Navigator Holdings Ltd.

Description

Navigator Holdings Ltd. engages in owning and operating a fleet of liquefied gas carriers worldwide. It provides international and regional seaborne transportation services of petrochemical gases, liquefied petroleum gases, and ammonia for energy companies, industrial users, and commodity traders. The company also offers ship shore infrastructure and consultancy services. It operates a fleet of 56 semi- or fully-refrigerated liquefied gas carriers. The company was formerly known as Isle of Man public limited company and changed its name to Navigator Holdings Ltd. in 2006. Navigator Holdings Ltd. was incorporated in 1997 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.

About

CEO
Employees
175
Instrument type
Common Stock
Sector
Energy
Industry
Oil & Gas Midstream
MIC code
XNYS
Address
The Verde, London, SW1E 5DH, United Kingdom
Phone
44 20 7340 4850
Website
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Earnings

Date Estimate EPS Actual EPS Difference % Surprise
Nov 4, 2025
Aug 12, 2025
May 13, 2025

Earnings estimate

Next Quarter
(Mar 2025)
Next Year
(Dec 2025)
Number of analysts 5 5
Average estimate 0.39 1.77
Low estimate 0.33 1.56
High estimate 0.49 2.09
Last year EPS 0.31 1.29
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Growth estimates

Current qtr
12.410%
Next qtr. (Mar 2025)
25.090%
Current year
13.550%
Next year (Dec 2025)
37.440%
Next 5 years (per annum)
Past 5 years (per annum)

Analyst Ratings

Date Firm Action Rating Price Target
Nov 22, 2024
Jefferies
Omar Nokta
Maintains Buy Maintains $20
Nov 7, 2024
Jefferies
Omar Nokta
Maintains Buy Maintains $20
Oct 28, 2024
Alliance Global Partners
Poe Fratt
Initiates Buy Announces $24
Sep 12, 2024
DNB Markets
Initiates Buy Announces $22
Aug 15, 2024
Jefferies
Omar Nokta
Maintains Buy Maintains $20
Jul 31, 2024
Citigroup
Spiro Dounis
Initiates Buy Announces $22
Mar 14, 2024
Jefferies
Omar Nokta
Reiterates Buy Maintains $20
Nov 14, 2023
Jefferies
Omar Nokta
Reiterates Buy Maintains $18
Aug 17, 2023
Jefferies
Omar Nokta
Reiterates Buy Maintains $18
May 23, 2023
Jefferies
Omar Nokta
Maintains Buy ▲ Raises $16 → $18
Apr 24, 2023
Jefferies
Omar Nokta
Maintains Buy ▲ Raises $15 → $16
Jun 14, 2021
Evercore ISI Group
Sean Morgan
Upgrade Outperform ▲ Raises $12 → $15
Jan 29, 2021
Jefferies
Randy Giveans
Maintains Buy ▲ Raises $12 → $14
Jan 27, 2021
Evercore ISI Group
Downgrade In-Line
Jul 25, 2019
Wells Fargo
Upgrade Outperform ▲ Raises $13.5 → $15
Feb 15, 2019
Morgan Stanley
Fotis Giannakoulis
Upgrade Overweight ▲ Raises $13 → $14
Jan 10, 2019
Wells Fargo
Downgrade Market Perform
Feb 12, 2018
Morgan Stanley
Upgrade Equal-Weight
Nov 10, 2017
Maxim Group
James Jang
Maintains Buy ▼ Lowers $17 → $14.5
Jul 17, 2017
Morgan Stanley
Fotis Giannakoulis
Maintains Underweight ▲ Raises $7.5 → $8
Nov 22, 2016
Maxim Group
Initiates Buy
Aug 25, 2016
Morgan Stanley
Downgrade Underweight ▼ Lowers $14.5 → $7
Jul 27, 2016
Jefferies
Maintains Buy ▼ Lowers $19 → $15
Jan 19, 2016
Jefferies
Maintains Buy ▼ Lowers $23 → $16
Oct 23, 2015
Jefferies
Maintains Buy ▼ Lowers $30 → $23
Apr 13, 2015
Seaport Global
Downgrade Neutral
Jan 6, 2015
Seaport Global
Initiates Accumulate
Nov 5, 2014
Wells Fargo
Downgrade Market Perform
Aug 8, 2014
Stifel
Maintains Buy ▲ Raises $32 → $33
Aug 8, 2014
Stifel Nicolaus
Maintains Buy

