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SLM (SLM) Mohanram G-Score : 2 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is SLM Mohanram G-Score?

Mohanram G-Score is a financial indicator developed by professor Partha Mohanram to help investors find the best investment opportunities in the growth stocks. Companies have higher G-score tends to generate higher return. According to his study, the best growth stocks that have a G-Score greater than 6 tend to beat the market, while those with a G-Score lower than 1 tend to have negative absolute returns.

Thus, the zones of discrimination were as such:

Good or high score = 6, 7, 8
Bad or low score = 0, 1

SLM has an G-score of 2.

The historical rank and industry rank for SLM's Mohanram G-Score or its related term are showing as below:

SLM' s Mohanram G-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0   Med: 1   Max: 3
Current: 2

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski G-score of SLM was 3. The lowest was 0. And the median was 1.


SLM Mohanram G-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for SLM's Mohanram G-Score can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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SLM Mohanram G-Score Chart

SLM Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Mohanram G-Score
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SLM Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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Competitive Comparison of SLM's Mohanram G-Score

For the Credit Services subindustry, SLM's Mohanram G-Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Mohanram G-Score data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


SLM's Mohanram G-Score Distribution in the Credit Services Industry

For the Credit Services industry and Financial Services sector, SLM's Mohanram G-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where SLM's Mohanram G-Score falls into.



SLM Mohanram G-Score Calculation

The calculation of the Mohanram G-score consists of eight criteria. Assign one point for each criterion met, then add up all the points to get the G-Score.

Profitability

Question 1. Return on Assets (ROA)

ROA % is calculated as Net Income divided by its average Total Assets over a certain period of time. It measures how well a company uses its asset to generate earnings.

Score 1 if ROA > ROA Industry Median, 0 otherwise.

Question 2. Cash ROA

Cash ROA equals to Cash Flow from Operations divided by average Total Assets. It measures how well a company uses its asset to generate cash.

Score 1 if Cash ROA > Cash ROA Industry Median, 0 otherwise.

Question 3. CFO and Net Income

Score 1 if CFO > Net Income, 0 otherwise.

Earnings Predictability

Question 4. Earnings Variability

Earnings Variability is measured as the variance of a firm's ROA in the past five years.

Score 1 if Earnings Variability < Earnings Variability Industry Median, 0 otherwise.

Question 5. Sales Growth Variability

Sales Growth Variability is measured as the 5-year variance in sales growth.

Score 1 if Sales Growth Variability < Sales Growth Variability Industry Median, 0 otherwise.

Accounting Conservatism

Question 6. Research & Development Intensity

Research & Development Intensity is calcualted by Research & Development divided by the beginning Total Assets.

Score 1 if Research & Development Intensity > Research & Development Intensity Industry Median, 0 otherwise.

Question 7. CAPEX Intensity

CAPEX Intensity is calcualted by Capital Expenditure divided by the beginning Total Assets.

Score 1 if CAPEX Intensity > CAPEX Intensity Industry Median, 0 otherwise.

Question 8. Advertising Expenditure Intensity

Advertising Expenditure Intensity is calcualted by Advertising Expenditure divided by the beginning Total Assets. Note that Advertising Expenditure is not reported as a seperate line item for many companies, thus Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is used in this calculation.

Score 1 if Advertising Expenditure Intensity > Advertising Expenditure Intensity Industry Median, 0 otherwise.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

* Note that all the Industry Median used for comparison in his original research, are substituted with Sector Median due to the limitation of data within certain countries.

Good or high score = 6, 7, 8
Bad or low score = 0, 1

SLM has an G-score of 2.

SLM  (NAS:SLM) Mohanram G-Score Explanation

Partha Mohanram is the John H. Watson Chair in Value Investing at Rotman and the Acting Vice-Dean of Research Strategy and Resources.

In 2000, he wrote a research paper called "Separating Winners from Losers Among Low Book-to-Market Stocks Using Financial Statement Analysis".

This paper tests whether a strategy based on financial statement analysis of low book-to-market (growth) stocks is successful in differentiating between winners and losers in terms of future stock performance. Based on the research, a strategy based on buying high G-score (6, 7 or 8) firms and shorting low G-score (0 or 1) firms consistently earns significant excess returns. Further, the results do not support a risk based explanation for the book-to-market effect as the strategy returns positive returns in all years, and firms that ex-ante appear less risky have better future returns.

To conclude, one can use a modified fundamental analysis strategy (G-score) to identify mispricing and earn substantial abnormal returns.


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SLM (SLM) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
300 Continental Drive, Newark, DE, USA, 19713
SLM Corp is the largest student lender in the country. It makes and holds student loans through the guaranteed Federal Family Education Loan Program as well as through private channels. It also engages in debt-management operations, including accounts receivable and collections services, and runs college savings programs.
Executives
Peter M Graham officer: EVP 150 CORPORATE BLVD, NORFOLK VA 23502
Nicolas Jafarieh officer: SVP, General Counsel SLM CORPORATION, 300 CONTINENTAL DRIVE, NEWARK DE 19713
Munish Pahwa officer: Chief Risk Officer 300 CONTINENTAL DRIVE, NEWARK DE 19713
Jonathan Boyles officer: SVP & Controller 300 CONTINENTAL DRIVE., NEWARK DE 19713
Steven Mcgarry officer: Chief Financial Officer 300 CONTINENTAL DRIVE, NEWARK DE 19713
Richard Scott Blackley director 1680 CAPITAL ONE DRIVE, MCLEAN VA 22102
Samuel Theron Ramsey director 6612 SAIN MILLING ROAD, VALE NC 28168
Robert S. Strong director 300 CONTINENTAL DR., NEWARK DE 19713
Ted Manvitz director 300 CONTINENTAL DRIVE, NEWARK DE 19713
Franke Mary Carter Warren director 300 CONTINENTAL DRIVE, NEWARK DE 19713
Kerri A. Palmer officer: EVP & Chief Risk and Comp Off 300 CONTINENTAL DRIVE, NEWARK DE 19713
Paul F Thome officer: EVP & Chief Admin Officer 300 CONTINENTAL DRIVE, NEWARK DE 19713
Daniel P Kennedy officer: SVP, Chief Operational Officer 300 CONTINENTAL DRIVE, NEWARK DE 19713
Jonathan W. Witter director, officer: CEO 1680 CAPITAL ONE DRIVE, MCLEAN VA 22102
Earl A Goode director 300 CONTINENTAL DRIVE, NEWARKD DE 19713