The key reasons why SLM Corp (SLM) is -4.89% away from 52-week high?

As on Wednesday, SLM Corp (NASDAQ: SLM) got off with the flyer as it spiked 1.28% to $26.84, before settling in for the price of $26.50 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, SLM posted a 52-week range of $15.64-$28.22.

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The company of the Financial sector’s yearbook sales growth during the past 5- year span was recorded 9.59%. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was 17.55%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is 13.81%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $212.33 million, simultaneously with a float of $208.98 million. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $5.70 billion. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $23.64, while the 200-day Moving Average is $21.80.

SLM Corp (SLM) Ownership Facts and Figures

Another important factor to analyze is how key investors are playing towards the stock of the Credit Services industry. SLM Corp’s current insider ownership accounts for 1.58%, in contrast to 97.39% institutional ownership. According to the most recent insider trade that took place on Dec 02 ’24, this organization’s Director sold 4,500 shares at the rate of 27.25, making the entire transaction reach 122,625 in total value, affecting insider ownership by 83,130.

SLM Corp (SLM) Earnings and Revenue Records

SLM Corp’s EPS increase for this current 12-month fiscal period is 13.81% and is forecasted to reach 3.02 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will decrease by -1.18% 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 0.75. Alongside those numbers, its PE Ratio stands at $9.33, and its Beta score is 1.23. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 1.86.

In the same vein, SLM’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded 2.88, a figure that is expected to reach 0.56 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 3.02 at the market close of one year from today.

Technical Analysis of SLM Corp (SLM)

Through scrutinizing the latest numbers posted by the [SLM Corp, SLM], it can be observed that its last 5-days Average volume of 2.21 million was better the volume of 1.85 million, it posted the year before. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 63.38% While, its Average True Range was 0.76.

Raw Stochastic average of SLM Corp (SLM) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 84.37%, which indicates a major rise in contrast to 68.92% 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 44.22% that was higher than 36.49% volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.