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SLM Corp (NASDAQ: SLM) closed the day trading at $26.89 down -1.75% from the previous closing price of $27.37. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.75 from its previous closing price. On the day, 3.15 million shares were traded. SLM stock price reached its highest trading level at $27.83 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $26.845.
On December 09, 2025, Compass Point Downgraded its rating to Sell which previously was Buy but kept the price unchanged to $23.
JP Morgan Downgraded its Overweight to Neutral on October 07, 2025, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $29.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jul 29 ’25 when Palmer Kerri A. sold 55,000 shares for $32.21 per share. The transaction valued at 1,771,401 led to the insider holds 119,253 shares of the business.
Palmer Kerri A. bought 55,000 shares of SLM for $1,769,749 on Jul 29 ’25. On Jul 29 ’25, another insider, Strong Robert S., who serves as the Former BOD of the company, bought 7,200 shares for $32.31 each.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, SLM now has a Market Capitalization of 5606064128 and an Enterprise Value of 8958502912. As of this moment, SLM’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 9.47, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 8.81. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.32. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.77 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.61. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 6.133.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for SLM is 1.12, which has changed by -0.01369369 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.13613915 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, SLM has reached a high of $34.97, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $23.81. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -2.16%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -9.90%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, SLM traded about 3.33M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, SLM traded about 4667260 shares per day. A total of 203.04M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 199.96M. Insiders hold about 1.52% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 110.53% stake in the company. Shares short for SLM as of 1764288000 were 13975878 with a Short Ratio of 4.20, compared to 1761868800 on 14878227. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 13975878 and a Short% of Float of 8.1199996.
Dividends & Splits
SLM’s forward annual dividend rate is 0.52, up from 0.52 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.018998904. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.85. The current Payout Ratio is 17.15% for SLM, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-12-04 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-12-04. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2014-05-01 when the company split stock in a 2798:1000 ratio.
Earnings Estimates
The market rating for SLM Corp (SLM) is a result of the insights provided by 11.0 analysts actively involved in the assessment.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.9, with high estimates of $1.37 and low estimates of $0.44.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $3.4 and $3.12 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $3.27. EPS for the following year is $3.05, with 11.0 analysts recommending between $3.54 and $2.63.
Revenue Estimates
5 analysts predict $383.43M in revenue for. The current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $389.56M to a low estimate of $377M. As of. The current estimate, SLM Corp’s year-ago sales were $362.19MFor the next quarter, 5 analysts are estimating revenue of $379.15M. There is a high estimate of $402.44M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $364M.
A total of 5 analysts have provided revenue estimates for SLM’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $1.51B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $1.5B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $1.51B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $1.48BBased on 5 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $1.53B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $1.6B and the low estimate is $1.43B.
