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Company snapshot — SLM Corp

SLM in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
SLM Corp originates and services private student loans that help families cover the cost of education in the United States. It also offers retail deposit products such as high-yield savings accounts, money market accounts and certificates of deposit. The company is headquartered in Newark, Delaware, and trades under the Sallie Mae name.
Where it sits in the stack
SLM carries no Rubin seat, so it sits outside the AI build-out stack; within our universe it belongs to the financial services sector, specifically the credit services sleeve that covers consumer and education lending.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group for SLM is not yet set; the comparison the market most often draws is with Navient, another servicer built from the same student-loan lineage.
Why Closelook tracks it
SLM holds a seat in the Russell 1000 but carries no Closelook score yet, and the diary has not quoted it in any edition so far.
What the diary watches
Whether funding costs and loan demand shift as interest rates move, since both drive the spread SLM earns on new private student loans.

SLM Corp (SLM) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for SLM, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Credit Services · United States · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Credit Services · United States

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against SLM on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is SLM Corp (SLM)?

SLM Corp trades as SLM on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is SLM in a Closelook index?

Not currently — SLM Corp is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-18.

Where does SLM trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -4.4% vs the 50-day and +2.9% vs the 200-day average, 18.5% below the 52-week high and +42.4% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 29 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does SLM Corp do?

SLM Corp originates and services private student loans that help families cover the cost of education in the United States. It also offers retail deposit products such as high-yield savings accounts, money market accounts and certificates of deposit. The company is headquartered in Newark, Delaware, and trades under the Sallie Mae name. Closelook's peer group for SLM is not yet set; the comparison the market most often draws is with Navient, another servicer built from the same student-loan lineage.

Where does SLM Corp sit in the AI build-out?

SLM carries no Rubin seat, so it sits outside the AI build-out stack; within our universe it belongs to the financial services sector, specifically the credit services sleeve that covers consumer and education lending. SLM holds a seat in the Russell 1000 but carries no Closelook score yet, and the diary has not quoted it in any edition so far.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for SLM, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Credit Services, then Financial Services. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.