SLM - SLM Corporation
SLM Corporation, through its subsidiaries, originates and services private education loans to students and their families to finance the cost of their education in the United States. It also offers retail deposit accounts, including certificates of deposit, money market deposit accounts, and high-yield savings accounts; and omnibus accounts, as well as credit card loans. It serves students and families through financial aid, federal loans, and student and family resources.
As of May 15, 2026: spot at $21.18, ATM IV 39.9%, max pain $23.00, net GEX $12.1K.
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Financial - Credit Services
- Market Cap
- $4.02B
- P/E Ratio
- 5.57
- Beta
- 1.02
- 52-Week Range
- 17.77-34.97
- Dividend Yield
- $0.52
- CEO
- Jonathan W. Witter
- Employees
- 1,710
- IPO Date
- Sep 23, 1983
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
What SLM Looks Like to Options Traders Today
IV rank of 51.4% sits near the 1-year median, where strategy choice depends on directional conviction and the event calendar rather than vol regime alone; positive net gamma exposure ($12.1K) means dealers hedge against trend, damping realized volatility and biasing price toward heavy-OI strikes; the 25-delta skew (-0.001) is roughly flat across the wings.
What This Page Covers
The SLM overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks. Microstructure data is available on short interest, short volume, fail-to-deliver, and market structure. Corporate data is on fundamentals, earnings, analyst ratings, and insider trading.
Frequently asked SLM overview questions
- What is SLM?
- SLM is the ticker symbol for SLM Corporation, a listed security. SLM Corporation, through its subsidiaries, originates and services private education loans to students and their families to finance the cost of their education in the United States. It also offers retail deposit accounts, including certificates of deposit, money market deposit accounts, and high-yield savings accounts; and omnibus accounts, as well as credit card loans. Listed on NASDAQ. SLM is the equity ticker shown on this page; equity options traders use the security for directional, volatility, and income strategies via the listed options chain.
- What does the SLM options snapshot look like today?
- As of May 15, 2026, the SLM options snapshot shows spot at $21.18, ATM IV 39.9%, IV rank 51.4%, max pain $23.00, net GEX $12.1K, expected move 11.44%. The full options chain, Greeks by strike and expiration, per-strike open-interest distribution, dealer gamma and delta exposure, and the volatility skew surface are linked from this overview page. Each per-metric route refreshes once per trading session and reflects the most recent close-of-business listed-options state.
- What are SLM's key statistics?
- SLM Corporation (SLM) carries a market capitalization of $4.02B, trailing P/E ratio of 5.57, beta of 1.02 relative to the broader market, 52-week range of 17.77-34.97. Full income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, and TTM ratio history is on the per-ticker fundamentals page; daily price history and 52-week levels are accessible from the same view. These structural inputs frame how the options market prices implied volatility around earnings windows and capital events.
- What sector or industry does SLM belong to?
- SLM Corporation operates in the Financial Services sector, in the Financial - Credit Services industry. Sector classification affects how the ticker correlates with sector ETFs, how it reacts to macro factors like rate moves and commodity prices, and how its options pricing compares to sector peers. Compare SLM's implied volatility and skew against sector benchmarks to gauge whether the options market is pricing single-name or systemic risk relative to the broader peer group.
- How current is the SLM data on this page?
- The options snapshot above is dated May 15, 2026 and refreshes once per session, with all per-strike Greeks and exposure aggregates recomputed at the daily close. Company-profile fields (sector, industry, market cap, P/E, IPO date) refresh from the vendor feed nightly. Financials and earnings refresh as 10-K and 10-Q filings are parsed (typically within several business days of the actual report). FINRA microstructure data refreshes on the source's cadence (daily for short volume, bi-monthly for short interest, weekly for the OTC volume file, twice-monthly for SEC FTD).