SLM Corporation Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 11 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for SLM Corporation stock have an average target of 29.55, with a low estimate of 26 and a high estimate of 34. The average target predicts an increase of 5.88% from the current stock price of 27.91.

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$26	$29.55	$30	$34
Change	-6.84%	+5.88%	+7.49%	+21.82%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for SLM stock from 11 stock analysts is "Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to outperform the market over the next twelve months.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Aug '24	Sep '24	Oct '24	Nov '24	Dec '24	Jan '25
Strong Buy	3	4	3	3	3	3
Buy	5	5	6	6	5	6
Hold	3	3	2	2	2	2
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	11	12	11	11	10	11

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Jon Afstrom RBC Capital	RBC Capital	Buy Maintains $30 → $32	Buy	Maintains	$30 → $32	+14.65%	Jan 24, 2025
Richard Shane JP Morgan	JP Morgan	Hold Maintains $29 → $30	Hold	Maintains	$29 → $30	+7.49%	Jan 24, 2025
Michael Kaye Wells Fargo	Wells Fargo	Buy Maintains $32 → $33	Buy	Maintains	$32 → $33	+18.24%	Jan 24, 2025
Giuliano Bologna Compass Point	Compass Point	Strong Buy Maintains $31 → $34	Strong Buy	Maintains	$31 → $34	+21.82%	Jan 24, 2025
Sanjay Sakhrani Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Hold Maintains $30 → $32	Hold	Maintains	$30 → $32	+14.65%	Jan 24, 2025

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

1.63B

Revenue Next Year

1.81B

from 1.63B

11.24%

from 1.63B

EPS This Year

3.06

from 2.68

14.24%

from 2.68

EPS Next Year

3.35

from 3.06

9.48%

from 3.06

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	1.63B	1.81B	1.88B
Revenue Growth	30.37%	19.90%	-42.24%	23.02%	-1.59%	-	11.24%	3.92%
EPS	2.25	3.61	1.76	2.41	2.68	3.06	3.35	3.69
EPS Growth	73.08%	60.44%	-51.25%	36.93%	11.20%	14.24%	9.48%	9.98%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	9.12	8.33	7.57
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	13	10	2

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026	2027
High	2.1B	2.2B	2.0B
Avg	1.6B	1.8B	1.9B
Low	1.4B	1.5B	1.8B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	-	36.7%	8.0%
Avg	-	11.2%	3.9%
Low	-	-5.0%	0.8%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027
High	3.41	3.99	3.83
Avg	3.06	3.35	3.69
Low	2.70	2.89	3.58

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	27.3%	30.3%	14.3%
Avg	14.2%	9.5%	10.0%
Low	0.6%	-5.6%	6.7%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.