NAVIGATOR HOLDINGS LTD (NVGS)
Energy · LPG and specialty gas shipping · NYSE
Navigator operates a fleet of liquefied gas carriers providing global maritime transport for LPG and specialty gases, currently undergoing a major fleet refresh through asset sales and new Chinese-built vessel orders.
What NAVIGATOR HOLDINGS LTD does
Navigator Holdings is a global marine transportation company that owns and operates a fleet of liquefied gas carriers. The company provides seaborne transport services for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), petrochemical gases, and other specialized cargo. As of mid-2026, Navigator is in the midst of a significant portfolio transition, selling eight gas carriers and its interest in the Unigas joint venture while simultaneously ordering and financing new newbuild gas carriers under construction in China.
Themes: gas shipping / LPG transportation, maritime fleet operations, vessel ownership and leasing, energy logistics
Fundamentals
- Price$22.15 as of 2026-08-21 close
- Market cap$1.3B as of 2026-08-24
- 1-year return+36.7% 2025-08-21 close $16.20 → 2026-08-21 close $22.15
- P/E9.10 as of 2026-08-24
- Net margin+22.8% as of 2026-08-24
- Gross margin+53.4% as of 2026-08-24
- ROE+11.5% as of 2026-08-24
- Debt / equity0.74 as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue growth (YoY)+8.4% as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+7.4% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.51 as of 2026-08-24
- Last reported earningsn/a no confirmed date — as a foreign private issuer it reports on Form 6-K, which carries no earnings item code
Dividend: yield +1.3%; at least 1 years of non-decreasing per-share dividends (SEC XBRL) — we do not hold the year before it, so the real streak may be longer.
How NVGS compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiobottom 25% 118 covered Energy peers, as of 2026-08-24
- net profit margintop 25% 149 covered Energy peers, as of 2026-08-24
- operating margintop 25% 149 covered Energy peers, as of 2026-08-24
- gross marginmiddle range 142 covered Energy peers, as of 2026-08-24
- return on equitymiddle range 152 covered Energy peers, as of 2026-08-24
- 3-year revenue CAGRmiddle range 138 covered Energy peers
- indicated dividend yieldbottom 25% 98 covered Energy peers, as of 2026-08-24
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)middle range 95 covered Energy peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Energy companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Dividend coverage (FY2025)
Covered by reported results. In FY2025, NVGS's dividend was covered by reported results (earnings payout 15%, free-cash-flow payout 13%). This describes past coverage, not a forecast.
- Earnings payout15% dividends / net income
- Free-cash-flow payout13% dividends / (operating cash flow − capex)
Coverage derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures for FY2025 (dividends paid vs. net income and free cash flow, same fiscal year). This describes PAST coverage for one fiscal year — it does not predict whether a dividend will be maintained, raised, or cut, and a one-year payout ratio can be distorted by non-recurring items. Informational only — not financial advice.
How NAVIGATOR HOLDINGS LTD looks technically
NAVIGATOR HOLDINGS LTD (NVGS) is trading 11.4% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 264 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. There is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 16, below the 25 that marks a real trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 60, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 4 trading days ago (its momentum flipped positive). It made a new 20-day low about 9 trading days ago.
