NASDAQ:SLM - SLM Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

SLM Corp (NASDAQ:SLM) issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, April, 23rd. The credit services provider reported $0.27 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.24 by $0.03. The credit services provider earned $332.61 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $316.35 million. SLM had a net margin of 20.85% and a return on equity of 17.18%. View SLM's Earnings History.

SLM is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July, 24th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for SLM.

SLM issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Monday, April, 23rd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $0.99-1.01 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $1.00.

11 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for SLM's stock. Their predictions range from $13.00 to $17.00. On average, they anticipate SLM's stock price to reach $14.6591 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 24.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for SLM.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for SLM in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 10 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

SLM saw a decline in short interest in June. As of June 29th, there was short interest totalling 22,681,423 shares, a decline of 17.3% from the June 15th total of 27,409,791 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,851,135 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 8.0 days. Currently, 5.3% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View SLM's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to SLM include Credit Acceptance (CACC), Santander Consumer USA (SC), OneMain (OMF), Nelnet (NNI), Enova International (ENVA), PROVIDENT Finl/S (FPLPY), World Acceptance (WRLD), Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), Regional Management (RM), Atlanticus (ATLC), IEG (IEGH) and IEG (IEGH).

Media stories about SLM stock have been trending positive on Wednesday, Accern reports. Accern identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. SLM earned a daily sentiment score of 0.29 on Accern's scale. They also gave headlines about the credit services provider an impact score of 46.36 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future.

SLM's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include VA PARTNERS I, LLC (6.90%), Calamos Advisors LLC (0.78%), Selz Capital LLC (0.31%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.17%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.02%) and Tokio Marine Asset Management Co. Ltd. (0.01%). Company insiders that own SLM stock include Earl A Goode, Frank C Puleo, Jed H Pitcher, Jeffrey Dale, Jonathan Boyles, Laurent Charles Lutz, Marianne M Keler, Nicolas Jafarieh, Paul F Thome, Raymond J Quinlan and Steven Mcgarry. View Institutional Ownership Trends for SLM.

SLM stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Silverleafe Capital Partners LLC. Company insiders that have sold SLM company stock in the last year include Earl A Goode, Frank C Puleo, Jed H Pitcher, Jeffrey Dale, Jonathan Boyles, Laurent Charles Lutz, Nicolas Jafarieh, Paul F Thome, Raymond J Quinlan and Steven Mcgarry. View Insider Buying and Selling for SLM.

SLM stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Calamos Advisors LLC, Selz Capital LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Tokio Marine Asset Management Co. Ltd., State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Calamos Wealth Management LLC. Company insiders that have bought SLM stock in the last two years include Earl A Goode and Marianne M Keler. View Insider Buying and Selling for SLM.

Shares of SLM can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of SLM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $11.81.

SLM has a market capitalization of $5.04 billion and generates $1.43 billion in revenue each year. The credit services provider earns $288.93 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.71 on an earnings per share basis. SLM employs 1,500 workers across the globe.

SLM's mailing address is 300 CONTINENTAL DRIVE, NEWARK DE, 19713. The credit services provider can be reached via phone at 302-451-0200 or via email at [email protected]