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Sallie Mae (SLM) Struggles With Rising Costs: Time to Sell?
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On Aug 23, we issued an updated research report on Sallie Mae (SLM - Free Report) . The company’s profitability continues to be curbed by escalating expenses. Also, it faces concentration risk due to over dependence on broker deposits as a key source of funding.
The student lender reported in-line earnings in second-quarter 2017. The results reflected higher net interest income along with improved loans and deposit balance. However, higher expenses and lower non-interest income were on the downside.
Sallie Mae shares have lost 6.4% year to date compared with the industry’s decline of 6.2%.
Further, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for the company’s current-year earnings have been revised 1.4% downward over the past 60 days. As a result, the stock carries a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell).
Sallie Mae’s expenses have witnessed a compound annual growth rate of 12.1% over a period of five years (ended 2016).
The company remains dependent on the broker deposits as a major source of financing. Moreover, the generation of deposits from non-brokered channels would be requiring some time. Thus, this significant exposure to a source of funding remains a concern.
Nevertheless, the loan originations have increased 8% in 2016, with the trend continuing in the first six months of 2017. Thus, the company seems on track to achieve originations of about $4.9 billion in 2017. Also, management expects to improve efficiency ratio through prudent expense management and growth in service portfolio loans.
JPMorgan’s Zacks Consensus Estimate for current-year earnings have been revised 2.9% upward in the last 60 days. The company’s share price has increased almost 38.8% in a year.
State Street has witnessed its Zacks Consensus Estimate for the current-year earnings revising 3.9% upward, over the last 60 days. Also, its shares have gained 35.4% in a year’s time.
Carolina Financial has witnessed an upward Zacks Consensus Estimate revision of 8.9% for the current year, over the last 60 days. Its share price has increased 55.5% in the past year.
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Sallie Mae (SLM) Struggles With Rising Costs: Time to Sell?
On Aug 23, we issued an updated research report on Sallie Mae (SLM - Free Report) . The company’s profitability continues to be curbed by escalating expenses. Also, it faces concentration risk due to over dependence on broker deposits as a key source of funding.
The student lender reported in-line earnings in second-quarter 2017. The results reflected higher net interest income along with improved loans and deposit balance. However, higher expenses and lower non-interest income were on the downside.
Sallie Mae shares have lost 6.4% year to date compared with the industry’s decline of 6.2%.
Further, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for the company’s current-year earnings have been revised 1.4% downward over the past 60 days. As a result, the stock carries a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell).
Sallie Mae’s expenses have witnessed a compound annual growth rate of 12.1% over a period of five years (ended 2016).
The company remains dependent on the broker deposits as a major source of financing. Moreover, the generation of deposits from non-brokered channels would be requiring some time. Thus, this significant exposure to a source of funding remains a concern.
Nevertheless, the loan originations have increased 8% in 2016, with the trend continuing in the first six months of 2017. Thus, the company seems on track to achieve originations of about $4.9 billion in 2017. Also, management expects to improve efficiency ratio through prudent expense management and growth in service portfolio loans.
Better-Ranked Stocks
Some better-ranked stocks in the finance space are JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM - Free Report) , State Street Corporation (STT - Free Report) and Carolina Financial Corporation . All these stocks carry a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
JPMorgan’s Zacks Consensus Estimate for current-year earnings have been revised 2.9% upward in the last 60 days. The company’s share price has increased almost 38.8% in a year.
State Street has witnessed its Zacks Consensus Estimate for the current-year earnings revising 3.9% upward, over the last 60 days. Also, its shares have gained 35.4% in a year’s time.
Carolina Financial has witnessed an upward Zacks Consensus Estimate revision of 8.9% for the current year, over the last 60 days. Its share price has increased 55.5% in the past year.
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Since 1988, the Zacks system has more than doubled the S&P 500 with an average gain of +25% per year. With compounding, rebalancing, and exclusive of fees, it can turn thousands into millions of dollars.
This proven stock-picking system is grounded on a single big idea that can be fortune shaping and life changing. You can apply it to your portfolio starting today.
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