Slm (SLM) Ending Cash Balance (2009 - 2026)
Slm (SLM) recorded Ending Cash Balance of $2.44 billion in Q3 2026, down 34.7% from $3.73 billion a year earlier and down 49.1% from the prior quarter.
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Slm (SLM) Ending Cash Balance (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Slm reported Ending Cash Balance of $4.42 billion, down 9.3% from FY2024.
- Annual Ending Cash Balance has a five-year compound annual growth rate of -0.8% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Across earlier years, Ending Cash Balance came in at $4.87 billion in FY2024 (+13.4%), $4.3 billion in FY2023 (-9.9%), $4.77 billion in FY2022 (+5.0%) and $4.55 billion in FY2021 (-1.4%).
- The Q3 2026 figure is the lowest quarterly Ending Cash Balance since Q1 2019.
- On a year-over-year basis, Ending Cash Balance rose in four of the last eight quarters, with an average decline of 2.0%.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Ending Cash Balance in the last five years was growth of 73.7% in Q3 2022, against a decline of 45.8% in Q1 2022 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at $4.79 billion (Q2 2026), $5.38 billion (Q1 2026) and $4.42 billion (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Ending Cash Balance (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rocket Companies | 41.00 Bn | 29.82 Bn | - | 2.94 Bn |
| 2 | Royalty Pharma | 39.88 Bn | 40.21 Bn | - | 513.66 Mn |
| 3 | Orix | 36.75 Bn | 7.39 Bn | 13.83 Bn | - |
| 4 | Federal National Mortgage Association Fannie Mae | 25.40 Bn | -16,108.71 Bn | - | 36.34 Bn |
| 5 | Royal Gold | 23.20 Bn | 22.41 Bn | 402.46 Mn | 184.54 Mn |
| 6 | Affirm Holdings | 22.35 Bn | 15.40 Bn | - | 2.57 Bn |
| 7 | Synchrony Financial | 22.29 Bn | -45.34 Bn | - | 16.70 Bn |
| 8 | Annaly Capital Management | 14.69 Bn | 5.72 Bn | - | 2.18 Bn |
| 9 | Ares Capital | 14.04 Bn | 11.79 Bn | - | 942.00 Mn |
| 10 | Slm | 3.07 Bn | -13.28 Bn | - | 2.44 Bn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 2.44 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 4.79 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 5.38 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 4.42 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 3.73 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 4.26 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 3.87 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 4.87 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 4.66 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 5.40 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 3.73 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 4.30 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 3.72 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 4.03 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 3.90 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 4.77 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 5.02 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 3.80 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 3.45 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 4.55 Bn |
API Access
Slm Ending Cash Balance API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ending-cash-balance&ticker=SLM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "ending-cash-balance", "ticker": "SLM", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ending-cash-balance&ticker=SLM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();