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After finishing at $33.02 in the prior trading day, SLM Corp (NASDAQ: SLM) closed at $32.01, down -3.06%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$3.06 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.69 million shares were traded. SLM stock price reached its highest trading level at $33.205 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $31.95.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of SLM by taking a closer look at its different ratios. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 2.56 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 2.56.
On December 09, 2024, Keefe Bruyette Downgraded its rating to Mkt Perform which previously was Outperform and also upped its target price recommendation from $27 to $30.
On September 25, 2024, BofA Securities started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $27.BofA Securities initiated its Buy rating on September 25, 2024, with a $27 target price.
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 May 28 ’25 when Pahwa Munish sold 10,000 shares for $34.08 per share. The transaction valued at 340,821 led to the insider holds 70,836 shares of the business.
Pahwa Munish bought 10,000 shares of SLM for $340,521 on May 28 ’25. On May 02 ’25, another insider, Strong Robert S., who serves as the Director of the company, sold 3,000 shares for $31.15 each. As a result, the insider received 93,464 and left with 35,195 shares of the company.
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 6717490176 and an Enterprise Value of 9395508224. As of this moment, SLM’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 11.53, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 9.23. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.84. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.21 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 3.14. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 6.484.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for SLM is 1.14, which has changed by 0.40827096 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.16564083 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 $19.39. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -2.41%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 11.67%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 2.10M shares per day over the past 3-months and 1869580 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 210.74M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 207.05M. Insiders hold about 1.34% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 102.99% stake in the company. Shares short for SLM as of 1751241600 were 7278700 with a Short Ratio of 3.47, compared to 1748563200 on 5938545. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 7278700 and a Short% of Float of 4.0700004.
Dividends & Splits
In the trailing 12 months, SLM’s forward annual dividend rate was 0.48, compared to 0.50 this year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.014536644The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.83. The current Payout Ratio is 17.15% for SLM, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-06-05 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-09-04. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2014-05-01 when the company split stock in a 2798:1000 ratio.
Earnings Estimates
The current rating of SLM Corp (SLM) reflects the combined expertise of 2.0 analysts actively engaged in assessing its market performance.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.62, with high estimates of $0.68 and low estimates of $0.57.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $3.11 and $3.03 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $3.07. EPS for the following year is $3.43, with 9.0 analysts recommending between $3.62 and $3.35.
Revenue Estimates
5 analysts predict $386.66M in revenue for the current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $406M to a low estimate of $377.6M. As of the current estimate, SLM Corp’s year-ago sales were $359.4MFor the next quarter, 5 analysts are estimating revenue of $399.39M. There is a high estimate of $413M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $389M.
A total of 5 analysts have provided revenue estimates for SLM’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $1.57B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $1.5B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $1.53B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $1.48BBased on 5 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $1.67B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $1.71B and the low estimate is $1.62B.