Income statement

2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
Fiscal date 2023-12-31 2022-12-31 2021-12-31 2020-12-31 2019-12-31
Total reported revenue 550.74M 473.79M 406.48M 332.50M 301.39M
Cost of revenue 380.22M 384.88M 312.54M 261.97M 242.96M
Gross profit 170.51M 88.92M 93.95M 70.52M 58.43M
Operating expense
Research & development
Selling general and admin 31.21M 27.44M 28.88M 23.87M 20.88M
Other operating expenses 6.86M 5.54M 4.44M 4.90M 4.94M
Operating income 132.44M 55.94M 60.63M 41.75M 32.61M
Non operating interest income
Income 5.71M 1.08M 302,000 408,000 920,000
Expense 64.90M 50.84M 38.68M 41.08M 48.61M
Other income expense -2.66M 28.85M -60.64M 197,000 -49,000
Pretax income 70.59M 35.03M -38.39M 1.28M -15.13M
Tax provision 4.33M 5.95M 1.97M 617,000 352,000
Net income 86.87M 54.88M -29.22M 1.31M -16.61M
Basic EPS 1.11 0.69 -0.58 -0.01 -0.30
Diluted EPS 1.10 0.69 -0.58 -0.01 -0.30
Basic average shares 74.10M 77.23M 64.67M 55.89M 55.79M
Diluted average shares 74.10M 77.23M 64.67M 55.89M 55.79M
EBITDA 267.18M 181.93M 149.42M 118.21M 109.30M
Net income from continuing op. 86.87M 54.88M -29.22M 1.31M -16.61M
Minority interests -4.62M -1.41M -1.75M -1.76M -99,000
Preferred stock dividends

Balance sheet

2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
Fiscal date 2023-12-31 2022-12-31 2021-12-31 2020-12-31 2019-12-31
Total assets 2.20B 2.10B 2.16B 1.84B 1.87B
Current assets
Cash
Cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents 149.58M 146.56M 123.89M 59.06M 64.02M
Other short term investments
Accounts receivable 34.65M 18.25M 31.91M 14.45M 23.46M
Other receivables 2.96M 10.82M 13.01M 20.52M 9.22M
Inventory 9.04M 8.55M 13.17M 8.43M 9.65M
Prepaid assets 16.29M 22.02M 17.67M
Restricted cash 8.66M 6.63M 337,000 215,000 2.11M
Assets held for sale
Hedging assets
Other current assets 17.07M 21.15M 16.29M 22.02M 17.67M
Non current assets
Properties 3.02M 3.82M 1.25M 6.20M 7.57M
Land and improvements
Machinery furniture equipment 2.54B 2.39B 2.36B 2.10B 2.10B
Construction in progress
Leases
Accumulated depreciation -782.95M -696.02M -598.18M -556.48M -486.98M
Goodwill 332,000 239,000 400,000 277,000 366,000
Investment properties
Financial assets 14.67M 21.96M 579,000
Intangible assets
Investments and advances 174.91M 148.53M 150.21M 148.67M 130.66M
Other non current assets 1.37M 26.40M 2.04M
Total liabilities 969.61M 923.33M 1.04B 897.01M 934.35M
Current liabilities
Accounts payable 11.64M 7.77M 11.60M 8.57M 10.47M
Accrued expenses 26.34M 28.92M 25.05M 19.89M 18.55M
Short term debt 121.24M 99.23M 148.95M 66.94M 65.88M
Deferred revenue 25.62M 23.11M 18.51M 11.60M 14.15M
Tax payable
Pensions
Other current liabilities
Non current liabilities
Long term debt 735.81M 711.31M 771.55M 725.57M 751.02M
Provision for risks and charges
Deferred liabilities 7.02M 4.25M 408,000
Derivative product liabilities 8.80M 3.01M 5.77M
Other non current liabilities
Shareholders equity
Common stock 733,000 769,000 772,000 559,000 558,000
Retained earnings 390.22M 364.00M 316.01M 346.97M 347.57M
Other shareholders equity -152,000 -463,000 -253,000 -245,000 -331,000
Total shareholders equity 1.23B 1.17B 1.12B 942.40M 939.90M
Additional paid in capital 799.47M 798.19M 797.32M 593.25M 592.01M
Treasury stock
Minority interest 42.80M 10.92M 3.60M 1.86M 99,000

