Stock Research: SLM

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SLM

NSQ:SLM US78442P1066
23
  • Value
    41
  • Growth
    25
  • Safety
    Safety
    43
  • Combined
    12
  • Sentiment
    93
  • 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 three out of four indicators below average for SLM. The consolidated Sentiment Rank has a good rank of 93, which means that professional investors are more optimistic about the stock than for 93% of alternative investment opportunities. But all other ranks are below average. The consolidated Value Rank has a rank of 41, which means that the share price of SLM is on the higher side compared with typical size in indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. The consolidated Growth Rank also has a low rank of 25, meaning that the company exhibits below-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, invested capital growth, and stock returns. This means that growth is lower than for 25% of competitors in the same industry. Finally, the consolidated Safety Rank has a riskier rank of 43 which means that 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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The higher the 360° View, the better the stock performed against its peers, considering all metrics. The 360° View represents an average of the other 5 ranks and is then scaled to a rank from 1 to 100. The shaded values are illustrative only.
Last update: 19-Mar-2026.

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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
41 57 70 63
Growth
25 69 19 39
Safety
Safety
43 27 31 31
Sentiment
93 92 63 17
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23 89 43 25
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Analyst Opinions
47 95 87 90
Opinions Change
50 65 25 13
Pro Holdings
n/a 96 86 9
Market Pulse
71 23 22 22
Sentiment
93 92 63 17
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
41 57 70 63
Growth
25 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)
36 31 45 34
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
59 70 88 85
Price vs. Book (P/B)
30 40 35 28
Dividend Yield
73 62 65 67
Value
41 57 70 63
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Revenue Growth
9 59 19 23
Profit Growth
75 33 77 59
Capital Growth
77 84 17 7
Stock Returns
9 77 33 85
Growth
25 69 19 39
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Leverage
47 56 50 44
Refinancing
87 31 33 31
Liquidity
48 26 28 37
Safety Safety
43 27 31 31

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Only the professional market sentiment is positive. The stock is expensive, has low growth, and low financial safety. This is a weak investment proposition. Only a small, highly-speculative investment may be justified by investors who strongly believe the positive sentiment points to an positive future.

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The 360° View Rank indicates a company's overall performance across all major financial and non-financial metrics tracked by Obermatt. A 360° View Rank of 75 means the company is more well-rounded than 75% of similar companies. A high score indicates that the company is strong across the board; it is attractively priced, growing sustainably, financially stable, and well-regarded by the market. Learn more.

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