At the time of writing, SLM Corp [SLM] stock is trading at $31.85, up 1.08%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The SLM shares have gain 5.29% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -2.87%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Previously, JP Morgan upgraded its rating to Overweight on July 11, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $38. On December 09, 2024, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Mkt Perform and revised its price target to $30 on the stock. BofA Securities started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and suggested a price target of $27 on September 25, 2024. Citigroup upgraded its rating to a Buy and raised its price target to $23 on January 16, 2024. Deutsche Bank started tracking with a Buy rating for this stock on January 10, 2024, and assigned it a price target of $25. In a note dated January 04, 2024, JP Morgan downgraded a Neutral rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $18 to $20.
For the past year, the stock price of SLM Corp fluctuated between $19.64 and $34.97. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $24.29 within the next 12 months. SLM Corp [NASDAQ: SLM] shares were valued at $31.85 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -23.74% based on the average SLM price forecast.
Analyzing the SLM fundamentals
According to SLM Corp [NASDAQ:SLM], the company’s sales were 2.94B for trailing twelve months, which represents an -13.35% plunge. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.53% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.5%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.2%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.15%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.01, Equity is 0.2 and Total Capital is 0.16. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of2.7.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 31.56 points at the first support level, and at 31.26 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 32.07, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 32.28.
Ratios To Look Out For
Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.26, the price to book ratio is 3.13 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 16.08.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Palmer Kerri A., EVP, Chief Operational Officer, that happened on Jul 29 ’25 when 55000.0 shares were sold. Officer, Palmer Kerri A. completed a deal on Jul 29 ’25 to buy 55000.0 shares. Meanwhile, Former BOD Strong Robert S. bought 7200.0 shares on Jul 29 ’25.
