SLM - SLM Stock Forecast, Price & News

6 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for SLM in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" SLM shares.
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6 analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for SLM's shares. Their SLM share price forecasts range from $19.00 to $25.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $22.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 38.4% from the stock's current price.
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SLM's stock was trading at $19.67 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, SLM stock has decreased by 19.2% and is now trading at $15.90.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 19th 2022.
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SLM Co. (NASDAQ:SLM) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July, 27th. The credit services provider reported $1.29 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.08 by $0.21. SLM had a net margin of 37.26% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 46.75%. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.45 earnings per share.

SLM announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 26th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 2nd will be paid a dividend of $0.11 per share on Thursday, September 15th. This represents a $0.44 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.77%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 1st.
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SLM (NASDAQ:SLM) pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.72%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 14.57%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, SLM will have a dividend payout ratio of 15.22% 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 authorizes the company to buyback $1,250,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 24.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are generally an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

SLM updated its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 4th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.50-$2.70 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.89. 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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (7.96%), UBS Asset Management Americas Inc. (6.00%), ValueAct Holdings L.P. (4.33%), State Street Corp (3.03%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.05%) and FMR LLC (2.06%). 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 $15.90.

SLM (NASDAQ:SLM) has a market capitalization of $4.00 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 $3.02 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.