NVGS

HoldUnloved Quality

Navigator Holdings Ltd. · Energy · United Kingdom · $1.3B cap · $8.3M/day traded

$19.58 -3.9% · close 5 Nov · scored 6 Nov

StockRank down 2.5 since 5 Nov.

Unloved Quality: Strong and cheap, but the market has not warmed to it.

62
StockRank
Get score and insider alerts
Quality
55
Value
53
Momentum
50

As of 6 Nov 2026, MoatMap's StockRank for Navigator Holdings Ltd. (NVGS) is 62/100, ranked against 24,000+ stocks in 35 markets (Quality 55, Value 53, Momentum 50, each scored against its sector).

Does StockRank work? Each month we publish how each tenth of the ranking did, whichever way it went. See the record →

P/E (TTM)
10.0x
peers 11.5x
ROE
11.7%
peers 5.9%
D/E
0.7x
peers 0.4x
Dividend %
1.3%
trailing yield

ABOUT NAVIGATOR HOLDINGS LTD.

Read

Navigator Holdings Ltd. owns and operates a fleet of liquefied gas carriers worldwide. It engages in the international and regional seaborne transportation of petrochemical gases, liquefied petroleum gases, and ammonia for energy companies, industrial users, and commodity traders.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY (USD)

Year2022202320242025CAGRTTM2026E2027EFwd CAGR
Revenue473.8M550.7M566.7M587.0M7.4%614.5M632.1M608.5M1.8%
EPS0.691.111.201.4929.3%2.162.282.1921.2%
Shares76.8M73.2M69.4M65.3M-15.0%60.8M———
Debt810.5M857.1M857.3M903.0M3.7%926.1M———
Equity1.2B1.2B1.2B1.2B1.8%————
Op CF130.3M174.4M210.5M201.7M15.7%193.7M———
Inv CF29.7M-176.5M-101.0M-81.1M—————
Fin CF-128.2M7.1M-126.0M-54.2M—————
PRICE (1Y) · USD-14.9%
19.620.822.023.324.525 Sep16 Oct5 Nov
SMA 50SMA 200

Price checkNo clear trendExperimental

No clear trend: not near its 52-week low, and not in a steady uptrend.

SwingsAverage

Calmer than 69% of stocks we rank over the past year (volatility 32% a year).

How this is worked out

StockRank weighs the business, its price and its trend. The price check reads only the chart: the price side of the Momentum score, in words.

The rules: Still falling is a new 52-week low in the last two weeks, at least 25% below the high. Finding a floor is no new low since. Turning up is 20 or more trading days without a new low, at least 10% off it, and back above a rising 50-day average. In an uptrend is above the 200-day average and within 15% of the high.

In 2,112 US drawdowns since 2001, buying while the price was still falling was followed by a further 20% drop 42% of the time. Waiting for a turn (the Turning up rule above) cut that to 33%, at about 7% higher prices and with no better returns. Part of that cut is simply not buying: 13% of falls never turned, and waiting kept those out. Among turns that were bought, 38% still fell another 20%, and 33% of turns were followed by a new low within six months. The benefit was largest in crashes such as 2008 and 2020.

What it measures: how much the price moved day to day over the past year, scaled to a yearly figure (annualised volatility) and ranked against every stock we cover. Very calm under 20% a year, Calm 20 to 30%, Average 30 to 40%, Bumpy 40 to 55%, Very bumpy above that.

What we found: across about 13,500 stocks in 34 markets (2002 to 2025), past swings were a good guide to the next year's, and bumpier stocks fell further. How much further changed too much between eras to put a number on it.

Calm is not safe: a calm stock can still slide steadily.

Rules fixed before any data was fetched. Describes the chart, not a recommendation.