Trend
9
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 11.4% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +11.4% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $21.14 | $21.14 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $19.88 | $19.88 |
| Swing structure | its recent peaks and dips disagree — one of them is rising while the other is not, so there is no clean up or down pattern in the swings | mixed — one of the two is not confirming |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing low 10 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 10 sessions |
| Wave structure | its recent swings can be read as a completed three-part downward correction — a pullback in the A-B-C shape Elliott-wave chartists use; the labelling fails if price closes below 19.72. It is the only labelling that fits, though not with textbook proportions, and it describes the swings already printed, not what comes next. | possible three-wave downward correction, complete (atypical proportions) |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 264 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 264 sessions |
| Above the 200-day after a dip | it recently dipped to its 200-day average (the long-term trend line) and has since climbed back above it — now about 11.4% above | +11.4% |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | there is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 16, below the 25 that marks a real trend) | 15.9 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 60, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 60.2 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading near the top of its 14-day range ($19.72 to $22.60) — its "stochastic" reading is 84 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been climbing within that range over the last few sessions. | 84.4 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 4 trading days ago (its momentum flipped positive) | 4 sessions |
Range
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| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $24.36 | $24.36 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 9.1% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -9.1% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 57.3% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +57.3% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 9.1% below its highest point of the past year | 9.1% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day low about 9 trading days ago | 9 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day low about 36 trading days ago | 36 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $60.00 (set on 2013-10-18) | $60.00 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($14.40 to $24.29), and it has given back roughly a quarter of its rise from last year’s low — 22% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $17.86 to $18.18. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 21.6% |
| From the all-time high | it is 63.1% below its all-time high | -63.1% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 3.4% above a support level at $21.40 — a price it turned at twice since 2026-03-04, most recently on 2026-06-01. Since 2024-08-21 it has 13 such levels below the current price and 0 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -3.4% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $3.80 (set on 2020-03-23) | $3.80 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 482.9% above its all-time low | +482.9% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are narrower than usual versus its own recent 6-month history (tighter than about 72% of it) | 28th percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $0.6486 between its high and its low — about 2.9% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $0.6486 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $19.99 and $22.66 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $19.99 – $21.33 – $22.66 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 2.9% in a typical session — calmer than most companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 2.9% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 3.5 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (11.4% above it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 3.5 daily ranges above its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 0.87× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading | 0.0% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | the analyst consensus rating is unchanged since the prior reading | unchanged |
Candlestick patterns
1
| Since a doji | today it opened and closed at almost the same price after trading through a wider range — a "doji", the classic picture of buyers and sellers finishing the session level | today |
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Price gaps
2
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-08-21 0.7% above the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and had not traded back through that level by the close | +0.7% |
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| Gap filled | a 2.7% gap up opened on 2026-08-06 has been "filled" 9 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it took 2 sessions to close | 9 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it has closed higher 3 sessions in a row, a +3.7% move over the run — an unbroken run of up days, which describes what has already happened and says nothing about the next session | 3 sessions up |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock beat the market by 0.9 percentage points (the stock gained 3.2% while the market gained 2.3%) | +0.9% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock lagged the market by 8.4 percentage points (the stock lost 5.3% while the market gained 3.1%) | -8.4% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 1.4 percentage points (the stock gained 9.7% while the market gained 11.1%) | -1.4% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 16.2 percentage points (the stock gained 36.7% while the market gained 20.5%) | +16.3% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 4 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, trading above its 200-day average, MACD momentum is positive, trading above the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 4 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 2 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: lagging the market over 6 months, near the top of its 14-day range (overbought) — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 2 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 3.8% above the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-07-15 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established uptrend, with the band below acting as the level that would have to give way. The band itself is moderate, spanning 3.9% of the share price. | +3.8% |
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Volume-weighted price
1
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 8% above the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $20.50 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 159 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +8.1% |
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Price levels it has turned at before
NVGS last closed at $22.15 on 2026-08-21. Since 2024-08-21 it has turned at 13 prices below its last close and 0 above; the 3 nearest below are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $21.40 | Support | 3.4% below the last close | turned there twice · 2026-03-04 to 2026-06-01 |
| $18.77 | Support | 15.3% below the last close | turned there twice · 2026-01-08 to 2026-01-23 |
| $18.30 | Support | 17.4% below the last close | turned there twice · 2025-11-20 to 2026-06-30 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
Its recent swings can be read as a three-part downward correction — the A-B-C shape chartists use for a pullback — now complete.
This labelling fails — stops being a possible reading at all — if it closes below $19.72.
It is the only labelling that fits these swings, though its proportions are not the textbook ones. It was chosen from 3 labellings that survived the rules, counting shorter readings of the same bars.
