SLM Corp (NASDAQ: SLM) is 5.18% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $18.84 and a high of $29.75 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The SLM stock was last observed hovering at around $29.30 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.29%.
Currently trading at $29.01, the stock is 3.55% and 7.78% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 5.58 million and changing -0.99% at the moment leaves the stock 26.61% off its SMA200. SLM registered 51.17% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 22.72%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $26.9148 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $22.91285.
The stock witnessed a 4.39% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 25.97%, and is 3.13% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 3.53% over the week and 2.74% over the month.
SLM Corp (SLM) has around 1740 employees, a market worth around $6.16B and $3.02B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 10.93 and Fwd P/E is 8.57. Profit margin for the company is 19.53%. Distance from 52-week low is 53.98% and -2.49% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (6.86%).
with sales reaching $361.86M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 14.37% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 3.38% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -6.50% in year-over-year returns.
SLM Corp (SLM) Top Institutional Holders
453.0 institutions hold shares in SLM Corp (SLM), with institutional investors hold 102.60% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 210.40M, and float is at 209.53M with Short Float at 4.18%. Institutions hold 101.50% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 31.62 million shares valued at $657.42 million. The investor’s holdings represent 14.3465% of the SLM Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is IMPACTIVE CAPITAL LP with 19.7 million shares valued at $409.51 million to account for 8.9365 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BLACKROCK INC. which holds 19.19 million shares representing 8.7072% and valued at over $399.0 million, while FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP holds 6.1181 of the shares totaling 13.49 million with a market value of $280.36 million.
SLM Corp (SLM) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Strong Robert S., the company’s Director. SEC filings show that Strong Robert S. sold 4,500 shares of the company’s common stock on Dec 02 ’24 at a price of $27.25 per share for a total of $0.12 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 83130.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Nov 01 ’24, Strong Robert S. (Director) disposed off 4,500 shares at an average price of $22.11 for $99505.0. The insider now directly holds 87,630 shares of SLM Corp (SLM).
