SLMSLM Corporation
What is the market doing?
No clear lean: rangebound and heavily shorted.
Rangebound, no clear trend. Oversold (RSI 20). Price is −6% vs its 200-day average.
Heavily shorted, settled Sep 15, 2026, more than a week of normal trading to cover, a crowded exit.
Against the whole market›
Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.
Where this answer is blind. Insider selling is often routine (taxes, diversification); only cluster buying is a strong tell.
How SLM is trading
SLM Corporation is −19% over the past year while the S&P 500 is +18%: 38 points behind the market.
1-year return · S&P 500 +18%
- vs 200-day average
- −6.3%
vs 200-day average · below trend, but not far
- RSI (14)
- 20
RSI (14) · oversold, sold harder than it has been bought
- Below its 52-week high
- 26%
Below its 52-week high
Details›
- Last close2026-10-09
- $22.52
- 1 monthS&P 500 +2.7%
- −12%
- 1 yearS&P 500 +18%
- −19%
- 5 yearsS&P 500 +88%
- +45%
- vs 50-day average$25.51
- −12%
- 52-week high
- $30.46
- 52-week low
- $18.50
- Annualised volatility
- 37%
| Year | Return |
|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | −16% |
| 2025 | −0.20% |
| 2024 | +47% |
| 2023 | +19% |
| 2022 | −13% |
| 2021 | +61% |
| 2020 | +41% |
| 2019 | +8.6% |
| 2018 | −26% |
| 2017 | +2.5% |
| Month | Years | Positive | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10 | 9 of 10 | +7.7% |
| Feb | 10 | 6 of 10 | −2.1% |
| Mar | 10 | 5 of 10 | −2.4% |
| Apr | 10 | 7 of 10 | +5.0% |
| May | 10 | 5 of 10 | −0.23% |
| Jun | 10 | 7 of 10 | +1.1% |
| Jul | 11 | 3 of 11 | −0.29% |
| Aug | 11 | 4 of 11 | −0.99% |
| Sep | 11 | 5 of 11 | −1.6% |
| Oct | 11 | 3 of 11 | −0.17% |
| Nov | 10 | 9 of 10 | +12% |
| Dec | 10 | 6 of 10 | +3.9% |
End-of-day closes from IEX; the S&P 500 comparison uses SPY over the same window. Prices are a reference point, not a basis for trading decisions.
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