Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. SLM Corp shares valued at $340,821 were sold by Pahwa Munish on May 28 ’25. At $34.08 per share, Pahwa Munish sold 10,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 70,836 shares worth approximately $2.24 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Pahwa Munish purchased 10,000 shares, netting a total of over 340,521 in proceeds.
Before that, Strong Robert S. had sold 3,000 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $93,464, the Director traded SLM Corp shares for $31.15 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 3,000 shares, worth approximately $1.11 million.
As published in a research note from Keefe Bruyette on December 09, 2024, SLM Corp [SLM] has been rated down from an Outperform to a Mkt perform and the price target has been revised to $30 from $27. Analysts at BofA Securities started covering the stock with ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in late September. As of January 16, 2024, Citigroup has increased its “Neutral” rating to a “Buy” for SLM. Earlier on January 10, 2024, Deutsche Bank initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “a Buy” for SLM stock.
Analyzing SLM Stock Performance
On last trading session,, SLM Corp [NASDAQ: SLM] plunged -0.16% to $31.63. The stock’s lowest price that day was $31.24, but it reached a high of $31.655 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -0.57%. Over the course of the year, SLM Corp shares have jumped approximately 14.68%.
Support And Resistance Levels for SLM Corp (SLM)
RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 47.07 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is SLM Corp subject to short interest?
Stocks of SLM Corp saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-05-30 dropping by -1.25 million shares to 5.94 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-04-30 was 7.19 million shares. A decline of -21.07% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.81 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 2.81.