Cash flow statement

20232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007
Operating Activities
Net Income86.87M54.88M-29.22M1.31M-16.61M-5.74M5.31M44.64M98.09M87.74M42.19M30.54M18.65M15.00M26.71M2.23M26.75M
Depreciation129.20M126.22M88.49M76.68M76.17M76.14M73.59M62.28M53.45M45.81M36.61M24.18M18.68M17.89M15.40M11.93M11.08M
Deferred Taxes2.36M3.84M
Stock-Based Compensation1.28M869,0001.37M1.25M1.50M1.07M1.41M1.57M1.64M1.12M728,000796,760842,0341.20M2.14M613,078
Other Non-Cash Items-8.71M-14.48M-16.28M-5.54M-12.01M-4.15M2.44M-6.75M-17.04M-2.47M-768,000959,210268,8451.42M2.37M5.89M-3.26M
Accounts Receivable-5.00M262,00020.69M-12.89M-7.07M485,000-12.91M1.99M-1.86M4.64M-7.96M-2.57M2.12M-681,698-1.74M-997,212334,334
Accounts Payable4.50M6.64M3.21M-4.12M7.55M7.66M-6.04M8.39M-7.22M12.89M7.79M-49,7921.80M-1.64M1.33M
Other Assets & Liabilities-496,0003.96M-2.70M1.22M-856,000-781,000-1.07M-3.46M-2.88M1.23M-1.42M-372,516-855,116-1.67M-1.50M2.07M-2.15M
Operating Cash Flow210.02M182.19M65.56M57.91M48.69M74.70M68.76M94.23M139.81M130.85M82.27M61.32M39.70M33.10M45.17M20.10M34.07M
Investing Activities
Capital Expenditures-171.24M-7.01M990,000-2.26M-3.27M-830,000-184.30M-240.99M-208.18M-233.68M-467.50M-192.79M-85.58M-4.95M-138.47M-69.80M-395,456
Net Intangibles
Net Acquisitions-36.56M13.48M-17.35M-89.32M-42.50M
Purchase of Investments-25.00M-10.00M-10.00M
Sale of Investments25.00M20.00M
Investing Cash Flow-207.27M2.26M16.87M-16.15M-90.41M-42.33M-183.03M-229.71M-205.86M-231.87M-457.50M-202.79M-85.58M-4.95M-124.19M-63.43M-21.04M
Financing Activities
Long-Term Debt Issuance323.56M139.27M18.00M336.00M231.05M93.60M495.17M327.67M157.70M150.00M243.00M331.53M53.47M90.00M28.88M
Long-Term Debt Payments-284.40M-254.73M-84.07M-367.25M-189.85M-118.35M-379.35M-204.09M-70.27M-182.63M-35.75M-107.65M-7.11M-12.00M-10.00M
Other Financing Charges23.72M-7.28M-26,000-4.13M-5.88M-1.03M-3.88M-2.68M-5.88M-828,000-22.46M-6.37M-1.26M
Financing Cash Flow6.81M-314.66M-143.82M149.62M35.32M-25.78M111.94M120.90M81.56M-33.45M431.36M261.96M51.09M-15.21M80.00M28.88M-20.00M
Other Cash Details
End Cash Position158.24M153.19M124.22M59.27M66.13M71.52M62.11M57.27M87.78M62.53M194.74M140.87M26.73M16.24M10.53M11.92M12.86M
Income Tax Paid1.80M2.44M579,000330,000323,000176,000515,000601,000632,000560,000171,000165,10573,361102,686185,15485,782
Interest Paid62.11M48.60M33.02M37.62M44.86M41.47M35.89M29.82M24.43M25.45M23.04M6.17M2.10M2.07M1.66M492,319
Free Cash Flow-17.26M84.54M94.40M42.62M46.43M76.69M-108.37M-162.68M-90.58M-100.56M-387.49M-137.83M-40.59M20.92M-95.66M-36.19M32.60M
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