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

Slm (SLMBP) reported FCF Payout Ratio of 0.34 for Q1 2026, up 50.79% year-over-year from 0.22 in Q1 2025, and down 111.66% quarter-over-quarter from 2.89 in Q4 2025.

Slm (SLMBP) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Slm (SLMBP) has 17 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.34 in Q1 2026.

  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 0.34, up 50.79% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.1 (down 3.15% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.27, up 10.26% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio slipped to 0.34 in Q1 2026 per SLMBP's latest filing, from 2.89 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Payout Ratio peaked at 71.56 in Q3 2022 and troughed at 122.74 in Q4 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 8.32 and a median of 0.82 in 2024 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: FCF Payout Ratio soared 12037.15% in 2022, then plunged 39733.21% in 2024.
  • 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 sank by 39733.21% to 69.36 in 2024, then jumped by 104.17% to 2.89 in 2025, then plunged by 111.66% to 0.34 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows SLMBP's FCF Payout Ratio at 0.34 in Q1 2026, 2.89 in Q4 2025, and 2.03 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Visa 541.66 Bn 529.25 Bn - 0.49
2 Mastercard 437.55 Bn 427.34 Bn - 0.28
3 American Express 212.80 Bn 158.76 Bn 17.43 Bn 0.22
4 Capital One Financial 112.47 Bn 35.97 Bn - 0.09
5 PayPal Holdings 37.70 Bn 28.36 Bn 7.84 Bn 0.14
6 Synchrony Financial 24.26 Bn 3.70 Bn - 0.01
7 Affirm Holdings 21.24 Bn 19.51 Bn 261.64 Mn -
8 SoFi Technologies 20.46 Bn 17.06 Bn 929.25 Mn -
9 Ally Financial 13.30 Bn 12.86 Bn 1.98 Bn 0.02
10 Slm - - - -0.34

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -0.34
Dec 31, 2025 2.89
Sep 30, 2025 -2.03
Jun 30, 2025 -0.68
Mar 31, 2025 -0.68
Dec 31, 2024 -69.36
Sep 30, 2024 -1.02
Jun 30, 2024 -0.96
Mar 31, 2024 -0.32
Dec 31, 2023 -0.17
Sep 30, 2023 -1.68
Jun 30, 2023 -4.48
Dec 31, 2022 -122.74
Sep 30, 2022 71.56
Jun 30, 2022 -4.86
Mar 31, 2022 1.72
Dec 31, 2021 4.39
Sep 30, 2021 0.59
Jun 30, 2021 -0.55
Mar 31, 2021 0.24