Close
$19.58
RSI (14)
35.2
52-Week Range-23.2% from high
Low $16.26High $25.48

SCORE BREAKDOWN

Quality
55
ROIC
10.0%58.5
ROE
11.7%61.9
GP/Assets
14.7%43.6
Op. Margin
28.5%71.5
FCF/Assets
5.4%60.2
Piotroski
665.4
Int. Cover
3.8x45.6
D/E Ratio
0.73x31.1
Current Ratio
1.71x62.6
Value
53
P/E (TTM)
10.0x69.3
EV/EBITDA
7.8x45.1
P/FCF
11.0x57.6
P/B
1.1x71.3
P/S
2.1x38.5
Div Yield
1.3%19.1
Momentum
50
52W High %
77%59.0
RS 6M
-15%38.1
SMA 50/200
1.07x64.1
EPS Rev 4W
+1.9%71.5
EPS Rev 12W
-1.9%29.8
EPS Improve
-18%14.5
Q Growth
147%71.4

FUNDAMENTALS

Market Cap
$1.3B
P/E (Forward)
12.1x
Gross Margin
54.6%

SECTOR PEERS

Closest peers in Energy, ranked by industry match, size, and score similarity. Cross-listings of NVGS are excluded.

TickerCompanyMkt CapStockRankSignal
NVGSNavigator Holdings Ltd.(you)$1.3B62Hold
KNOPKNOT Offshore Partners LP$355M53Hold
TRMD-A.COTORM plc$4.1B92Strong Buy
HTG.LHunting PLC$783M51Hold
ENQ.LEnQuest PLC$793M74Buy
AT.LAshtead Technology Holdings Plc$655M73Buy
SQZ.LSerica Energy plc$1.4B35Sell
ENOG.LEnergean plc$1.8B38Hold
ODL.OLOdfjell Drilling Ltd.$2.8B81Strong Buy
KIST.LKistos Holdings Plc$339M72Buy

Peer medians: ROE 5.9% · P/E 11.5x · Gross margin 34.9%

Company Deep Dive

A 10,000-word report: the business and its segments, what management promised on earnings calls and whether it delivered, the competition, and how things could turn out.

Request Deep Dive(50 Feathers)

Navigator Holdings Ltd. (NVGS): Stock Score Summary

Navigator Holdings Ltd. (NVGS) has a MoatMap StockRank of 62/100 based on Quality (55/100), Value (53/100), and Momentum (50/100) factor scores. The current signal is Hold.

Navigator Holdings Ltd. owns and operates a fleet of liquefied gas carriers worldwide. It engages in the international and regional seaborne transportation of petrochemical gases, liquefied petroleum gases, and ammonia for energy companies, industrial users, and commodity traders.

Key Financial Metrics

Price$19.58
Market Cap$1.3B
P/E (TTM)9.96
P/E (Forward)12.13
Price/Book1.07
Return on Equity11.7%
Return on Invested Capital10.0%
Debt/Equity0.73x
Gross Margin54.6%
Operating Margin28.5%
Revenue Growth29.5%
Dividend Yield1.3%
Free Cash Flow$123M

Navigator Holdings Ltd. operates in the Oil & Gas Midstream industry, part of the Energy sector (United Kingdom).

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Navigator Holdings Ltd.’s (NVGS) StockRank?
MoatMap’s StockRank for Navigator Holdings Ltd. (NVGS) is 62/100, with a Hold signal. It is a composite of Quality (55), Value (53), and Momentum (50), each scored against its sector. The composite is then ranked across MoatMap’s universe of 24,000+ stocks.
Does Navigator Holdings Ltd. have an economic moat?
Navigator Holdings Ltd. (NVGS) has a Quality factor score of 55/100. Quality blends several measures of profitability and financial strength, led by gross profit to assets, return on invested capital and free cash flow to assets. A high score describes the financial record a durable advantage tends to leave; it does not prove a moat.
Is Navigator Holdings Ltd. a buy, hold, or sell?
MoatMap’s current signal for Navigator Holdings Ltd. (NVGS) is Hold, based on a StockRank of 62/100. It is the band the score falls in, worked out from the score alone: a description, not a recommendation.
What sector is Navigator Holdings Ltd. in?
Navigator Holdings Ltd. (NVGS) operates in the Energy sector, specifically the Oil & Gas Midstream industry (United Kingdom).