Slm (SLM) Interest Expense - Debt (2015 - 2026)

Slm (SLM) reported Interest Expense - Debt of $68.2 million for Q1 2026, down 7.36% year-over-year from $73.6 million in Q1 2025, and up 1748.68% quarter-over-quarter from $3.7 million in Q4 2025.

Slm (SLM) Interest Expense - Debt (2015 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Slm (SLM) has 12 years of Interest Expense - Debt data on file, last reported at $68.2 million in Q1 2026.

  • Interest Expense - Debt for Q1 2026 came in at $68.2 million, down 7.36% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $227.0 million (up 15.95% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $11.4 million, down 17.35% from the prior year.
  • Interest Expense - Debt grew to $68.2 million in Q1 2026 per SLM's latest filing, from $3.7 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Interest Expense - Debt peaked at $198.6 million in Q4 2023 and troughed at $2.9 million in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $45.5 million and a median of $46.0 million in 2023 frame the typical range for Interest Expense - Debt.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Interest Expense - Debt jumped 6403.96% in 2023, then tumbled 98.25% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Interest Expense - Debt shows it stood at $3.1 million in 2022, then jumped by 6403.96% to $198.6 million in 2023, then plunged by 98.25% to $3.5 million in 2024, then advanced by 6.07% to $3.7 million in 2025, then jumped by 1748.68% to $68.2 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows SLM's Interest Expense - Debt at $68.2 million in Q1 2026, $3.7 million in Q4 2025, and $80.3 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Interest Expense - Debt (Qtr)
1 Visa 541.66 Bn 529.25 Bn - -
2 Mastercard 437.55 Bn 427.34 Bn - -
3 American Express 212.80 Bn 158.76 Bn 17.43 Bn 686.00 Mn
4 Capital One Financial 112.47 Bn 35.97 Bn - -
5 PayPal Holdings 37.70 Bn 28.36 Bn 7.84 Bn -
6 Synchrony Financial 24.26 Bn 3.70 Bn - 106.00 Mn
7 Affirm Holdings 21.24 Bn 19.51 Bn 261.64 Mn -
8 SoFi Technologies 20.46 Bn 17.06 Bn 929.25 Mn 10.65 Mn
9 Ally Financial 13.30 Bn 12.86 Bn 1.98 Bn 265.00 Mn
10 Slm 4.38 Bn -826.92 Mn - 68.16 Mn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 68.16 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 3.69 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 80.32 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 74.85 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 73.58 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 3.48 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 64.02 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 54.71 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 3.56 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 198.63 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 3.58 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 52.57 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 45.98 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 3.05 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 3.05 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 36.78 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 2.88 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 36.62 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 32.95 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 5.70 Mn