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

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

SLM Corp (NASDAQ:SLM) released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, April, 23rd. The credit services provider reported $0.27 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.24 by $0.03. The credit services provider earned $332.61 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations 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 updated 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 earnings per share estimate of $1.00.

11 brokerages have issued 12-month price objectives for SLM's shares. Their predictions range from $13.00 to $17.00. On average, they expect SLM's stock price to reach $14.6591 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 25.1% 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 drop in short interest in June. As of June 29th, there was short interest totalling 22,681,423 shares, a drop of 17.3% from the June 15th total of 27,409,791 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,851,135 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 8.0 days. Approximately 5.3% of the company's shares are sold short. 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), IEG (IEGH) and "Mr. Amazing Loans Corporation" (MRAL).

News stories about SLM stock have trended somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than 20 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 media sentiment score of 0.15 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the credit services provider an impact score of 47.71 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days.

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%), Channing Capital Management LLC (0.38%), Selz Capital LLC (0.31%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.17%) and Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan (0.02%). 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 Channing Capital Management LLC, Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan and 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, Gillespie Robinson & Grimm Inc. 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 $11.72.

SLM has a market capitalization of $5.14 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]