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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
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SLM Corporation (SLM) Return on assets
SLM Corporation's return on assets over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 1.86%, down 0.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (2.44%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.36% (fiscal 2017) to 3.85% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 82% of that period. That is in line with the Credit Services industry median of 1.94% and above the Financial sector median of 1.15%.
Return on assets, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Return on assets | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 2.44% | 0.45 |
| FY2024 | 1.99% | 0.05 |
| FY2023 | 1.94% | 0.35 |
| FY2022 | 1.59% | (2.26) |
| FY2021 | 3.85% | 1.10 |
| FY2020 | 2.75% | 0.86 |
| FY2019 | 1.89% | (0.06) |
| FY2018 | 1.95% | 0.59 |
| FY2017 | 1.36% | 0.00 |
| FY2016 | 1.36% | (0.45) |
Against its own ten years
Return on assets against peers
| Company | Return on assets |
|---|---|
| SEZL Sezzle Inc. compare | 43.0% |
| ECPG Encore Capital Group Inc compare | 6.41% |
| ENVA Enova International, Inc. compare | 5.60% |
| CACC Credit Acceptance Corporation compare | 3.85% |
| BFH Bread Financial Holdings, Inc. compare | 2.34% |
| NNI Nelnet, Inc. compare | 1.94% |
| UPST Upstart Holdings, Inc. compare | 1.89% |
| SLM SLM Corporation | 1.86% |
| AGM Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation compare | 0.55% |
| Credit Services industry median | 1.94% |
| Financial sector median | 1.15% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Return on assets is
ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.
Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)
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- P/B ratio
- Price to free cash flow
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