Navan, Inc. operates an AI-powered software platform designed to simplify the travel and expense experience for users, customers, and suppliers. Its solutions cover AI-powered travel, payments, and expense management, streamlining the travel lifecycle from booking and policy enforcement to payment processing, expense reconciliation, and reporting. The company serves finance, human resources, travel managers, inventory, and other markets, and has a partnership with OpenTable Partner for AI-powered business travel planning. Navan, Inc. was formerly known as TripActions, Inc. and changed its name in February 2023; it was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Palo Alto, California.
Needham Names BRZE, NAVN, TTAN as Top SaaS Picks After Meta Selloff
Needham analyst Scott Berg named Braze, Navan, and ServiceTitan as his top end-of-year picks in the SaaS sector following a market selloff triggered by Meta's Enterprise Platform announcement. Berg said the new offering does not directly compete with enterprise software vendors in his coverage universe, viewing it as the final step in Meta's year-long shift from consumer AI to enterprise AI. He expects the platform to compete with frontier model vendors like Anthropic and OpenAI for parts of the UI layer or personal productivity agents rather than full-blown enterprise software, likely at a lower price point, with possible expansion into cloud hyperscale computing to challenge AWS, Azure, or GCP. On Braze, Berg sees a one-quarter growth slowdown as comp and timing issues rather than a demand slowdown; on Navan, he sees a favorable third-quarter setup as demand trends remain high; and on ServiceTitan, he leans into the Max AI narrative as a revenue driver into calendar year 2027.
Navan Raises Full-Year Outlook Again, to Acquire BoomPop for Up to $95 Million
Navan, Inc. raised its full-year revenue and operating income forecasts for the second time this year and separately announced it would acquire AI-powered event-management platform BoomPop for up to $95 million in cash and stock. The company now expects fiscal 2027 revenue of $927 million to $933 million, up from its prior forecast of $907 million to $913 million. CFO Aurélien Nolf told Reuters that travelers are taking more trips and generating higher bookings per trip than a year ago. In the second quarter, gross booking volume rose 45% year over year to $3 billion, revenue increased 35% to $232.8 million and topped the $220.46 million analyst estimate, and new signed gross booking volume in the sales-led growth business reached a record $4 billion over the trailing 12 months, up 60% from a year earlier. Operating expenses increased 46% to $200.2 million in the quarter, faster than revenue growth, and the GAAP operating loss widened to $25.6 million; shares fell 17% in after-hours trading despite the beats and higher guidance.
Navan Acquires BoomPop to Expand Meetings and Events Business
Navan Inc. announced its acquisition of BoomPop, an AI-powered meetings and events platform launched in 2023 that has been recognized by Inc. as one of the fastest-growing private companies in America. The deal builds on an existing alliance between the two entities announced earlier in February and marks Navan's strategic push into the meetings and events segment, where a large chunk of spending is still done outside managed platforms. The acquisition follows Navan's second quarter FY27 results, in which the company reported adjusted net income of $14 million compared to an $8 million loss in Q2 FY26, on year-over-year growth of 39% in subscription revenue and 35% in usage revenue, and during which it signed agreements with Enbridge, Ingersoll Rand, Cummins, and Evotec and closed its acquisition of Smartrips. BoomPop has facilitated events reaching roughly 250,000 participants at companies including Accenture, Amazon, Google, Salesforce, and Shopify, and claims to have lowered customer booking expenses by nearly 30% on average. Navan intends to fully integrate BoomPop's staff and technology to expand its meetings and events operations and accelerate product development, though the deal adds to a string of integrations including Smartrips, Comtravo, Reed & Mackay, and Tripeur, and the company said it anticipates no significant effect on its guidance.
NAVN · Capital · Positive Navan acquires BoomPop to expand its meetings and events business, following strong Q2 FY27 results with $14M adjusted net income and 39% subscription revenue growth.
BoomPop · Capital · Positive BoomPop is being acquired by Navan, marking a successful exit for the AI-powered meetings and events platform.
Navan CEO Ariel Cohen Says He Embraces Public Market Discipline After Strong Earnings
Navan CEO Ariel Cohen said he prefers leading a public company because quarterly reporting forces the AI-powered travel booking platform to confront its results honestly. Speaking with Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi, Cohen pointed to 35% year-over-year growth, gross margins that rose to 75%, and 45% usage growth, even as the stock fell after the earnings report. He said the metric the market needs to learn is bookings, disclosing that Navan sold $4 billion over the last 12 months, up 60% month over month, and that sales take two months to deploy, five months to reach full capacity, and 12 months to realize the full budget. Cohen said he is optimistic because sales are accelerating in SLG, which accounts for the $4 billion figure, while PLG has doubled again. He added that after 11 months as a public company he has learned the market always figures it out, and that the share price will get there and more in the future.
NAVN · Capital · Positive Navan reported 35% YoY growth, 75% gross margins, and $4B in bookings, strong financial results despite the post-earnings stock drop.
Navan Q2 Revenue Jumps 35% to $233 Million as AI Platform Drives Growth
Navan Inc reported second-quarter revenue of $233 million, up 35% year over year, with gross bookings value rising 45% to just over $3 billion. Non-GAAP gross margin reached 75% and non-GAAP operating margin expanded to 7% from 5% a year ago, while free cash flow was $28 million on a trailing one-month basis versus a burn of $33 million a year ago. New signed gross bookings value for sales-led growth hit $4 billion over the last 12 months, up 60% from the same quarter last year, and the company ended the quarter with $820 million in cash and short-term investments against approximately $125 million in debt. Navan guided third-quarter revenue to $253 million to $255 million, representing 30% growth at the midpoint, and full-year revenue to $927 million to $933 million, or 32% growth at the midpoint. The company said its BoomPop acquisition is expected to have a mid-single-digit negative impact on non-GAAP operating income in fiscal 2027, becoming accretive only in fiscal 2028, while the SmartTrip acquisition has immaterial financial impact in the short term.