This labelling was already in place when we began recording count changes on 2026-08-13, so how long it has stood is not something we can say yet.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-08-21.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading above the 200-day moving average · Tested and reclaimed 200-day support · MACD just crossed bullish (12/26/9) · trendless / choppy (low ADX) · Printed a doji candle · At the top of its 14-day range (stochastic above 80) | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-08-21. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingStrong Buy (1.50 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 6 analysts
- Mean price target$25.67 range $22.00 – $27.00; median $26.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-08-23. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for NVGS
- Consensus EPS estimate$0.4286 next reporting period, as of 2026-08-23
Change over time is not available yet: it needs two readings of the same reporting period at least 30 days apart, and we have been recording these estimates since 2026-08-04. An estimate for a DIFFERENT quarter is not a revision, so a reading from before the last report is never compared with one after it.
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Transition risk from sale of eight vessels and Unigas stake while depending on new vessel deliveries in 2027; execution risk on completing Q4 2026 transaction closing","Exposure to ship construction delays and pricing volatility; reliance on Chinese shipyards (Jiangnan, China Shipbuilding) for newbuild delivery","Refinancing risk tied to market conditions for JOLCO (Japanese Operating Lease) and long-term debt obligations in a volatile shipping market"]
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
0 open-market purchases and 1 open-market sale by insiders in the last 90 days.
- Last 90 days0 buys · 1 sell ($135820) — 1 selling insider
- Last 180 days0 buys · 2 sells ($726595) — 2 selling insiders
Activity heuristic: net selling (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-05-29. As of 2026-08-24.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about NVGS's insider activity →
Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Short interest (FINRA)
NVGS had 1,208,016 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
Short interest as a percent of shares outstanding is not shown for NVGS because we do not hold a verified share count to divide it by. The reported figures above are unaffected.
- Reported short interest (shares) 1,208,016
- Prior settlement (shares) 1,520,603
- Reported change -20.56%
- Days to cover (reported) 2.93
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-07-31 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- Golar LNG (GLNG)
- Flex LNG (FLNG)
- Dynagas (DNGAS)
- Morrow Soditic Inc.
- MOL (Mitsui O.S.K. Lines)
- Shipping majors with gas carrier fleets
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Frequently asked questions
What does NAVIGATOR HOLDINGS LTD (NVGS) do?
Navigator Holdings is a global marine transportation company that owns and operates a fleet of liquefied gas carriers. The company provides seaborne transport services for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), petrochemical gases, and other specialized cargo. As of mid-2026, Navigator is in the midst of a significant portfolio transition, selling eight gas carriers and its interest in the Unigas joint venture while simultaneously ordering and financing new newbuild gas carriers under construction in…
What sector is NAVIGATOR HOLDINGS LTD (NVGS) in?
NAVIGATOR HOLDINGS LTD (NVGS) is classified in the Energy sector. Its industry is LPG and specialty gas shipping. It trades on NYSE.
Does NVGS pay a dividend?
Yes — NAVIGATOR HOLDINGS LTD (NVGS) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 1.33% and at least 1 years of non-decreasing per-share dividends (SEC EDGAR XBRL) — we do not hold the year before it, so the real streak may be longer (market data, as of 2026-08-24). Informational only — not financial advice.
Who are NAVIGATOR HOLDINGS LTD's (NVGS) competitors?
Notable peers of NAVIGATOR HOLDINGS LTD (NVGS) include Golar LNG, Flex LNG, Dynagas, Morrow Soditic Inc. and MOL (Mitsui O.S.K. Lines). This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is NAVIGATOR HOLDINGS LTD (NVGS) overbought or oversold right now?
NAVIGATOR HOLDINGS LTD (NVGS) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 60, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-08-21). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on NVGS come from?
Fundamentals and prices come from market data, as of 2026-08-24; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: market data, as of 2026-08-24. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-08-21.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.