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

17.04 0.49 −2.80%
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) Gross margin

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SLM Corporation's gross margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 62.0%, down 1.9 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (63.8%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 61.9% (fiscal 2024) to 87.3% (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 27% of that period. That is below the Credit Services industry median of 76.6% and below the Financial sector median of 70.1%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2025 63.8% 1.91
FY2024 61.9% (1.82)
FY2023 63.7% (13.34)
FY2022 77.1% (7.08)
FY2021 84.1% 7.16
FY2020 77.0% 6.72
FY2019 70.3% (2.01)
FY2018 72.3% (6.25)
FY2017 78.5% (5.26)
FY2016 83.8% (3.53)

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 57.5% (2.31)
Jun 2026 59.8% (7.31)
Mar 2026 67.2% 5.27
Dec 2025 61.9% (3.84)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 61.9% High 87.3%
Ten-year median 77.0%
Current reading's percentile 7

Gross margin against peers

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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