SLM Stock Forecast, Price & News

SLM's stock was trading at $8.95 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, SLM stock has increased by 50.9% and is now trading at $13.51.
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7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for SLM in the last twelve months. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" SLM stock. 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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1,448 employees have rated SLM CEO Doug Parker on Glassdoor.com. Doug Parker has an approval rating of 60% among SLM's employees. This puts Doug Parker in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

SLM is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 27th 2021.
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SLM will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, January 27th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

SLM Co. (NASDAQ:SLM) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October, 21st. The credit services provider reported $0.47 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.14 by $0.33. The credit services provider earned $364.57 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $359.42 million. SLM had a net margin of 23.87% and a return on equity of 28.69%. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.29 EPS.
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SLM announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 19th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 4th will be paid a dividend of $0.03 per share on Tuesday, December 15th. This represents a $0.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.89%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 3rd.
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SLM pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.86%. The dividend payout ratio of SLM is 9.45%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, SLM will have a dividend payout ratio of 8.05% next year. This indicates that SLM will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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7 analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for SLM's stock. Their forecasts range from $9.00 to $15.50. On average, they expect SLM's share price to reach $12.92 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.4%.
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SLM saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 10,270,000 shares, an increase of 28.9% from the December 15th total of 7,970,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,700,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.8 days. Currently, 2.8% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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Some companies that are related to SLM include American Express (AXP), Capital One Financial (COF), Discover Financial Services (DFS), Credit Acceptance (CACC), Green Dot (GDOT), Nelnet (NNI), PRA Group (PRAA), Encore Capital Group (ECPG), World Acceptance (WRLD), Regional Management (RM), EZCORP (EZPW) and Nicholas Financial (NICK).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other SLM investors own include CA (CA), BlackRock (BLK), Endologix (ELGX), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Athabasca Oil Co. (ATH.TO) (ATH), NIC (EGOV), Aegean Marine Petroleum Network (ANW), Transocean (RIG), Gran Tierra Energy Inc. (GTE.TO) (GTE) and Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI).

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

SLM's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.58%), OLD National Bancorp IN (0.02%), HGK Asset Management Inc. (0.02%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. (0.01%) and Kestra Advisory Services LLC (0.01%). Company insiders that own SLM stock include Earl A Goode, Jed H Pitcher, Jonathan Boyles and Paul F Thome.
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SLM stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, OLD National Bancorp IN, HGK Asset Management Inc., and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have sold SLM company stock in the last year include Earl A Goode, and Paul F Thome.
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SLM stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Kestra Advisory Services LLC, Tuttle Tactical Management, Crossmark Global Holdings Inc., and Sowell Financial Services LLC.
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Shares of SLM 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.

One share of SLM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $13.51.

SLM has a market capitalization of $5.07 billion and generates $2.38 billion in revenue each year. The credit services provider earns $578.28 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.27 on an earnings per share basis. SLM employs 1,900 workers across the globe.

The official website for SLM is www.salliemae.com.

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]