Navient (NAVI) Stock Buybacks: 76.6% of Shares Retired Since 2014

Name: Navient (NAVI) shares outstanding since 2014, split adjusted
Creator: Buyback Radar
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Shares outstanding, 2014 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings

2014, 401,460,4842026-06-30, 93,783,828

A share bought in 2014

4.3× more of Navient today, without buying another share. It was one of 401,460,484 shares then. It is one of 93,783,828 now.

Every filing we read12 fiscal years, split adjusted

Fiscal year	Date	Shares outstanding	Filing
2014	2015-01-31	401,460,484	10-K
2015	2016-01-31	342,817,020	10-K
2016	2017-01-31	291,008,528	10-K
2017	2018-01-31	263,388,482	10-K
2018	2019-01-31	244,507,321	10-K
2019	2020-01-31	193,333,131	10-K
2020	2021-01-31	183,771,633	10-K
2021	2022-01-31	152,132,902	10-K
2022	2023-01-31	128,941,323	10-K
2023	2024-01-31	112,749,884	10-K
2024	2025-01-31	102,276,303	10-K/A
2025	2026-01-31	95,089,668	10-K

Source: all 10-K filings of Navient on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.

What the buybacks cost, fiscal 2015 to 2025cash flow statement against share count

$4.8Bspent on buybacks

306Mfewer shares outstanding

12.8%buyback yield, last fiscal year’s spend on today’s market value

Cash spent comes from the cash flow statement. Shares outstanding fell by less than the company bought, because part of every buyback only replaces shares handed to employees. Today’s price is $9.28.

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Navient buybacks, answered

Is Navient buying back its stock?

Yes. Navient has 3.8% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 93,783,828 as of June 30, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 41.8%.

How many shares has Navient bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Navient has 307.7 million fewer shares than at its 2014 peak. That is 76.6% of the company.

How many shares does Navient have outstanding?

93,783,828 shares, as of June 30, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2014 peak it had 401,460,484.

What do Navient's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Navient stock in 2014 owns 4.3 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.

How does Navient compare with other cannibal stocks?

Navient ranks No. 8 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Assured Guaranty (77.4%), Credit Acceptance (76.9%), DaVita (74.3%), Globe Life (73.7%).

Every answer is computed from Navient's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.

Insider buying, last 12 months

No open-market purchases reported in the last 12 months.

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