Benzinga · Oct 9, 2026
RBC Capital Maintains Outperform on SLM, Lowers Price Target to $28
RBC Capital analyst Jon G. Arfstrom maintains SLM (NASDAQ:SLM) with a Outperform and lowers the price target from $29 to $28.
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NYSE · SLM
SLM Corporation
Financial Services · Financial - Credit Services
$22.70
Down-$0.53 (-2.33%)
Updated Oct 14, 2026, 11:06 PM
SID Score
4.9/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
58/100
Neutral
- Market cap
- 5.73B
- P/E ratio
- 9.1
- Dividend yield
- 2.29%
- 52-week range
- $17.77 – $31.06
- Volume
- 3.14M
- Avg. volume
- 3.23M
Price performance · SLM
SLM price history
1M range · 21 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
Prices through Oct 13, 2026
SLM closed at $22.70 after 21 trading sessions, down 13.19% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $22.70
- Period change
- -13.19%
- Period low
- $22.52
- Period high
- $26.15
Daily close
View OHLC price history
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 2026 | $23.18 | $23.375 | $22.41 | $22.70 | 3.14M |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $22.99 | $23.475 | $22.87 | $22.94 | 3.1M |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $22.66 | $22.695 | $22.445 | $22.52 | 2.51M |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $22.48 | $22.725 | $22.355 | $22.67 | 2.82M |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $22.35 | $22.735 | $22.255 | $22.60 | 2M |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $22.90 | $22.96 | $22.445 | $22.58 | 1.96M |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $22.68 | $23.06 | $22.625 | $22.74 | 2.66M |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $22.72 | $22.94 | $22.54 | $22.745 | 3.67M |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $22.51 | $22.86 | $22.02 | $22.61 | 2.56M |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $22.93 | $23.195 | $22.40 | $22.63 | 2.27M |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $22.92 | $23.265 | $22.68 | $22.89 | 2.08M |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $23.40 | $23.47 | $22.86 | $22.90 | 2.05M |
| Sep 25, 2026 | $23.15 | $23.745 | $22.9305 | $23.66 | 2.18M |
| Sep 24, 2026 | $23.61 | $23.85 | $23.00 | $23.05 | 3.2M |
| Sep 23, 2026 | $24.25 | $24.34 | $23.575 | $23.61 | 1.54M |
| Sep 22, 2026 | $25.45 | $25.485 | $24.22 | $24.25 | 2.02M |
| Sep 21, 2026 | $25.25 | $25.39 | $25.05 | $25.07 | 1.25M |
| Sep 18, 2026 | $24.98 | $25.29 | $24.87 | $25.10 | 5.06M |
| Sep 17, 2026 | $25.62 | $25.62 | $24.98 | $24.99 | 1.76M |
| Sep 16, 2026 | $26.08 | $26.16 | $24.96 | $25.28 | 2.44M |
| Sep 15, 2026 | $26.40 | $26.43 | $25.91 | $26.15 | 1.43M |
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Company profile
SLM Corp is an education solutions company. It business is to originate and service loans to students and their families to finance the cost of their education. The provide Private Education Loans to mean education loans to students or their families that are not made, insured, or guaranteed by any state or federal government.
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- —
- Average target
- $31.33
- Implied upside
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| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 2026 | JP Morgan | Underweight | — |
| Oct 12, 2026 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | — |
| Oct 9, 2026 | RBC Capital | Outperform | — |
| Jul 20, 2026 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | — |
| Jul 13, 2026 | JP Morgan | Underweight | — |
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