NASDAQ:SLM - SLM Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

SLM declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 7th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 6th will be paid a dividend of $0.03 per share on Monday, December 16th. This represents a $0.12 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.05%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 5th. View SLM's Dividend History.

SLM Corp (NASDAQ:SLM) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January, 22nd. The credit services provider reported $0.33 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.30 by $0.03. The credit services provider had revenue of $419.10 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $411.71 million. SLM had a net margin of 24.30% and a return on equity of 20.65%. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.31 earnings per share. View SLM's Earnings History.

SLM is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 15th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for SLM.

SLM issued an update on its FY 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Wednesday, January, 22nd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 1.85-1.91 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.32.

5 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for SLM's stock. Their forecasts range from $12.00 to $16.00. On average, they anticipate SLM's stock price to reach $13.75 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 19.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for SLM.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for SLM in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for SLM.

Headlines about SLM stock have trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. SLM earned a media sentiment score of 0.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the credit services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for SLM.

SLM saw a drop in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 12,570,000 shares, a drop of 6.5% from the December 15th total of 13,440,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,410,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.7 days. Currently, 3.0% of the company's shares are short sold. View SLM's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to SLM include American Express (AXP), Capital One Financial (COF), Discover Financial Services (DFS), Credit Acceptance (CACC), FirstCash (FCFS), Nelnet (NNI), Pra Group (PRAA), Green Dot (GDOT), Encore Capital Group (ECPG), World Acceptance (WRLD), EZCORP (EZPW), Regional Management (RM), Nicholas Financial (NICK) and Asta Funding (ASFI).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other SLM investors own include CA (CA), Endologix (ELGX), BlackRock (BLK), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Athabasca Oil (ATH), NIC (EGOV), Aegean Marine Petroleum Network (ANW), Transocean (RIG), Gran Tierra Energy (GTE) and Express (EXPR).

SLM's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.89%), Hahn Capital Management LLC (0.29%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.20%), Heritage Investors Management Corp (0.14%), OLD National Bancorp IN (0.02%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (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, Nicolas Jafarieh, Paul F Thome and Steven Mcgarry. View Institutional Ownership Trends for SLM.

SLM stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hahn Capital Management LLC, Ellis Investment Partners LLC, Kendall Capital Management, Heritage Investors Management Corp, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and New York State Teachers Retirement System. Company insiders that have sold SLM company stock in the last year include Jed H Pitcher, Jonathan Boyles and Paul F Thome. View Insider Buying and Selling for SLM.

SLM stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, OLD National Bancorp IN, Sciencast Management LP, Advisors Preferred LLC, Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, Eqis Capital Management Inc., Cerebellum GP LLC and FNY Investment Advisers LLC. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of SLM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $11.48.

SLM has a market capitalization of $4.85 billion and generates $2.38 billion in revenue each year. The credit services provider earns $487.48 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.27 on an earnings per share basis. SLM employs 1,700 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About SLM.

The official website for SLM is http://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]