The key reasons why SLM Corp. (SLM) is -1.29% away from 52-week high?

SLM Corp. (NASDAQ: SLM) established initial surge of 0.55% at $23.64, before settling in for the price of $23.51 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, SLM posted a 52-week range of $12.26-$23.95.

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The Financial Sector giants’ yearly sales growth during the last 5-year period was 9.59%. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was 17.55%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is 17.02%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $220.34 million, simultaneously with a float of $214.11 million. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $5.14 billion. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $21.67, while the 200-day Moving Average is $21.00.

SLM Corp. (SLM) Ownership Facts and Figures

Sometimes it is also beneficial to study the sentiment of large-scale investors towards the stock of the SLM Corp. industry. SLM Corp.’s current insider ownership accounts for 1.54%, in contrast to 101.76% institutional ownership. According to the most recent insider trade that took place on Oct 01 ’24, this organization’s Director sold 4,500 shares at the rate of 22.72, making the entire transaction reach 102,230 in total value, affecting insider ownership by 92,130.

SLM Corp. (SLM) Earnings and Revenue Records

Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.38 per share during the current fiscal year.

SLM Corp.’s EPS increase for this current 12-month fiscal period is 17.02% and is forecasted to reach 2.98 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will decrease by -1.06% through the next 5 years, which can be compared against the 17.55% growth it accomplished over the previous five years trading on the market.

SLM Corp. (NASDAQ: SLM) Trading Performance Indicators

Let’s observe the current performance indicators for SLM Corp. (SLM). The Stock has managed to achieve an average true range (ATR) of 0.52. Alongside those numbers, its PE Ratio stands at $7.35, and its Beta score is 1.17. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 1.67.

In the same vein, SLM’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded 3.22, a figure that is expected to reach 0.07 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 2.98 at the market close of one year from today.

Technical Analysis of SLM Corp. (SLM)

Now, what If we examine the latest scores posted by [SLM Corp., SLM]. During the last 5-days, its volume was lower the volume of 1.78 million it reported in year-ago period. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 87.80% While, its Average True Range was 0.50.

Raw Stochastic average of SLM Corp. (SLM) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 93.20%, which indicates a major fall in contrast to 96.07% during the last 2-weeks. If we go through the volatility metrics of the stock, In the past 14-days, Company’s historic volatility was 26.08% that was lower than 29.00% volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.