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SLM Corporation
SLM Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $3.1 billion, up 4.10% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue fell 1.93%, EPS fell 9.38%, free cash flow grew 2.81% and total debt fell 8.84%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for five consecutive years, revenue growth for three.
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| Group | Line | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend | 2026e | 2027e | 2028e |
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| Price, $ | Low | 5.09 | 9.65 | 7.95 | 7.76 | 5.60 | 12.03 | 13.72 | 10.81 | 18.04 | 23.81 |
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| High | 11.65 | 13.20 | 12.46 | 11.53 | 12.55 | 21.40 | 20.88 | 19.36 | 28.24 | 34.97 | |||||
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| People | Employees | 1,300 | 1,500 | 1,700 | 1,900 | 1,600 | 1,450 | 1,700 | 1,740 | 1,710 | 1,788 | ||||
| Revenue/emp, $m | 0.88 | 0.96 | 1.11 | 1.25 | 1.47 | 1.66 | 1.39 | 1.63 | 1.75 | 1.74 | |||||
| Income, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Income, $m | Revenue | 1,146 | 1,434 | 1,883 | 2,380 | 2,353 | 2,409 | 2,366 | 2,839 | 2,987 | 3,110 | ||||
| Gross margin, % | 83.78 | 78.52 | 72.27 | 70.26 | 76.98 | 84.14 | 77.06 | 63.72 | 61.90 | 63.81 | |||||
| EBT | 414 | 491 | 559 | 744 | 1,154 | 1,540 | 631 | 778 | 799 | 993 | |||||
| EBT margin, % | 36.16 | 34.26 | 29.70 | 31.25 | 49.04 | 63.93 | 26.66 | 27.41 | 26.73 | 31.92 | |||||
| Net income | 250 | 289 | 487 | 578 | 881 | 1,161 | 469 | 581 | 608 | 745 | |||||
| Depreciation | 29 | 32 | 41 | 49 | 68 | 57 | 56 | 109 | 47 | 45 | |||||
| Per share, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Per share, $ | Revenue | 2.68 | 3.33 | 4.33 | 5.57 | 6.13 | 7.65 | 9.16 | 12.27 | 13.82 | 15.01 | ||||
| Earnings | 0.54 | 0.63 | 1.08 | 1.31 | 2.27 | 3.67 | 1.78 | 2.44 | 2.73 | 3.52 | |||||
| Cash flow | (0.47) | (0.40) | (0.24) | (0.04) | (0.48) | (0.16) | 0.02 | (0.62) | (1.52) | (1.92) | |||||
| Capex | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||
| Free cash flow | (0.47) | (0.40) | (0.24) | (0.04) | (0.48) | (0.16) | 0.02 | (0.62) | (1.52) | (1.92) | |||||
| Book value | 5.49 | 5.74 | 6.83 | 7.75 | 6.68 | 6.82 | 6.68 | 8.13 | 9.99 | 11.83 | |||||
| Shares, m | 428 | 431 | 435 | 427 | 384 | 315 | 258 | 231 | 216 | 207 | |||||
| Valuation, × | |||||||||||||||
| Valuation, × | P/E | 21.42 | 18.00 | 7.69 | 6.80 | 5.51 | 5.59 | 9.61 | 7.95 | 10.21 | 7.67 | ||||
| P/S | 4.24 | 3.41 | 1.92 | 1.60 | 2.02 | 2.57 | 1.81 | 1.57 | 2.00 | 1.80 | |||||
| P/B | 2.73 | 2.36 | 1.41 | 1.31 | 2.06 | 3.26 | 2.89 | 2.73 | 3.12 | 2.55 | |||||
| EV/Sales | 4.41 | 4.55 | 2.77 | 1.03 | 2.26 | 3.13 | 1.98 | 1.87 | 2.50 | 2.09 | |||||
| EV/FCF | (25.38) | (38.15) | (50.79) | (156.03) | (29.11) | (152.34) | 937.17 | (36.81) | (22.70) | (16.31) | |||||
| Cash, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Cash, $m | Operating cash flow | (199) | (171) | (103) | (16) | (183) | (50) | 5 | (145) | (329) | (399) | ||||
| Capex | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Free cash flow | (199) | (171) | (103) | (16) | (183) | (50) | 5 | (145) | (329) | (399) | |||||
| Balance, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Balance, $m | Working capital | 4,700 | 5,834 | 7,282 | 7,324 | 5,810 | 5,549 | 4,622 | 4,753 | 6,733 | 6,085 | ||||
