SLM CORP SLM: Stock price, financial analysis and comparison with its peers

Stock - SLM

SLM CORP

Prices and values in USD currency

Price - $29.93

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Sector

Financial Services

Industry

Credit Services

Employees

1600.0

ISIN

US78442P1066

Business summary

SLM Corp is a saving, planning and paying for college company providing private education loans to students or their families. It operates a consumer savings network that provides financial rewards on everyday purchases to help families save for coll... See more...

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	SLM	CACC	MA	V
Company Name	SLM CORP	CREDIT ACCEPTANCE CORP	Mastercard Inc	VISA INC.
Reason for selection	Selected stock	Stock with min Market Cap difference in Industry	Highest market cap. in industry	Highest market cap. in sector
Market Cap	$6,298 M	$6,141 M	$500,592 M	$709,739 M
Industry	Credit Services	Credit Services	Credit Services	Credit Services
Sector	Financial Services	Financial Services	Financial Services	Financial Services
Total Equity	$2,160 M	*************************	*************************	*************************
Shares Outstanding	210 M	*************************	*************************	*************************
Close	$29.93	*************************	*************************	*************************
Earning Yield	0.15%	*************************	*************************	*************************
ROIC	0.03%	*************************	*************************	*************************
Current Ratio	1.3	*************************	*************************	*************************
TBI Financial Score	-1	*************************	*************************	*************************
Preferred Stocks	$132 M	*************************	*************************	*************************
Total Capitalization	$6,430 M	*************************	*************************	*************************
Book Value per Share	10	*************************	*************************	*************************
Earning Yield EBITavg3	0.15%	*************************	*************************	*************************
P E (3 years avg)	12	*************************	*************************	*************************
Net Profit Margin	0.33%	*************************	*************************	*************************
Dividends Yield	1.86%	*************************	*************************	*************************
Working Capital/Debt	NaN%	*************************	*************************	*************************
Net Income	$608 M	*************************	*************************	*************************
Net Income 5yGrowth	-0.14%	*************************	*************************	*************************
Num of Years w Dividends 10y	10	*************************	*************************	*************************

Investment Analysis Report: SLM and his peers

Overview:

Below you'll find an AI powered output based on the selected companies for comparison. If you change the companies, the output will be re-calculated.

For the analysis we decided to use Graham (father of value investing) as inspiration, the comparison is structured and oriented as the writer did to compare companies back in his times in the chapter 13 of the famous book The Intelligent Investor.

1. Profitability

(a) From the table we can see that 2 companies out of 3 show satisfactory earnings on their invested capital.

And all of these companies: MA, V show very high values of profitability above 30%

A high rate of return on tangible book value often goes along with a high annual growth rate in earnings per share. Mainly due to the fact that the management seems to be qualified to assign invested capital to profitable businesses and make earnings grow over time.

(b) Profit margins are usually an indication of comparative strength or weakness. But it tends to fluctuate based on several factors which can lead to two types of higher-than-average margins: temporary margins caused by external factors (like rises in commodity prices that the company produce due to temporary high demand or temporary low offer), and competitive advantages which stem from the intrinsic company and firm-specific factors.

We define companies with net profit margins of over 20% as having very high margin.

2 companies out of 3 show very high margins. These are: MA, V.

The following companies have a good margin (not high but still acceptable), what could mean that they have competitive advantages if not caused by external factors: CACC.

2. Stability

All 3 companies have reported positive net income in all of the last 10 years with available statements.

These are the companies from the table above that have always reported positive Net Income: CACC, MA, V.

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