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GAAP COMPARISON OF 2026 RESULTS WITH 2025 |
Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 Compared with Three Months Ended March 31, 2025
For the three months ended March 31, 2026, net income was $17 million, or $0.17 diluted earnings per common share, compared with net loss of $2 million, or $0.02 diluted loss per common share, for the year-ago period.
The primary contributors to the change in net income are as follows:
• Net interest income increased by $1 million primarily due to an increase in mark-to-market gains on fair value hedges recorded in interest expense. This was partially offset by the paydown of the FFELP portfolio, the Private Education Loan portfolio's changing product mix with Refinance Loans increasing as a percentage of the portfolio, and the impact of decreasing interest rates on the different index resets for the Private Education Loans and related funding.
• Provisions for loan losses decreased $3 million from $30 million to $27 million:
○ The provision for Private Education Loan losses decreased $4 million from $22 million to $18 million.
○ The provision for FFELP Loan losses increased $1 million from $8 million to $9 million.
The provision for Private Education Loan losses of $18 million in the current period included $11 million associated with loan originations. The provision of $22 million in the year-ago quarter included $7 million associated with loan originations and $15 million related to a general reserve build (primarily as a result of an increase in delinquency balances).
The provision for FFELP Loan losses of $9 million in the current period was primarily the result of increased charge-offs due to prior disaster forbearance volume, as well as the continued extension of the portfolio. The provision of $8 million in the year-ago quarter was primarily the result of an increase in delinquency balances.
• Asset recovery and business processing revenue decreased $23 million as a result of the sale of our government services business in February 2025. With the sale of our government services business, Navient no longer provides business processing segment services.
• Other income decreased $10 million primarily related to the transition services we had provided related to our various strategic initiatives. The transition services related to the outsourcing of loan servicing and the sale of our healthcare services business ended in May 2025. The transition services related to the sale of our government services business ended in October 2025.
• Net gains on derivative and hedging activities increased $30 million due primarily to interest rate fluctuations. Valuations of derivative instruments fluctuate based upon many factors including changes in interest rates and other market factors. As a result, net gains and losses on derivative and hedging activities may vary significantly in future periods.
• Operating expenses decreased $38 million, $23 million of which was due to a decline in business processing expenses as a result of the sale of our government services business in February 2025 ($20 million of the reduction is in the Business Processing segment and $3 million of the reduction is in the Other segment). In addition, there was an $11 million decline in expenses in connection with providing transition services related to our various strategic initiatives. As of October 2025 we had no further obligations to provide these transition services. There was a $7 million increase in marketing and other expenses associated with the growth of our consumer lending businesses. The remaining $11 million decrease primarily relates to cost saving initiatives implemented, which have reduced our operating costs mostly in connection with our shared service functions and corporate footprint.
• Restructuring and other reorganization expenses decreased $3 million primarily due to a decrease in severance-related costs incurred in connection with the various strategic initiatives that have been and continue to be implemented to simplify the company, continue to reduce our expense base and enhance our flexibility.
• The effective income tax rates for the current and year-ago periods were 48% and 54%, respectively. The effective income tax rates were elevated in both periods primarily due to changes in the valuation allowances attributed to disallowed interest expense and operating loss carryovers.
We repurchased 2.3 million and 2.6 million shares of our common stock during the first quarters of 2026 and 2025,
respectively. As a result of repurchases, our average outstanding diluted shares decreased by 6 million common shares
(or 6%) from the year-ago period.