| Total debt | 2,168 | 3,275 | 4,284 | 4,354 | 5,189 | 5,931 | 5,235 | 5,228 | 6,440 | 5,362 | |||||
| Net debt | 195 | 1,639 | 1,602 | (1,367) | 563 | 1,348 | 406 | 874 | 1,513 | 895 | |||||
| Shareholders’ equity | 2,347 | 2,474 | 2,973 | 3,312 | 2,563 | 2,150 | 1,727 | 1,881 | 2,160 | 2,451 | |||||
| Returns, % | |||||||||||||||
| Returns, % | ROA | 1.36 | 1.36 | 1.95 | 1.89 | 2.75 | 3.85 | 1.59 | 1.94 | 1.99 | 2.44 | ||||
| ROIC | 10.19 | 7.47 | 7.64 | 23.90 | 23.60 | 27.54 | 18.71 | 19.17 | 13.68 | 18.61 | |||||
| ROE | 13.83 | 14.17 | 20.31 | 20.47 | 33.35 | 54.90 | 27.26 | 36.30 | 33.35 | 35.49 | |||||
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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026
Charts ten years each
SLM Corporation vs peers in Credit Services (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier
| Company | Market cap | P/E | Fwd P/E | Revenue growth (Q) | EPS growth (Q) | FCF growth (Q) | Gross margin (Q) | EBIT margin (Q) | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OMF OneMain Holdings, Inc. | $6.4B | 8.4× | 7.6× | +7.19% (above 0%: growing) | −5.71% (below 0%: shrinking) | +3.36% (above 0%: growing) | 79.93% | 0.00% | Compare |
| CACC Credit Acceptance Corporation | $5.7B | 11.7× | 10.5× | +0.62% (above 0%: growing) | +71.79% (above 0%: growing) | +120.88% (above 0%: growing) | 100.00% | 50.07% | Compare |
| KLAR Klarna Group plc | $5.1B | — (loss-making) | 8.2× | +26.61% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | −129.24% (below 0%: shrinking) | 61.23% | 2.59% | Compare |
| NNI Nelnet, Inc. | $4.6B | 15.3× | 15.0× | −22.95% (below 0%: shrinking) | −62.78% (below 0%: shrinking) | −52.33% (below 0%: shrinking) | 79.01% | 0.00% | Compare |
| SEZL Sezzle Inc. | $4.5B | 27.0× | 22.8× | +51.65% (above 0%: growing) | +47.56% (above 0%: growing) | +131.47% (above 0%: growing) | 82.87% | 36.72% | Compare |
| ENVA Enova International, Inc. | $4.4B | 12.4× | 11.3× | +21.58% (above 0%: growing) | +40.20% (above 0%: growing) | +21.85% (above 0%: growing) | 61.15% | 25.53% | Compare |
| SLM SLM Corporation | $4.2B | 6.0× | 7.1× | −1.93% (below 0%: shrinking) | −9.38% (below 0%: shrinking) | +2.81% (above 0%: growing) | 59.84% | 0.00% | |
| BFH Bread Financial Holdings, Inc. | $3.9B | 7.9× | 8.2× | +3.39% (above 0%: growing) | +21.89% (above 0%: growing) | +1.93% (above 0%: growing) | 100.00% | 76.43% | Compare |
| UPST Upstart Holdings, Inc. | $2.4B | 38.0× | 32.5× | +41.75% (above 0%: growing) | +183.33% (above 0%: growing) | −14.74% (below 0%: shrinking) | 83.19% | 4.01% | Compare |
| Median of peers | $4.5B | 12.4× | 10.9× | +14.39% | +40.20% | +2.65% | 81.40% | 14.77% |
SLM Corporation (SLM) key facts
- Strength: SLM Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $3.1 billion, up 4.10% from fiscal 2024.
- SLM Corporation (SLM) is a Credit Services company in the Financial sector, listed on Nasdaq.
- As of October 16, 2026, SLM traded at $21.81, a market capitalization of $4.2 billion.
- SLM Corporation pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share, a yield of 2.38%, with a payout ratio of 14.5%.
- Return on equity was 35.5% and debt-to-equity 2.36.
- Its Piotroski F-score is 6 out of 9 for fiscal 2025.
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