Slm (SLMBP) Times Interest Earned (2009 - 2026)

Slm (SLMBP) posted quarterly Times Interest Earned of $2.46 for Q1 2026, up 1.14% YoY from $2.43 in Q1 2025, and up 15.6% sequentially from $2.13 in Q4 2025.

Slm (SLMBP) Times Interest Earned (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Slm has disclosed Times Interest Earned across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $2.46 for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Times Interest Earned rose 1.14% year-over-year to $2.46; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at $1.89 (up 10.08% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $1.88, up 10.6% from the prior year.
  • Times Interest Earned rose to $2.46 in Q1 2026, from $2.13 in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Times Interest Earned for SLMBP reached as high as $5.55 in Q2 2022 and fell as low as $0.52 in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Times Interest Earned is $1.8 (2023), against an average of $2.03.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Times Interest Earned tumbled 90.5% — and 2023, when it surged 243.92%.
  • A 5-year view of Times Interest Earned shows it stood at $0.52 in 2022, then soared by 243.92% to $1.8 in 2023, then dropped by 19.77% to $1.44 in 2024, then soared by 47.7% to $2.13 in 2025, then climbed by 15.6% to $2.46 in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Times Interest Earned over the past three periods registered $2.46, $2.13, and $1.65 for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Times Interest Earned (Qtr)
1 Visa 587.74 Bn 575.34 Bn - 40.64
2 Mastercard 465.55 Bn 455.34 Bn - 26.52
3 American Express 238.39 Bn 184.35 Bn 17.43 Bn 1.80
4 PayPal Holdings 40.24 Bn 30.89 Bn 7.84 Bn -
5 Affirm Holdings 28.27 Bn 26.55 Bn 261.64 Mn 0.78
6 SoFi Technologies 23.54 Bn 20.13 Bn 929.25 Mn 0.12
7 Ally Financial 14.34 Bn 13.89 Bn 1.98 Bn 0.49
8 Credit Acceptance 7.51 Bn 7.49 Bn 562.70 Mn 1.23
9 FinVolution 6.22 Bn 4.97 Bn 311.24 Mn -
10 Slm - - - 2.46

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 2.46
Dec 31, 2025 2.13
Sep 30, 2025 1.65
Jun 30, 2025 1.31
Mar 31, 2025 2.43
Dec 31, 2024 1.44
Sep 30, 2024 0.80
Jun 30, 2024 2.26
Mar 31, 2024 2.40
Dec 31, 2023 1.80
Sep 30, 2023 1.15
Jun 30, 2023 2.44
Mar 31, 2023 1.67
Dec 31, 2022 0.52
Sep 30, 2022 1.70
Jun 30, 2022 5.55
Mar 31, 2022 2.85
Dec 31, 2021 5.50
Sep 30, 2021 2.02
Jun 30, 2021 3.02