Slm (SLM) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Slm has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio across 17 years of filings, most recently posting 0.34 for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, FCF Payout Ratio rose 50.79% year-over-year to 0.34; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.1 (down 3.15% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 0.27, up 10.26% from the prior year.
• FCF Payout Ratio declined to 0.34 in Q1 2026, from 2.89 in the prior quarter.
• Over the last five years, FCF Payout Ratio for SLM reached as high as 71.56 in Q3 2022 and fell as low as 122.74 in Q4 2022.
• The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.82 (2024), against an average of 8.32.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — FCF Payout Ratio soared 12037.15% — and 2024, when it slumped 39733.21%.
• A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 122.74 in 2022, then jumped by 99.86% to 0.17 in 2023, then tumbled by 39733.21% to 69.36 in 2024, then jumped by 104.17% to 2.89 in 2025, then slumped by 111.66% to 0.34 in 2026.
• According to Business Quant data, FCF Payout Ratio over the past three periods registered 0.34, 2.89, and 2.03 for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.