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NAVN · Capital · Positive Navan reported Q2 revenue up 35% to $233M with expanding margins, positive FCF, and raised guidance.
BoomPop · Capital · Negative Navan said its BoomPop acquisition will have a mid-single-digit negative impact on non-GAAP operating income in fiscal 2027.
Navan reported second-quarter revenue of $232.79 million, unchanged year over year, and EPS of $0.05, compared to $0 a year ago. Revenue beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $219.85 million by 5.89%, while EPS surpassed the consensus of $0.04 by 25%. Gross Booking Volume reached $3.00 billion, above the $2.88 billion average estimate. Subscription revenue was $21 million versus the $18.81 million estimate, and usage-based revenue came in at $211 million, exceeding the $201.03 million projection. Shares have fallen 7.9% over the past month, compared to a 1% decline in the S&P 500.
Evotec Selects Navan to Unify Global Travel, Payments, and Expense Management
Evotec has selected Navan to manage its complete corporate travel and expense program across its top global markets. The global drug discovery and development company is rolling out the Navan platform in Germany, the UK, the U.S., Italy, and France to replace a patchwork of different tools and manual offline processes with one unified, easy-to-use platform. Kay Prätorius, VP Procurement at Evotec, said the transition will enhance user experience and provide real-time visibility and control over global travel and expense activities. Navan's AI-powered platform automates reconciliation directly from the point of swipe, aiming to reduce manual entry and drive operational excellence.
NAVN · Demand · Positive Evotec, a major drug discovery company, selected Navan to manage its global travel and expense program, representing a significant customer win.
Navan Selected by Cummins to Support Global Business Travel
Navan has been selected by Cummins to support the business travel needs of more than 60,000 employees across over 60 countries and three global regions. The announcement follows a review of the business travel landscape by Cummins. This partnership comes one day after Navan announced a similar deal with Enbridge to transform its travel program. BMO Capital recently raised its price target on Navan to $30 from $22, citing strong Q1 results and accelerating growth in travel bookings and payments.
Navan signs enterprise travel deals with Cummins and Enbridge
Navan has signed new enterprise travel and expense clients including Cummins, Enbridge, Viessmann, and ISOPLUS. The agreements focus on using Navan's AI-powered platform to manage global employee travel and expenses, adding large multinational organizations with extensive workforces and worldwide operations to its customer base. The contracts emphasize always-on AI support, mobile-first usage, broad travel content, and measurable cost savings such as Enbridge's projected CAD 2 million annual reduction and ISOPLUS's targeted 10% cut in travel spend. These wins illustrate growing acceptance of Navan's platform for complex, global travel programs and its ability to attract large enterprises away from incumbents like SAP Concur, American Express Global Business Travel, or BCD Travel.
BMO Capital Raises Navan Price Target to $30, Keeps Outperform Rating
BMO Capital raised its price target on Navan from $22 to $30 and maintained an Outperform rating. The upgrade followed Navan's fiscal first-quarter 2027 results, which included revenue of $220.23 million that exceeded the $205.27 million consensus estimate, and earnings per share of $0.08 compared to expectations of $0.01. The firm cited strong performance across all key metrics, with overall revenue growing 40% year-over-year driven by accelerating travel bookings and payments. BMO also highlighted a large runway ahead, noting triple-digit growth in RFP activity that signals rising corporate demand, and sees persistent upside in the enterprise segment from share-gain opportunities as major competitors undergo changes. The firm praised Navan's AI strategy for enabling more efficient scaling and supporting profitability as volume increases.
Grabar Law Office Investigates Claims on Behalf of Shareholders of Badger Meter, Navan, New Era Energy & Digital, and Power Solutions International
Grabar Law Office is investigating claims on behalf of shareholders of Badger Meter, Navan, New Era Energy & Digital, and Power Solutions International. The investigations concern whether certain officers and directors of each company breached their fiduciary duties. For Badger Meter, the probe follows a federal securities class action alleging that the company attributed strong financial performance to sustainable demand while results were materially impacted by accelerated customer orders, masking weakening trends, with the truth emerging through disappointing quarterly announcements in 2025 and 2026. The Navan investigation focuses on whether its IPO offering documents omitted material information about decelerating revenue growth and increased sales and marketing spending. The New Era Energy & Digital investigation involves allegations of false statements about its Texas Critical Data Centers project, permitting progress, and related-party transactions, as well as a lawsuit by the New Mexico Attorney General alleging a fraudulent oil-and-gas scheme. The Power Solutions International investigation concerns claims that the company overstated its ability to capture data center market demand and understated the impact of manufacturing capacity enhancements. Current shareholders who acquired shares during the specified periods may seek corporate reforms and return of funds at no cost.
Navan Inc. shares surged 10.4 percent on Wednesday to close at $10.30, buoyed by easing US-Iran tensions and a brighter outlook for the travel industry. The AI-powered corporate travel management company rallied alongside peers as oil and gas prices fell with the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, reducing costs for the fuel-dependent sector. The gains follow Navan's report earlier this month of a sharply narrower first-quarter net loss of $20.5 million, down 66.5 percent from a year earlier, while revenue jumped 40 percent to $220.2 million. For the second quarter, the company expects revenue between $219 million and $221 million, and full-year revenue is projected at $907 million to $913 million, representing 30 percent growth at the midpoint.
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