SLM Corp (SLM) concluded trading on Thursday at a closing price of $28.36, with 3.6 million shares of worth about $101.99 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 40.19% during that period and on March 13, 2025 the price saw a loss of about -1.49%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 210.38M shares, out of which, 207.38M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of -2.21% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -2.58%. Year-to-date (YTD), SLM shares are showing a performance of 2.83% which increased to 36.28% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $19.39 but also hit the highest price of $32.65 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for SLM Corp shares is 2.93 million. The stock is currently trading -5.59% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -2.50% for SMA50 and it goes to 16.75% higher than SMA200.
SLM Corp (NASDAQ: SLM) currently have 210.38M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 102.72% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $5.97B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 1.08. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 10.69, while it has posted earnings per share of $2.65 in the same period. Its PEG reads 0.90 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 2.98. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for SLM, volatility over the week remained 4.81% while standing at 3.94% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 14.14% while it is estimated to increase by 11.74% in next year. EPS is likely to shrink at an annualized rate of 11.88% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of 15.53% made by the stock over the past 5-years.
Digging deeper we find that several firms have released their research notes about the support levels of the stock. Most recent of them is a note released by Keefe Bruyette on December 09, 2024 offering a Mkt perform rating for the stock and assigned a target price range of between $27 and $30 to it. Coverage by BofA Securities stated SLM Corp (SLM) stock as a Buy in their note to investors on September 25, 2024, suggesting a price target of $27 for the stock. On January 16, 2024, Citigroup Upgrade their recommendations, while on January 10, 2024, Deutsche Bank Initiated their ratings for the stock with a price target of $25. Stock get a Neutral rating from JP Morgan on January 04, 2024.
