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Slm — Credit Suisse 20th Annual Financial Services Forum (February 2019)

23 slides from Slm's conference presentation, Feb 12, 2019

  1. Slide 1: Sallie Mae - Credit Suisse 20th Annual Financial Services Forum

    SALLIE MAE STEVE MCGARRY, EVP AND CFO Credit Suisse 20th Annual Financial Services Forum February 12, 2019

  2. Slide 2: Forward-Looking Statements and Disclaimer

    Forward-Looking Statements and Disclaimer Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements The following information is current as of January 23, 2019 (unless otherwise noted) and should be read in connection with the press release of SLM Corporation (the “Company”) announcing its financial resu

  3. Slide 3: Sallie Mae Opportunity: Creating shareholder value

    Sallie Mae Opportunity: Creating shareholder value by growing a unique and sustainable financial franchise 3

  4. Slide 4: Putting the pieces together

    Putting the pieces together Market Competitive Leading Product Brand Offering Quality Growth Strong Through Financial Rigorous Returns Underwriting 4

  5. Slide 5: Market leading brand, products and best-in-class service drives our success

    Market leading brand, products and best-in-class service drives our success • 40 years of leadership in the education Market Conservative lending market Leading Funding and Brand Underwriting • Top ranked brand • Industry leading 55% market share1 • Over 2,400 actively managed university Strong Cons

  6. Slide 6: Private Student Loan Industry

    Private Student Loan Industry • Private education loans represent Other 2% of the overall spend in higher $18 education annually Federal Loans Private • Total spend on higher education $94 Education Loans grows 2-3% annually primarily due Grants $11 to increases in cost of attendance $129 $441 Billi

  7. Slide 7: Higher Education Value Proposition

    Higher Education Value Proposition Unemployment rates and earnings by educational attainment, 2017 2 Unemployment rate Median usual weekly earnings Doctoral Degree 1.5% $1,743 Professional Degree 1.5% $1,836 Master's Degree 2.2% $1,401 Bachelor's Degree 2.5% $1,173 Associate's degree 3.4% $836 Some

  8. Slide 8: Product suite tailored to meet the needs of undergrad and grad students

    Product suite tailored to meet the needs of undergrad and grad students Market Conservative • Smart Option Student Loan Leading Funding and Brand Underwriting • Introduced in 2009 • Flexible repayment options while in school • Fixed and Variable rates Strong Consistent Financial Credit • Differentia

  9. Slide 9: Product Overview

    Product Overview Undergraduate Medical Law Parent Dental Health Professions MBA General Studies Undergraduate Graduate Parent Rate Type Variable & Fixed Variable & Fixed Variable & Fixed Variable: LIBOR + 2.00% - LIBOR + 9.88% Variable: LIBOR + 2.25% - LIBOR + 7.88% Variable: LIBOR + 3.50% - LIBOR +

  10. Slide 10: Consistent underwriting has contributed to better than model credit performance

    Consistent underwriting has contributed to better than model credit performance • Proprietary Scorecard built with Experian Market Conservative Decision Analytics Leading Funding and Brand Underwriting • Initial credit screen removes applicants with low FICO scores or prior derogatory trades on file

  11. Slide 11: Consistent high quality originations growth

    Consistent high quality originations growth6 $5,500 $5,315 11% $5,000 $4,800 $4,666 3% 8% $4,500 $4,330 $4,076 6% $4,000 Originations ($MM) $3,500 $3,000 $2,500 $2,000 $1,500 $1,000 $500 $0 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Private Education Loan Originations Originations Statistics ($) 2014 2015 2016 2017 2

  12. Slide 12: High Quality, Predictable Credit Program

    High Quality, Predictable Credit Program8,9,10 Smart Option Cumulative Gross Defaults by P&I Repayment Vintage and Years Since First P&I Repayment Period Disbursed Principal Entering P & I Repayment 10% Cumulative Defaults as a % of 9% 8% 7% 7.2% 6% 6.6% 5.7% 5% 5.3% 4% 5.4% 4.7% 3% 3.2% 2% 1.6% 1%

  13. Slide 13: High Quality Portfolio Growth

    High Quality Portfolio Growth Projected Balance Sheet Growth 2018-2021 $35 $30 $25 $20 $15 $10 $5 $0 2018 2021 Private FFELP Other (Personal and Credit Card) • 78% of Private Education Loan Originations have FICO scores > 7007 • 52% of Private Education Loan Borrowers make payments while in school •

  14. Slide 14: Conservative funding optimizes net interest margin

    Conservative funding optimizes net interest margin Secured Debt Retail 19% MMDA & CD 22% Brokered $10.3b Retail $8.6b Retail Secured Debt $4.3b Brokered H.S.A. & 529 Variable 15% 27% Brokered Fixed 17% 14

  15. Slide 15: Strong financial results translate to predictable returns to shareholders

    Strong financial results translate to predictable returns to shareholders Market Conservative Leading Funding and • Consistent earnings per share growth Brand Underwriting • High return on equity • Stable net interest margin Strong Consistent • Introducing capital return programs Financial Credit Re

  16. Slide 16: Clear Capital Priorities

    Clear Capital Priorities Invest in High ROE Growth Continue to focus on high-quality Private Education Loan originations, including deeper penetration of the graduate Quarterly school market Dividend Testing Personal Loan market Invest in Offer credit cards to our high-quality Share High ROE custome

  17. Slide 17: CECL Update

    CECL Update • The Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (FASB) Current Expected Credit Loss impairment standard will require “life of loan” estimates of losses to be recorded at origination and is set to take effect in January 2020. • There will be an initial build of the loan loss allowance that w

  18. Slide 18: Guidance

    Guidance 2019 Targets Diluted “Core Earnings” Per Share: $1.22 - $1.26 Private Education Loan Originations: $5.7 billion Non-GAAP Efficiency Ratio: 35-36%11 Long-Term Targets Prudently grow balance sheet without sacrificing quality Continue to leverage operating platform and limit operating expense

  19. Slide 19: Sallie Mae Opportunity: Creating Value while Growing

    Sallie Mae Opportunity: Creating Value while Growing Market Conservative Leading Funding and Brand Underwriting Strong Consistent Financial Credit Returns Performance 19

  20. Slide 20: Important Information Regarding Historical Loan Performance Data

    Important Information Regarding Historical Loan Performance Data On April 30, 2014 (the “Spin-Off Date”), the former SLM Corporation legally separated (the “Spin-Off”) into two distinct publicly-traded entities: an education loan management, servicing and asset recovery business called Navient Corpo

  21. Slide 21: Important Information Regarding Historical Loan Performance Data (cont.)

    Important Information Regarding Historical Loan Performance Data (cont.) Types of Smart Option Loan Portfolio Data The portfolio data we used in this report comes from two separate sources of information: (1) Combined Smart Option Student Loan Portfolio Data for Legacy SLM, Navient and Sallie Mae Ba

  22. Slide 22: Smart Option Loan Program Cohort Default Curves

    Smart Option Loan Program Cohort Default Curves Terms and calculations used in the cohort default curves are defined below:  First P&I Repayment Period – The month during which a borrower is first required to make a full principal and interest payment on a loan.  P&I Repayment Vintage – The calend

  23. Slide 23: Footnotes

    Footnotes: 1. Source: MeasureOne CBA Report as of December 2017 2. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey 3. Source: Trends in Student Aid,© 2017 The College Board, www.collegeboard.org, U.S. Department of Education 2017 4. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics- “More education

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