profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
SLM
$66.97-0.04% today
-11.4% in 1 year
1-year low $66.961-year high $76.01
Trading close to its lowest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average.
0%20% a year
You pay $5.53 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
SLM vs. similar companies
SLM grows in the middle of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLM | 5.5× · Cheap | ||
 Sunbelt Rentals Holdings | 22.3× · Fair price | ||
 Global Payments | 17.4× · Fair price | ||
 Synchrony Financial | 6.3× · Cheap | ||
 SoFi Technologies | 41.6× · Expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads SLM's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisNo annual statements on file yet.
Valuation
- 5.5×
- 21.5×
- 0.19
- 1.7×
- 1.3×
- 6.2×
- 5.0×
- 8.6%
- 18.1%
- 2.5%
Profitability
- 54.0%
- 32.1%
- 24.3%
- 32.6%
- 10.5%
- 9.1%
- 31.2%
- 2.5%
- 3.4%
- –
Growth
- +6.6%
- −1.0%
- +274.7%
- +19.6%
- −9.9%
Financial health
- 1.0×
- 2.53
- 21.0%
- 1.1×
- 13.93
- 13.93
- 0.10
How it ranks in Financial Services
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 25%of 688
Top 28%of 540
Top 8%of 900
Bottom 46%of 908
Top 31%of 941
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $40.00
- Range
- $40.00 – $40.00
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 2026 | 1.54 | 1.22 | +26.2% |
| Jan 22, 2026 | 1.12 | 0.94 | +19.7% |
| Oct 21, 2025 | 0.66 | 0.80 | −17.7% |
| Jul 22, 2025 | 0.33 | 0.49 | −32.3% |
| Apr 22, 2025 | 1.42 | 1.19 | +19.3% |
| Jan 22, 2025 | 0.52 | 0.55 | −6.0% |
| Oct 23, 2024 | -0.21 | 0.07 | −398.6% |
| Jul 24, 2024 | 1.13 | 0.72 | +56.3% |
2.5%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$25a year at today's yield, before tax
+19.6%2020 to 2025
Raised–not every year
Paid per share, each year
$2.01 in 2015 → $6.27 in 2025
How safe it looks
93.2% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 121.6%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
4/7Passes 4 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
57No pass
Benjamin Graham
75Pass
Philip Fisher
60Pass
Peter Lynch
24No pass
Joel Greenblatt
65Pass
Charlie Munger
63Pass
Terry Smith
55No pass
Questions about SLM
Is SLM a good stock to buy?
A strong, very profitable business, and the price looks low. 4 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the SLM AI analysis
What does SLM do?
SLM Corporation, through its subsidiaries, originates and services private education loans to students and their families to finance the cost of their education in the United States. It is in Financial - Credit Services.
Does SLM pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 2.5% a year, about 93% of its yearly profit.
Is SLM stock halal?
No. SLM does not pass our halal screen: its main business, lending at interest, is not permitted. How we check
How has SLM stock done over the past year?
Down 11.4% over the past twelve months, to $66.97. It traded between $66.96 and $76.01 and is 11.9% below its high.
Who are SLM's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Global Payments, Synchrony Financial and SoFi Technologies. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with SLM's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.