Slm Corp Stock Today
| SLM Stock | USD 28.04 0.34 1.23% |
PerformanceMild
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SLM Corp is selling at 28.04 as of the 8th of January 2026; that is 1.23% increase since the beginning of the trading day. The stock's lowest day price was 27.7. SLM Corp has only a 6 % chance of going through financial distress over the next few years but had a somewhat mild performance during the last 90 days. The performance scores are derived for the period starting the 10th of October 2025 and ending today, the 8th of January 2026. Click here to learn more.
Business Domain Financial Services | IPO Date 5th of January 1988 | Classification Financials |
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. SLM Corporation was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Newark, Delaware. The company has 203.04 M outstanding shares of which 10.92 M shares are at this time shorted by investors with about 3.1 days to cover. More on SLM Corp
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| President | Jonathan Boyles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thematic Idea | Momentum (View all Themes) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Old Name | SLM Corporation Public Company Limited | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Business Concentration | Consumer Finance, Financial Services, NASDAQ Composite, Nasdaq Bank, NASDAQ Financial 100, SP Midcap 400, NASDAQ Composite Total, Momentum, Financials, Consumer Finance, Credit Services, Financial Services (View all Sectors) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Debt LevelsSLM Corp can leverage the use of borrowed funds to amplify returns from an investment. In general, analyzing the relationship between debt to total assets helps investors to understand SLM Corp's financial leverage. It provides some insight into what part of SLM Corp's total assets is financed by creditors.
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SLM Corp (SLM) is traded on NASDAQ Exchange in USA and employs 1,710 people. SLM Corp is listed under Consumer Finance category by Fama And French industry classification. The company currently falls under 'Mid-Cap' category with a total capitalization of 5.77 B. SLM Corp runs under Consumer Finance sector within Financials industry. The entity has 203.04 M outstanding shares of which 10.92 M shares are at this time shorted by investors with about 3.1 days to cover.
SLM Corp has about 4.9 B in cash with (329.39 M) of positive cash flow from operations. This results in cash-per-share (CPS) ratio of 19.58.
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Ownership AllocationThe majority of SLM Corp outstanding shares are owned by institutional holders. These institutional investors are usually referred to as non-private investors looking to take positions in SLM Corp to benefit from reduced commissions. Therefore, institutions are subject to a different set of regulations than regular investors in SLM Corp. Please pay attention to any change in the institutional holdings of SLM Corp as this could imply that something significant has changed or is about to change at the company.
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SLM Stock Institutional Holders
| Instituion | Recorded On | Shares | |
| American Century Companies Inc | 2025-06-30 | 5.4 M | |
| Geode Capital Management, Llc | 2025-06-30 | 3.8 M | |
| Royal London Asset Management Ltd | 2025-06-30 | 3.6 M | |
| First Trust Advisors L.p. | 2025-06-30 | 3.5 M | |
| Bank Of New York Mellon Corp | 2025-06-30 | 3.2 M | |
| Morgan Stanley - Brokerage Accounts | 2025-06-30 | 3.2 M | |
| Norges Bank | 2025-06-30 | 2.7 M | |
| Northern Trust Corp | 2025-06-30 | 2.5 M | |
| Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management Llc | 2025-06-30 | 2.3 M | |
| Vanguard Group Inc | 2025-06-30 | 25.1 M | |
| Blackrock Inc | 2025-06-30 | 19.1 M |
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SLM Corp Corporate Management
| Daniel Kennedy | Ex COO | Profile | |
| Brian Cronin | VP Relations | Profile | |
| William Wolf | Executive Officer | Profile | |
| Kate deLacy | Senior Relations | Profile | |
| Tim Morrison | Sr Relations | Profile | |
| Munish Pahwa | Executive Officer | Profile |
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Is Consumer Finance space expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of SLM Corp. If investors know SLM will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about SLM Corp listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
Quarterly Earnings Growth (0.71) | Dividend Share 0.52 | Earnings Share 2.85 | Revenue Per Share | Quarterly Revenue Growth 2.256 |
The market value of SLM Corp is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of SLM that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of SLM Corp's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is SLM Corp's true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because SLM Corp's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect SLM Corp's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between SLM Corp's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if SLM Corp is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, SLM Corp's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.