SLM Corporation

SLM Financial Credit Services

SLM Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $3.1 billion, up 4.10% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
−21.4%
EPS
−129.7%
Free cash flow
−115.6%
Total debt
−19.1%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

17.56 1.12 −6.00%
Market cap
$3.2B
P/E
6.3×
Fwd P/E
8.9×
Dividend yield
2.96%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

SLM Corporation (SLM) Debt to equity

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SLM Corporation's debt to equity at the end of the quarter to 30 September 2026 was 2.5×, up 0.3× from fiscal 2025 (2.2×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.3× (fiscal 2015) to 3.0× (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 64% of that period. That is above the Credit Services industry median of 0.7× and above the Financial sector median of 0.2×.

Debt to equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
FY2025 2.2× (26.63%)
FY2024 3.0× 7.28%
FY2023 2.8× (8.31%)
FY2022 3.0× 9.87%
FY2021 2.8× 36.26%
FY2020 2.0× 54.01%
FY2019 1.3× (8.78%)
FY2018 1.4× 8.88%
FY2017 1.3× 43.30%
FY2016 0.9× 234.43%

Quarterly newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
Sep 2026 2.5× 3.93%
Jun 2026 2.4× 1.53%
Mar 2026 2.3× 6.33%
Dec 2025 2.2× (25.11%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.3× High 3.0×
Ten-year median 2.0×
Current reading's percentile 64

Debt to equity against peers

What Debt to equity is

Debt to Equity Ratio shows how much a company relies on borrowed money compared with the money its shareholders have in the business.

(Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt) ÷ Shareholders Equity (Total)

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