SLM (SLM) Stock Price, News & Analysis

10 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for SLM in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" SLM shares.
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10 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for SLM's stock. Their SLM share price targets range from $16.00 to $25.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $20.32 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.7%.
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SLM's stock was trading at $19.12 at the start of the year. Since then, SLM shares have increased by 10.3% and is now trading at $21.09.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 24th 2024.
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SLM will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, April 24th at 5:30 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

SLM Co. (NASDAQ:SLM) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, January, 30th. The credit services provider reported $0.72 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.87 by $0.15. The credit services provider had revenue of $725.66 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $379.20 million. SLM had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 36.86% and a net margin of 20.65%. During the same quarter last year, the company earned ($0.33) earnings per share.

SLM announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 23rd. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 4th will be given a dividend of $0.11 per share on Friday, March 15th. This represents a $0.44 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.09%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 1st.
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SLM (NASDAQ:SLM) pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.14%. The dividend payout ratio is 18.33%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, SLM will have a dividend payout ratio of 15.02% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of SLM (NASDAQ:SLM) stock in their portfolio include Adaptiv Select ETF (ADPV), First Trust NASDAQ Rising Dividend Achievers (RDVY), FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF (RDVI), WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund (DGRS), Alpha Intelligent - Large Cap Value ETF (AILV), First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Archievers ETF (SDVY), Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF (AVUV) and Vanguard U.S. Quality Factor ETF (VFQY).

SLM declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback program on Wednesday, January 24th 2024, which allows the company to repurchase $650,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 14.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

SLM updated its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Thursday, January, 25th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 2.600-2.700 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 2.730. 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.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other SLM investors own include Xtrackers California Municipal Bond ETF (CA), BlackRock (BLK), Endologix (ELGX), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Athabasca Oil (ATH), NIC (EGOV), Aegean Marine Petroleum Network (ANW), Transocean (RIG), Gran Tierra Energy (GTE) and Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI).

SLM's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include ARGA Investment Management LP (0.27%), Los Angeles Capital Management LLC (0.27%), Alaska Permanent Fund Corp (0.06%), Redmont Wealth Advisors LLC (0.02%), IMC Chicago LLC (0.00%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.01%). Insiders that own company stock include Donna F Vieira, Jonathan Boyles, Nicolas Jafarieh, 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 Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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