# SLM Corp (SLM)

- Sector: Financials · Industry: Credit Services
- SEC CIK: 0001032033 ([filings on EDGAR](https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0001032033))
- Full page: https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/slm
- Data as of: price 2026-09-25; newest filing used 2026-07-23; latest fiscal period ended 2026-06-30

## Grade

**B+** on the balance-sheet rubric used for lenders, 4 of 5 checks passed.

| Check | Result | Now | Before |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Profitable | passed | $735.5M |  |
| Earnings growing overall | passed | $735.5M | $381.7M |
| Earnings growing recently | failed | $735.5M | $744.8M |
| Earns well on its assets | passed | 2.6% |  |
| Book value per share growing | passed | $11.62 | $6.60 |

Business quality (the + / − mark): 6 of 7 checks passed.

| Check | Result | Now | Before |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Profitable | passed | 37.5% |  |
| Healthy profit margin | passed | 37.5% |  |
| Good return on equity | passed | 30.0% |  |
| Debt under control | failed | 2.39 |  |
| Earns a wide spread on lending | passed | 4.9% |  |
| Runs the bank efficiently | passed | 35.9% |  |
| Credit losses well covered | passed | 18.4% |  |

How the grade works: the letter counts failed checks (none → A, one → B, two → C, three → D, four or more → F). It is built from SEC filings only — the share price never enters it — and describes the business, not whether the stock is worth buying.

## Key figures

In US dollars, as filed.

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Revenue, trailing twelve months | $2B |
| Net income, trailing twelve months | $735.5M |
| Net margin | 37.5% |
| Return on equity | 30.0% |
| Debt to equity | 2.39 |
| Diluted EPS, trailing twelve months | $3.57 |
| Share price | $23.66 |
| Market value | $4.4B |
| Price / earnings | 6.6x |
| Price / sales | 2.3x |

## More on this company

- [Overview](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/slm)
- [Financial statements](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/slm/financials)
- [Competitors](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/slm/peers)
- [Earnings](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/slm/earnings)

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Source: InspectStocks, built from the company’s own SEC filings. This describes a business — it is not investment advice and not a recommendation to buy or sell anything.
