Top 5 peers of Sallie Mae — ranked by industry match and closest market cap. Each peer card opens a head-to-head comparison.
Updated September 5, 2026
SLM is a Banks-Regional stock with an AI Score of 59. Over the past 12 months, SLM has lost 24.8% in market cap. Below are SLM’s 5 closest peers by industry match and market-cap proximity — each scored, ranked and ready for a one-click head-to-head comparison.
Side-by-side on market cap, price, 12-month change, PE Ratio and AI Score. Click any peer’s Compare button for the full alt-data head-to-head.
| Stock | Market cap | Price | 12mo | PE Ratio | AI Score | |
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| $4.98B | $27.08 | -24.8% | 7.4 | 59 |
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| $5.05B | $22.24 | +46.4% | 12.3 | 68 |
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| $4.60B | $24.10 | +12.8% | 11.6 | 66 |
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| $5.50B | $50.43 | +5.0% | 8.3 | 62 |
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| $5.51B | $97.95 | +5.8% | 11.3 | 65 |
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| $4.45B | $71.91 | -1.2% | 10.7 | 52 |
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12mo column shows cumulative price change normalized from 12 months ago. PE Ratio is trailing twelve months and dashed where it would be negative or extreme. Updated daily.
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Sign up to AltIndex →AltIndex matches peers by industry and market-cap proximity. The 5 cards above show the closest matches for SLM in Banks-Regional, each with an AI Score and a one-click link to a side-by-side comparison.
Yes — EBC ranks as SLM’s closest peer by AltIndex’s industry + market-cap match. See the head-to-head comparison: SLM vs EBC.
The 5 peer cards above list SLM’s closest industry competitors by market cap. For deeper sector context, check the head-to-head pages reachable from each peer card — they cover AI Score, alt-data signals and fundamentals side-by-side.
Similarity in industry and market cap doesn’t mean equivalent quality. Compare each peer’s AI Score and alt-data signals via the charts above, then drill into the specific comparison page (SLM vs EBC) for a full side-by-side. AltIndex’s AI Stock Picks page also surfaces today’s highest-conviction names regardless of sector.
We filter to companies in the same industry as SLM, then rank by absolute market-cap distance from the target. That surfaces peers that are economically comparable rather than just sector-tagged together.
The 4 charts above show how SLM stacks up against its peers on Reddit mentions (retail attention), web traffic (consumer demand), sentiment (retail-trader mood), and 12-month price change. Each signal moves before traditional financials confirm a trend — that’s the AltIndex angle.
Daily. As market caps and AI Scores shift, the closest peers can rotate, so the cards above always reflect today’s data.
Click any “Compare SLM vs …” button on the peer cards above. Each link opens a dedicated /stock-comparison/ page with 8 alt-data signal charts, fundamentals, AI Score breakdown and an editorial verdict.