Michael Navas

Manuel Navas is a Managing Director and Senior Research Analyst at Piper Sandler, specializing in financial services equity research with a focus on regional and community banks, particularly those in the Northeastern and Eastern U.S. He covers banks such as OFG Bancorp and has demonstrated strong performance with a 68.97% success rate and an average return of 2.83%, earning a 3.61-star rating as a stock analyst. Navas joined Piper Sandler in 2025 after five years as a Managing Director and Senior Research Analyst at D.A. Davidson covering Mid-Atlantic banks, with prior roles at BMO Capital Markets and Macquarie Capital, and earlier experience as a financial advisor. He holds an MBA from New York University’s Stern School of Business and a Bachelor of Science in international business from the University of Maryland.