The stock price of SLM Corp (NASDAQ: SLM) has surged by 0.62 when compared to previous closing price of 32.12, but the company has seen a 3.46% gain in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. zacks.com reported 2025-06-19 that Sallie Mae (SLM) might move higher on growing optimism about its earnings prospects, which is reflected by its upgrade to a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).
Is It Worth Investing in SLM Corp (NASDAQ: SLM) Right Now?
SLM Corp (NASDAQ: SLM) has a price-to-earnings ratio that is above its average at 11.64x. The stock has a 36-month beta value of 1.11. Opinions on the stock are mixed, with 6 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 3 as “overweight,” 2 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for SLM is 207.12M, and at present, short sellers hold a 2.87% of that float. On June 26, 2025, the average trading volume of SLM was 2.23M shares.
SLM’s Market Performance
SLM stock saw a decrease of 3.46% in the past week, with a monthly decline of -3.75% and a quarterly a decrease of 7.59%. The volatility ratio for the week is 0.70%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 1.29% for SLM Corp (SLM). The simple moving average for the last 20 days is 0.94% for SLM stock, with a simple moving average of 17.53% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of SLM
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for SLM stocks, with Keefe Bruyette repeating the rating for SLM by listing it as a “Mkt Perform.” The predicted price for SLM in the upcoming period, according to Keefe Bruyette is $30 based on the research report published on December 09, 2024 of the previous year 2024.
BofA Securities, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see SLM reach a price target of $27. The rating they have provided for SLM stocks is “Buy” according to the report published on September 25th, 2024.
Citigroup gave a rating of “Buy” to SLM, setting the target price at $23 in the report published on January 16th of the previous year.
SLM Trading at 3.80% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought SLM to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -6.44% of loss for the given period.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at SLM starting from Pahwa Munish, who sale 10,000 shares at the price of $34.08 back on May 28 ’25. After this action, Pahwa Munish now owns 70,836 shares of SLM Corp, valued at $340,821 using the latest closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for SLM
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.42 for the present operating margin
- 0.83 for the gross margin
The net margin for SLM Corp stands at 0.29. The total capital return value is set at 0.03. Equity return is now at value 27.60, with 2.18 for asset returns.
Based on SLM Corp (SLM), the company’s capital structure generated 0.72 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at -0.07. The debt to equity ratio resting at 2.56. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 0.8.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 816.29 million with net debt to EBITDA at 3.02. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 4.29. The receivables turnover for the company is 1.14for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.07.
Conclusion
To sum up, SLM Corp (SLM) has seen a better performance recently. Analysts have differing views on the stock, with some seeing it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
