Navigator Holdings (NVGS)

• Market cap: $1.09B
• 1 day: 1.62%
• 5 days: -1.45%
• 1 month: 1.49%
• 3 months: -2.00%
• 6 months: -9.42%
• Year to date: 2.89%
• 1 year: 6.67%
• 5 years: 33.48%
• 10 years: -21.88%

About: Navigator Holdings Ltd owns and operates liquefied gas carriers, which include a fleet of handysize liquefied gas carriers. The company also owns a share in an ethylene export marine terminal at Morgan's Point, Texas on the Houston Ship Channel (the Ethylene Export Terminal) through a joint venture (the Export Terminal Joint Venture).

Employees: 175

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q3 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

70% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $1.44M | Put options by funds: $845K

43% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 20 | Existing positions closed: 14

5% more funds holding

Funds holding: 116 [Q2] → 122 (+6) [Q3]

8% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 43 | Existing positions reduced: 40

1.05% less ownership

Funds ownership: 28.75% [Q2] → 27.69% (-1.05%) [Q3]

11% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $350M [Q2] → $310M (-$39.9M) [Q3]

25% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 8 [Q2] → 6 (-2) [Q3]

Research analyst outlook

4 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $20 28% upside
• Avg. target: $22 37% upside
• High target: $24 53% upside

4 analyst ratings

• positive: 4 100%
• neutral: 0 0%
• negative: 0 0%

Jefferies Omar Nokta 13% 1-year accuracy 5 / 39 met price target	28% upside $20	Buy Maintained	22 Nov 2024
Jefferies Omar Nokta 13% 1-year accuracy 5 / 39 met price target	28% upside $20	Buy Maintained	7 Nov 2024
Alliance Global Partners Poe Fratt 100% 1-year accuracy 1 / 1 met price target	53% upside $24	Buy Initiated	28 Oct 2024
DNB Markets	40% upside $22	Buy Initiated	12 Sept 2024