Trend Review: SLM Corp (NASDAQ:SLM), Mastercard Inc (NYSE:MA)
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Shares of SLM Corp (NASDAQ:SLM) gained 2.96% to $11.81 on Wednesday, after a holding company stated second-quarter earnings of $70.6 million.
On a per-share basis, the Newark, Delaware-based company said it had net income of 15 cents. Earnings, adjusted for one-time items, came to 16 cents per share.
The results matched Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was also for earnings of 16 cents per share. The student loan company posted revenue of $349.1 million in the period. Its adjusted revenue was $269.9 million, which beat Street forecasts. Four analysts surveyed by Zacks predictable $263.4 million. Sallie Mae anticipates full-year earnings in the range of 71 cents to 72 cents per share.
The stock settled at $11.81 per share, after floating in a range of $11.53 to $11.83. The stock moved on high volume, traded at a volume of 3.93 million shares, as compared to its average daily volume of 2.66 million shares. The market capitalization billion for the company is reported at $5.07B.
Mastercard Inc (NYSE:MA) opened at $127.73. It reached an intraday trading high of $127.56 and closed at $128.04. U.S.-based payment card companies, counting American Express (AXP.N), MasterCard (MA.N) and Visa (V.N), are preparing to submit license requests to operate in China within months, according to three people with direct knowledge of the matter.
The long wait for the U.S. companies is, though, unlikely to end soon. It may take as long as two years or more for the companies to clear all official scrutiny, counting from banking regulators, and for them to pass a security review, in addition to meeting other conditions, the sources said.
The move comes against a backdrop of growing economic friction between China and the United States, after the two countries failed on Wednesday to agree on major new steps to reduce the U.S. trade deficit with China.
U.S. payment network operators have been waiting for more than a decade to get access to China. It is set to become the world’s leading bank card market by 2020, when the number of cards in circulation is forecast to rise to 9 billion from 6 billion in 2016, according to research firm GlobalData Plc.
The stock price inclined 0.31 points or 0.24% at the market. The total volume traded for the day is 2.55 million, as compared to its average daily volume of 3.16 million shares. The current EPS for the company has been recorded at $3.82 and the beta value recorded by the company stands at 1.17 points.
China first agreed in 2015 to open the card market to local and foreign businesses, a move triggered by a 2012 World Trade Organization ruling. However, foreign card companies have been unable to set up local operations in the absence of a clear roadmap from Chinese authorities. (Source: Reuters)