Seasonality
SLM seasonality — SLM Corp
Over the last 11 years, SLM's strongest month on average has been November (+8.7%) and its weakest March (-2.8%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +7.71% | +4.91% | 90% | +28.9% | -6.8% | 10 |
| Feb | -2.06% | +2.05% | 60% | +13.8% | -31.0% | 10 |
| Mar | -2.80% | -0.90% | 50% | +14.2% | -30.7% | 10 |
| Apr | +4.98% | +3.08% | 70% | +21.2% | -8.9% | 10 |
| May | -0.23% | +0.42% | 50% | +17.1% | -17.1% | 10 |
| Jun | +1.30% | +1.75% | 70% | +17.3% | -18.6% | 10 |
| Jul | -2.17% | -2.58% | 20% | +9.1% | -10.1% | 10 |
| Aug | -1.79% | -1.84% | 20% | +12.8% | -12.0% | 10 |
| Sep | -2.13% | -4.61% | 40% | +12.8% | -12.9% | 10 |
| Oct | -1.72% | -3.99% | 30% | +18.6% | -21.3% | 10 |
| Nov | +8.69% | +9.12% | 89% | +24.3% | -3.1% | 9 |
| Dec | +3.52% | +2.59% | 60% | +27.2% | -19.1% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — SLM
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.3 | -31.0 | 14.2 | 7.8 | -4.2 | 17.3 | 0.2 | -0.1 | -12.9 | -21.3 | -4.8 | -37.4% | |
| 2025 | 1.2 | 8.2 | -2.7 | -1.6 | 12.0 | 1.3 | -3.0 | -1.6 | -11.5 | -3.0 | 9.1 | -7.7 | -1.9% |
| 2024 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.6 | -2.8 | 1.3 | -3.1 | 9.1 | -2.8 | 3.7 | -3.7 | 24.3 | 0.7 | +44.2% |
| 2023 | 5.8 | -18.2 | -13.8 | 21.2 | 1.6 | 7.0 | -0.9 | -12.0 | -4.3 | -4.5 | 15.6 | 27.2 | +15.2% |
| 2022 | -6.8 | 7.4 | -6.8 | -8.9 | 17.1 | -18.6 | -2.1 | -2.0 | -8.4 | 18.6 | 5.2 | -4.9 | -15.6% |
| 2021 | 12.0 | 13.8 | 13.8 | 9.4 | 3.0 | 3.4 | -10.1 | -0.4 | -6.1 | 4.3 | -3.1 | 10.6 | +58.8% |
| 2020 | 22.6 | -5.0 | -30.7 | 16.0 | -9.1 | -7.3 | -3.7 | 12.8 | 5.9 | 13.6 | 15.4 | 16.8 | +39.1% |
| 2019 | 28.9 | 3.2 | -10.3 | 2.5 | -6.4 | 2.2 | -6.3 | -7.3 | 4.5 | -4.3 | 1.1 | 4.5 | +7.2% |
| 2018 | 1.2 | -4.6 | 2.8 | 2.4 | -0.4 | 0.2 | -1.4 | 3.8 | -4.9 | -9.1 | 1.3 | -19.1 | -26.5% |
| 2017 | 7.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 3.6 | -17.1 | 10.7 | -3.6 | -8.2 | 12.8 | -7.7 | 9.2 | -2.3 | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 9.4 |