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

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

SLM Corp (NASDAQ:SLM) announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, April, 23rd. The credit services provider reported $0.27 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.24 by $0.03. The credit services provider had revenue of $332.61 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $316.35 million. SLM had a return on equity of 17.18% and a net margin of 20.85%. 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 updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Monday, April, 23rd. The company provided EPS guidance of $0.99-1.01 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $1.00.

11 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for SLM's shares. Their predictions range from $13.00 to $17.00. On average, they anticipate SLM's stock price to reach $14.6591 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 27.4% 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 the month of 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 currently 8.0 days. Approximately 5.3% of the company's stock are sold short. View SLM's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to SLM include Santander Consumer USA (SC), Credit Acceptance (CACC), 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).

Press coverage about SLM stock has trended positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment. Accern scores the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. SLM earned a media sentiment score of 0.28 on Accern's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the credit services provider an impact score of 45.74 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future.

SLM's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include VA PARTNERS I, LLC (6.90%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.02%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.01%) and Silverleafe Capital Partners LLC (0.00%). 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Gateway Investment Advisers LLC and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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 $11.51.

SLM has a market capitalization of $5.01 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]