navigator’s 52-week high is $25.48 and its 52-week low is $14.08; it closed at $23.89 on Oct 12, 2026, +62.1% over the past year.
Is Navigator stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 3 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (trend, fair value and seasonality), 1 as mixed (gekkoindex) and 1 as a headwind (earnings risk). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
How this page works
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