SLM Corporation (SLM): Price and Financial Metrics

SLM POWR Grades

• SLM scores best on the Quality dimension, with a Quality rank ahead of 82.84% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for SLM is in Momentum, which has been heading up over the past 31 weeks.
• SLM's current lowest rank is in the Stability metric (where it is better than 24.39% of US stocks).

SLM Stock Summary

• With a price/earnings ratio of 4.25, SLM Corp P/E ratio is greater than that of about only 3.86% of stocks in our set with positive earnings.
• Equity multiplier, or assets relative to shareholders' equity, comes in at 12.5 for SLM Corp; that's greater than it is for 94.61% of US stocks.
• As for revenue growth, note that SLM's revenue has grown 81.44% over the past 12 months; that beats the revenue growth of 92.81% of US companies in our set.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to SLM, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are INBK, ISBC, BKU, FFIC, and VLY.
• SLM's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit SLM Corp's official web site, go to www.salliemae.com.

SLM Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Financial Services stock, SLM's price/sales ratio is 0% higher, now standing at 3.3.
• Over the past 243 months, SLM's price/sales ratio has gone down 7.5.
• Over the past 243 months, SLM's price/sales ratio has gone down 7.5.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for SLM.

SLM Growth Metrics

• Its 2 year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at 149.89%.
• Its 2 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 380.95%.
• Its 2 year revenue growth rate is now at 62.02%.

The table below shows SLM's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).