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) Net margin

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SLM Corporation's net margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 19.1%, down 4.3 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (23.5%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 19.1% (fiscal 2017) to 48.0% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 55% of that period. That is above the Credit Services industry median of 8.35% and above the Financial sector median of 14.3%.

Net margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
FY2025 23.5% 3.70
FY2024 19.8% (0.10)
FY2023 19.9% 0.41
FY2022 19.4% (28.53)
FY2021 48.0% 10.96
FY2020 37.0% 13.42
FY2019 23.6% (1.46)
FY2018 25.1% 6.00
FY2017 19.1% (0.94)
FY2016 20.0% (5.13)

Quarterly newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 −5.50% (13.70)
Jun 2026 8.20% (28.30)
Mar 2026 36.5% 5.24
Dec 2025 31.3% 15.38
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 19.1% High 48.0%
Ten-year median 23.5%
Current reading's percentile 14

Net margin against peers

What Net margin is

Net Profit Margin tells an investor how much of each unit of revenue ends up as profit for shareholders after all costs, interest and taxes.

Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Revenue

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