SLM Corp (SLM) Payout Ratio (2012 - 2026)
Slm's Payout Ratio was 0.14 in Q2 2026, down 42.3% from 0.25 a year earlier and down 0.8% from the prior quarter.
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SLM Corp (SLM) Payout Ratio (2012 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Payout Ratio at Slm came in at 0.15, down 12.1% from FY2024.
- Payout Ratio has now declined for three consecutive years.
- In earlier years, Payout Ratio was 0.17 in FY2024 (-6.4%), 0.18 in FY2023 (-26.9%), 0.25 in FY2022 (+369.4%) and 0.05 in FY2021 (-1.7%).
- The Q2 2026 figure marks the lowest quarterly Payout Ratio since Q2 2024.
- Compared with a year earlier, Payout Ratio has declined for three straight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of 0.0% over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Payout Ratio over five years was Q4 2022 (growth of 369.4%); the worst was Q3 2021 (a decline of 61.9%).
- Per Business Quant data, SLM's Payout Ratio in the three quarters before Q2 2026 was 0.14 (Q1 2026), 0.15 (Q4 2025) and 0.18 (Q3 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 0.14 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 0.14 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.15 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 0.18 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 0.25 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.17 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 0.17 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 0.15 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 0.14 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 0.13 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.18 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 0.32 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 0.29 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 0.24 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 0.25 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 0.14 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 0.12 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 0.12 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 0.05 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 0.03 |
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SLM Corp Payout Ratio 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=payout-ratio&ticker=SLM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "payout-ratio", "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=payout-ratio&ticker=SLM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();