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SLM

NSQ:SLM US78442P1066
23
  • Value
    74
  • Growth
    34
  • Safety
    Safety
    43
  • Combined
    12
  • Sentiment
    79
  • 360° View
    360° View
    23
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Company Description

SLM Corporation is a financial brand for higher education, originating and servicing student loans for students and their families. It operates in the financial services industry, offering private education loans such as the Smart Option Student Loan, and various graduate program loans. It primarily operates in the United States. In the last fiscal year, the company had a market cap of $6,900 million and 1710 employees.

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ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 23 (better than 23% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock SLM are critical, mostly below average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with half the metrics below and half above average for SLM. The consolidated Value Rank has an attractive rank of 74, which means that the share price of SLM is on the lower side compared with the typical size in indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. This means that the stock price is lower than for 74% of alternative stocks in the same industry. The consolidated Sentiment Rank has a good rank of 79, which means that professional investors are more optimistic about the stock than for 79% of alternative investment opportunities. But the consolidated Growth Rank has a low rank of 34, which means that the company exhibits below-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, invested capital growth, and stock returns. The consolidated Safety Rank has a riskier rank of 43, meaning the company has a riskier financing structure than 57 comparable companies when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. ...read more

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Strongest Rank Revenue Growth
Weakest Rank Pro Holdings
Country USA
Industry Consumer Finance
Size Small
Website salliemae.com
Index
NASDAQ
S&P MIDCAP
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Last update: 17-Sep-2026.

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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
74 57 70 63
Growth
34 69 19 39
Safety
Safety
43 27 31 31
Sentiment
79 92 63 17
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23 89 43 25
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Analyst Opinions
46 95 87 90
Opinions Change
50 65 25 13
Pro Holdings
n/a 96 86 9
Market Pulse
35 23 22 22
Sentiment
79 92 63 17
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
74 57 70 63
Growth
34 69 19 39
Safety Safety
43 27 31 31
Combined
12 57 24 30
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
44 31 45 34
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
65 70 88 85
Price vs. Book (P/B)
50 40 35 28
Dividend Yield
87 62 65 67
Value
74 57 70 63
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Revenue Growth
16 59 19 23
Profit Growth
70 33 77 59
Capital Growth
66 84 17 7
Stock Returns
32 77 33 85
Growth
34 69 19 39
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Leverage
24 56 50 44
Refinancing
97 31 33 31
Liquidity
48 26 28 37
Safety Safety
43 27 31 31

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With good value and positive sentiment, but low growth and risky financing, this combination is generally dangerous as debt requires growth to sustain it. Only investors with a strong belief in future growth potential and a high-risk tolerance should consider this stock.

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