SLM's latest cash dividend of $0.13 per share was issued to shareholders on record before Mar 5, 2025. At an annualized rate of $0.48 per share, the stock yields 1.66%.
SLM has a dividend yield of 1.66% which is below the Financial Services sector and the industry average. Compared to its Financial Services sector average of 3.09%, SLM's dividend yield is 46% lower. The current dividend yield is below the historical average of 1.9% of the last 5 years.
SLM has a dividend history dating as far as 1994, but consistently the company has been paying dividends for the last six consecutive years. Our records show that SLM has distributed four quarterly dividends in the past year. The annualized dividend per share has an increase of 9% for the last twelve months. However with the price of the stock up by 33% from a year ago, the dividend yield has decreased by 18%.
Ex-date | Amount | Yield (TTM) |
---|---|---|
Mar 5, 2025 | $0.13 | 1.64% |
Dec 5, 2024 | $0.13 | 1.75% |
Sep 5, 2024 | $0.11 | 2.1% |
Jun 6, 2024 | $0.11 | 2.12% |
Mar 1, 2024 | $0.11 | 2.13% |
Dec 1, 2023 | $0.11 | 2.8% |
Aug 31, 2023 | $0.11 | 3.09% |
Jun 1, 2023 | $0.11 | 2.86% |
Mar 2, 2023 | $0.11 | 3.14% |
Dec 1, 2022 | $0.11 | 2.54% |
Sep 1, 2022 | $0.11 | 2.98% |
Jun 2, 2022 | $0.11 | 1.84% |
Mar 3, 2022 | $0.11 | 1.51% |
Dec 2, 2021 | $0.11 | 1.08% |
Sep 2, 2021 | $0.03 | 0.65% |
Jun 3, 2021 | $0.03 | 0.6% |
Mar 4, 2021 | $0.03 | 0.75% |
Dec 3, 2020 | $0.03 | 1.05% |
Sep 3, 2020 | $0.03 | 1.58% |
Jun 4, 2020 | $0.03 | 1.48% |
Mar 5, 2020 | $0.03 | 1.15% |
Dec 5, 2019 | $0.03 | 1.43% |
Sep 5, 2019 | $0.03 | 1.03% |
Jun 6, 2019 | $0.03 | 0.6% |
Mar 4, 2019 | $0.03 | 0.27% |
SLM has a payout ratio of 17.6% which is lower than the Financial Services sector and the industry average. In comparison with the Financial Services sector average of 43.7%, SLM's payout ratio is 60% lower.
Yes, SLM has paid four dividends in the last twelve months. SLM has been paying dividends since 2019.
SLM's last regular dividend was on Mar 5, 2025 (ex-date) with the amount of $0.13 per share.
On an annual basis SLM pays $0.48 per share.
Currently SLM's dividend yield is 1.66%.
SLM pays four dividends per year.
SLM's dividend payout ratio is 17.6%.
SLM's dividend yield is below the Financial Services sector average.
Special dividends are included in TTM DPS and yield. Data from and Sharadar.