SLM Corporation (SLM)

13.68 -0.29  -2.08%  Jun 01, 5:20PM Go Pro
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SLM Corporation Valuation

No matter how good a company is, if the price that you pay to buy it is too high, you won't make much money. These valuation metrics should give you a sense of reasonable prices, but be careful with them. Always seek to understand why a valuation is changing over time.

Price Multiples

Price Multiples show how much you get for the price you pay. They can fluctuate drastically over time. Looking at price multiples over time and comparing to those of competitors will help to triangulate a reasonable valuation.

Price to Sales Ratio

Tells you how much you are paying for one dollar of sales.

SLM 1.236
NNI 1.068
COF 1.452
DFS 1.887

Price to Earnings Ratio

Tells you how much you are paying for one dollar of earnings.

SLM 12.79
NNI 5.588
COF 6.621
DFS 6.982

Price to Book

Tells you how much you are paying for one dollar of net assets (net assets is total assets - total liabilities).

SLM 1.555
NNI 0.9533
COF 0.7599
DFS 1.844

Enterprise Valuation

Enterprise Value (EV) multiples tell you what you would get if you were to buy the whole company (including paying off all debt). Similar to price multiples, they can be compared across time and with peers.

EV / EBITDA Pro

Tells you how much you pay for one dollar of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization if you were buying the whole company.

EV / Revenue Pro

Tells you how much you pay for one dollar of sales if you were buying the whole company.

EV / EBIT Pro

Tells you how much you pay for one dollar of earnings before interest and taxes if you were buying the whole company.

EV / Free Cash Flow Pro

Tells how much you are paying for one dollar of current free cash flow if you were buying the whole company.

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SLM News

Sallie Mae (SLM) Adds $400M to Buyback Plan
May 29, 4:35PM Street Insider
Sallie Mae Comments on Education Debt
May 24, 1:32PM Benzinga
Everyone Hates Sallie Mae
May 24, 8:17AM
Bottom 5 finanicals by 14 period RSI: $SLM $C $UNM $PRU $JPM (S&P 500) $JEF $SFI $LPLA $ORI $EV (non S&P 500)
about 12 days ago by TheEquitiesRoom
What feels good is not getting 200 shares of $FB, but now having rest of funds free to trade bought $GS $SLM $BA. Feel so much better
about 15 days ago by TheAcsMan
SLM CORP Financials
May 12, 1:04PM
Bill Gross is long student loans? Hmmmmmmmm http://stks.co/3kQV $BOND $SLM $MACRO
about 23 days ago by BaselineAce
New blog post/article: 'MayDay, MayDay!' - http://stks.co/3iZV $MACRO $GLD $AAPL $SLM
about 25 days ago by BaselineAce
$SLM filed latest Quarterly Report http://stks.co/3gO4
about 28 days ago by MarketBrief
How to Profit From the Student Loan Bubble
May 04, 6:00AM Investor Place
72% of the $SPX components have a put/call ratio <1. Charts of those with a p/c ratio >5: $CCI $GAS $SLM $PGR http://stks.co/3cQI
about 31 days ago by Attitrade
Shadow banking: destructive and benign
Apr 30, 3:32PM Financial Times
$SLM Continues to go sideways. $Macro traders watch closely.
about 35 days ago by BaselineAce
HIGH $CALL VOLU $OMC 1185% $OII 1009% $CTAS 751% $PVA 708% $BC 694% $CS 681% $RYL 660% $HUM 652% $SLM 625% $NRGY 546%
about 36 days ago by livevol_pro
HIGH $CALL VOLU $OMC 1178% $OII 972% $SLM 603% $CS 588% $HUM 396% $GPS 331% $AAP 311% $NRGY 300% $AET 282% $CTAS 230%
about 37 days ago by livevol_pro
Student debts gain Occupy's attention
Apr 25, 4:10PM Financial Times
Student loan debt? Not a #bubble that will burst? Ha. They said that about housing too! $SLM $MACRO
about 38 days ago by BaselineAce
$SLM Could be forming a cup-with-handle base. These bubbles tend to go on longer than anyone can ever imagine.
about 39 days ago by BaselineAce
I'll be interested to see what President Obama things he can do about student loan debt next week. How about get the gov't out of it. $SLM
about 42 days ago by bradloncar
U.S. Equity Preview: $YUM, $SLM, $QCOM, $MAR, $FFIV, $EBAY, & $CLB - http://stks.co/3Paw
about 44 days ago by ibc_fn
HIGH $PUT VOLU $HNR 1188% $HGG 1091% $IPG 909% $THLD 812% $SLM 694% $MBI 681% $XME 570% $SCSS 526% $SFLY 487% $ABB 461%
about 45 days ago by livevol_pro
Today's trades $SLM $VXX $KSS. Some "buys", some "Buy to close" and some "Sell to open" http://stks.co/3Nfv
about 45 days ago by TheAcsMan
HIGH $PUT VOLU $HNR 1086% $XME 550% $SFLY 486% $SLM 443% $AMTD 357% $LNG 337% $RGLD 325% $SAP 283% $LLTC 271% $XLB 271%
about 46 days ago by livevol_pro
HIGH $PUT VOLU $TCO 10379% $JNS 3235% $JOSB 2224% $SLM 1575% $STLD 1423% $AUQ 1146% $SFI 719% $HBAN 616% $INFY 473% $LNG 439%
about 50 days ago by livevol_pro
@BaselineAce how did that $SLM wave chart do ya?
about 50 days ago by reuvenohr
@BaselineAce What do you see on $SLM?<~~i took this one back to 2009, seemed fitting for the waves. http://chart.ly/entpkgd
about 50 days ago by reuvenohr

Recent Quotes

Symbol Price Chg Chg % Market Cap
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