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Rating Screen · Methodology v1.1

NAVI

Lending · NAVX · $0.11B TVL. Screen grades as of November 12, 2026: Solvency B, Legitimacy BB, Growth CCC. Sui lending; young.

Data As Of November 12, 2026 Methodology v1.1 (screen, provisional) Previous Screen July 27, 2026 Caps Triggered 0
SolvencyCREDIT GRADE
B
42.8 / 100
Will it survive and pay users back?
Legitimacy
BB
56 / 100
Is it real, credible, delivering its stated aim?
GrowthOUTLOOK
CCC
27 / 100
Adoption toward the protocol's own goal, peer-relative.
Re-screen · November 12, 2026

What Changed Since July 27, 2026

Input / GradeJuly 27, 2026November 12, 2026
TVL$0.6B$0.11B
12-month TVL change-20%-75%
Worst 90-day drawdown45%43%
Drawdown scored45% (90-day only, v1.0)75% (worse of 90-day and 12-month, v1.1)
Solvency (credit grade)BB · 49B · 42.8
GrowthB · 39.3CCC · 27

TVL figures: DefiLlama, parent-level listing. The July 27, 2026 TVL was an analyst estimate and may have used a narrower definition, so part of the TVL difference can be definitional. Only these three inputs were refreshed in the re-screen; sustainability, unlocks, risk, audits, team, delivery, governance, category share and momentum were left as the July 27, 2026 estimates.

Axis I · Credit Grade

Solvency — B

Solvency screens at B (42.8 / 100), previously BB in the July 27, 2026 screen. The worst 90-day TVL drawdown is 43% and 12-month TVL change is -75%. TVL stability is scored on the 12-month decline of 75%, because it is worse than the latest 90 days. Sustainability ratio (1.5x), unlock pressure (12%) and risk quality (5 / 10) are carried over from July 27, 2026.

Solvency ScorecardB
MetricRawNormalizedWeightWeighted
Sustainability ratio (revenue / emissions)1.5x
30%18
Does it earn more than it prints? Above 1x is self-sustaining.
TVL stability (worse of 90-day drawdown and 12-month decline)75%
25%3.8
Bank-run indicator. Worst 90-day drawdown 43%, 12-month TVL change -75%; the worse of the two is scored, so a calm quarter cannot erase a long decline.
Unlock pressure (next 12 months)12%
15%6
Incoming insider sell pressure vs circulating supply.
Risk quality (collateral, oracle, exploit posture)5 / 10
30%15
Combined collateral quality, price-feed dependence, and loss history.
FINAL DIMENSION SCORE42.8 → B
Axis II · Legitimacy Score

Legitimacy — BB

Legitimacy screens at BB (56 / 100). No Legitimacy input was refreshed in the November 12, 2026 re-screen, so the grade is unchanged from July 27, 2026.

Legitimacy ScorecardBB
MetricRawNormalizedWeightWeighted
Audit coverage6 / 10
25%15
Code credibility: firms, recency, findings resolved.
Team & transparency6 / 10
25%15
Doxxed vs anonymous; track record; disclosure quality.
Delivery vs stated roadmap7 / 10
20%14
Does shipped product match the promise? The core legitimacy test.
Governance & decentralization4 / 10
30%12
Real distributed control vs theater; participation quality.
FINAL DIMENSION SCORE56 → BB
Axis III · Growth Outlook

Growth — CCC

Growth screens at CCC (27 / 100), previously B in the July 27, 2026 screen. TVL is $0.11B, -75% over twelve months (it was -20% at the previous screen). Category share (2.5%) and momentum (5 / 10) are carried over from July 27, 2026.

Growth ScorecardCCC
MetricRawNormalizedWeightWeighted
TVL 12-month trend-75%
35%3.5
Adoption of the core product, in absolute terms.
Category market share2.5%
30%6
Peer-relative position: winning or losing its niche.
Momentum & users5 / 10
35%17.5
Usage trajectory and integration growth, filtered for incentives.
FINAL DIMENSION SCORE27 → CCC
Verdict

Where NAVI Lands

The credit grade is Solvency B. Legitimacy is BB and the Growth outlook is CCC; the weakest axis is Growth. These grades use TVL data as of November 12, 2026 and qualitative inputs from July 27, 2026.

Credit Grade — Solvency
B
42.8 / 100

The credit grade answers one question: can NAVI survive stress and pay its users back. Legitimacy (BB) and the Growth outlook (CCC) are published beside it and are never averaged into it. Weakest axis: Growth.

Analyst Note
Sui lending; young.
Screen vs full rating. This is Methodology v1.1 applied in screening form: the same bands, weights, caps and grade scale as the full Aave workbook (with the v1.1 change to TVL stability described above), reduced to the highest-signal metrics per dimension so the whole universe stays comparable in one table. Screen grades are provisional. A full rating — per-metric sourcing plus four stress scenarios — is produced when a protocol is selected for publication. TVL, 12-month TVL change and 90-day drawdown are from DefiLlama, parent-level listing as of November 12, 2026; every other input is an analyst estimate as of July 27, 2026, drawn from public data (DefiLlama, protocol docs, governance forums, rekt.news) and judgment, and should be verified before being relied upon.
Lending Peers
ProtocolSolvencyLegitimacyGrowth
NAVI (this page)BBBCCC
AaveAAABB
MorphoAAAA
JustLendABBBBB
SparkAABB
KaminoBBBBBBB
CompoundBBBAB
VenusABBCCC
SuilendBBBBCCC
EulerBBAB
BenqiBBBBBCCC
MoonwellBBBBBCCC

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Analyst Commentary · July 27, 2026

Background From The Previous Screen

Dated commentary. Written for the July 27, 2026 screen under Methodology v1.0. Figures and grades quoted in it are as of that date. Where they differ from the scorecards above, the scorecards are current.

Overview

NAVI is a Sui-native lending and liquidity protocol competing directly with Suilend for a young chain's credit market. The screen scores it slightly below its rival on nearly every verification input while noting a shallower TVL decline.

Solvency

Solvency screens at BB. Fee coverage (~1.5x) is thin, the 12% unlock schedule is heavy, and the 45% drawdown is steep. The 5/10 risk score is the lowest among the lenders in this screen — young chain, young oracle infrastructure, young liquidation depth, all compounding.

Legitimacy

Legitimacy screens at BB. Audits (6/10) and team visibility (6/10) are the constraint; delivery has been reasonable. Governance is nominal — NAVX voting exists more as a roadmap item than as a control mechanism.

Growth

Growth screens at B, with the least-bad TVL trend in its cohort (-20%) and fair momentum, against a 2.5% category share.

Verdict

Composite B. The number-two lender on a number-many chain, carrying the screen's thinnest risk verification among lenders. A full rating would want independent audit review before anything else.