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How SLM Corporation stacks up
SLMBP · against 354 other Financial Services companies
Profitability
47/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #187 of 355 · scores higher than 47% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score36 peers with a profitability score of 40–49, including SLMBP · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 47?
Weighted metrics compared with all Financial Services companies.Its metrics sit close to the Financial Services norm.
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 6.1% vs peer median 6.3%
- Operating margin is not reported, so it is left out of the score.
- Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 2.6% vs peer median 2.6%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = SLMBP, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | SLMBP | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 353 reported | 6.1% | 6.3% | 49% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 209 reported | Not reported | 23.5% | — | — | 33% |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 382 reported | 2.6% | 2.6% | 51% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 374 reported | 30.3% | 9.5% | 89% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 433 reported | 100.0% | 80.0% | 66% | Context only |
A metric that is not reported is left out of the score; the other weights are rescaled.
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around SLMBP| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 342M EUR (≈$376M) | 100 | 77 | |
| 1 | 1.05T INR (≈$12.6B) | 100 | 65 | |
| 3 | 1.49T INR (≈$17.9B) | 99 | 71 | |
| 3 | 566M AUD (≈$374M) | 99 | 84 | |
| 3 | 566.9B USD | 99 | 48 | |
| 184 | 798M USD | 48 | 47 | |
| 187 | 588.9B JPY (≈$4.0B) | 47 | 58 | |
| 187 | 994M USD | 47 | 51 | |
| 187 | 1.0B USD | 47 | 48 | |
| 187 | Unavailable | 47 | 43 | |
| 191 | 6.4B SEK (≈$637M) | 46 | 30 | |
| 191 | 5.2B USD | 46 | 45 | |
| 191 | 12.8B THB (≈$359M) | 46 | 55 | |
| 194 | 21.7B THB (≈$607M) | 45 | 52 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score