SLM - SLM Stock Forecast, Price & News

7 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for SLM in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" SLM shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in SLM, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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7 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for SLM's shares. Their SLM share price forecasts range from $15.00 to $22.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $18.89 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 12.4% from the stock's current price.
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SLM's stock was trading at $19.67 at the start of the year. Since then, SLM shares have decreased by 14.6% and is now trading at $16.80.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 25th 2023.
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SLM Co. (NASDAQ:SLM) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 26th. The credit services provider reported $0.29 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.47 by $0.18. The credit services provider earned $369.51 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $347.69 million. SLM had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 47.71% and a net margin of 35.01%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.24 earnings per share.

SLM announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, October 25th. Investors of record on Friday, December 2nd will be paid a dividend of $0.11 per share on Thursday, December 15th. This represents a $0.44 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.62%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 1st.
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SLM (NASDAQ:SLM) pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.63%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 14.33%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, SLM will have a dividend payout ratio of 17.67% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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SLM declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback program on Wednesday, January 26th 2022, which allows the company to repurchase $1,250,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy up to 24.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are usually a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

SLM updated its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Wednesday, November, 2nd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.50-$2.60 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.64. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

12 employees have rated SLM Chief Executive Officer Jonathan Witter on Glassdoor.com. Jonathan Witter has an approval rating of 70% among the company's employees.

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SLM trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "SLM."

SLM's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (12.21%), Impactive Capital LP (9.03%), BlackRock Inc. (8.55%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (7.54%), UBS Asset Management Americas Inc. (5.91%) and Boston Partners (4.82%). Insiders that own company stock include Earl A Goode, Jonathan Boyles, Mary Carter Warren Franke, Nicolas Jafarieh, Paul F Thome, Robert S Strong and Steven Mcgarry.
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Shares of SLM stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of SLM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $16.80.

SLM (NASDAQ:SLM) has a market capitalization of $4.20 billion and generates $2.41 billion in revenue each year. The credit services provider earns $1.16 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.07 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 1,450 workers across the globe.

SLM's mailing address is 300 CONTINENTAL DRIVE, NEWARK DE, 19713. The official website for the company is www.salliemae.com. The credit services provider can be reached via phone at (302) 451-0200, via email at brian.cronin@salliemae.com, or via fax at 800-848-1949.