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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 equity
SLM Corporation's return on equity over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 27.0%, down 8.5 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (35.5%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 13.8% (fiscal 2016) to 54.9% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 82% of that period. That is above the Credit Services industry median of 9.05% and above the Financial sector median of 9.01%.
Return on equity, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Return on equity | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 35.5% | 2.14 |
| FY2024 | 33.4% | (2.95) |
| FY2023 | 36.3% | 9.04 |
| FY2022 | 27.3% | (27.64) |
| FY2021 | 54.9% | 21.55 |
| FY2020 | 33.4% | 12.88 |
| FY2019 | 20.5% | 0.16 |
| FY2018 | 20.3% | 6.14 |
| FY2017 | 14.2% | 0.34 |
| FY2016 | 13.8% | (4.39) |
Against its own ten years
Return on equity against peers
| Company | Return on equity |
|---|---|
| SEZL Sezzle Inc. compare | 84.3% |
| ECPG Encore Capital Group Inc compare | 34.6% |
| SLM SLM Corporation | 27.0% |
| ENVA Enova International, Inc. compare | 26.8% |
| CACC Credit Acceptance Corporation compare | 22.7% |
| AGM Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation compare | 16.8% |
| BFH Bread Financial Holdings, Inc. compare | 15.6% |
| NNI Nelnet, Inc. compare | 7.55% |
| UPST Upstart Holdings, Inc. compare | 7.20% |
| Credit Services industry median | 9.05% |
| Financial sector median | 9.01% |
| Market median | 0.51% |
What Return on equity is
ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.
Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)
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- Operating cash flow
- Gross margin
- Operating margin
- Net margin
- Free cash flow margin
- P/E ratio
- P/S ratio
- P/B ratio
- Price to free cash flow
- Return on assets
- Return on invested capital
- Debt to equity
- Current ratio
- Total debt
- Shares outstanding
- Book value per share
- Revenue growth
- Piotroski F-score
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