SeekingAlpha · Sep 19, 2026
SLM: Student Loan Giant Keeps Growing Its Loan Book While Covering Dividends Well
SLM rated a buy: key drivers include student loan origination trends, demand, and dividend growth/coverage.
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NYSE · SLM
SLM Corporation
Financial Services · Financial - Credit Services
$24.25
Down-$0.64 (-2.64%)
Updated Sep 24, 2026, 1:14 AM
SID Score
5.4/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
58/100
Neutral
- Market cap
- 5.73B
- P/E ratio
- 9.1
- Dividend yield
- 2.14%
- 52-week range
- $17.77 – $31.06
- Volume
- 2.01M
- Avg. volume
- 3.23M
Price performance
SLM price history
1M range · 19 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
SLM closed at $24.25 after 19 trading sessions, down 9.45% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $24.25
- Period change
- -9.45%
- Period low
- $24.25
- Period high
- $27.08
Daily close
View OHLC price history
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 2026 | $25.45 | $25.485 | $24.22 | $24.25 | 2.01M |
| 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 |
| Sep 14, 2026 | $25.87 | $26.51 | $25.87 | $26.40 | 1.36M |
| Sep 11, 2026 | $25.91 | $26.11 | $25.66 | $26.04 | 1.88M |
| Sep 10, 2026 | $26.02 | $26.05 | $25.33 | $25.58 | 1.56M |
| Sep 9, 2026 | $26.17 | $26.43 | $25.925 | $26.09 | 969.8K |
| Sep 8, 2026 | $26.78 | $26.86 | $26.25 | $26.28 | 1.66M |
| Sep 4, 2026 | $26.12 | $27.22 | $25.99 | $27.08 | 1.81M |
| Sep 3, 2026 | $26.75 | $26.99 | $26.345 | $26.49 | 1.78M |
| Sep 2, 2026 | $25.97 | $26.60 | $25.97 | $26.51 | 1.7M |
| Sep 1, 2026 | $25.94 | $26.365 | $25.61 | $25.77 | 1.64M |
| Aug 31, 2026 | $26.13 | $26.47 | $25.92 | $25.97 | 3.08M |
| Aug 28, 2026 | $26.73 | $27.28 | $26.40 | $26.41 | 1.77M |
| Aug 27, 2026 | $26.61 | $27.005 | $26.56 | $26.77 | 1.37M |
| Aug 26, 2026 | $26.43 | $26.875 | $26.33 | $26.78 | 1.52M |
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SLM research
Overview
Company profile and research snapshot.
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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- Consensus
- —
- Average target
- $31.33
- Implied upside
- —
- Analysts
- —
| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 2026 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | — |
| Jul 13, 2026 | JP Morgan | Underweight | — |
| Jul 10, 2026 | RBC Capital | Outperform | — |
| Jul 7, 2026 | Barclays | Equal-Weight | — |
| Apr 24, 2026 | Barclays | Overweight | — |
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