WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) _ Navient Corp. (NAVI) on Tuesday reported a first-quarter loss of $106 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier. On a per-share basis, the Wilmington, Delaware-based company said it had a loss of 53 cents. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to 51 cents per share. The results missed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 72 cents per share. The student loan servicing company posted revenue of $939 million in the period. Its adjusted revenue was $297 million. Navient shares have decreased 52% since the beginning of the year, while the Standard & Poor's 500 index has decreased 15%. In the final minutes of trading on Tuesday, shares hit $6.57, a fall of 46% in the last 12 months. _____ This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on NAVI at https://www.zacks.com/ap/NAVI