Financial Performance - Sallie Mae reported GAAP diluted earnings per common share of 1.40forQ12025,a10.21.27 in Q1 2024[13]. - Net income for the three months ended March 31, 2025, was 304,540thousand,anincreaseof5.1289,931 thousand for the same period in 2024[24]. - Basic earnings per common share increased to 1.43forthefirstquarterof2025,comparedto1.29 for the same period in 2024, representing an increase of 10.8%[24]. - The company expects full-year 2025 GAAP diluted earnings per common share to be in the range of 3.00to3.10[9]. Loan Performance - Private education loan originations grew by 7% year-over-year, totaling 655millionto675 million for the full year 2025 guidance[9]. - The average loans outstanding in the private education loan portfolio increased to 22.9billion,up7656,090 thousand, slightly down from 663,558thousandinthesamequarterof2024,adecreaseof1.1351,684 thousand, down from 374,975thousand,reflectingadecreaseof6.2206,044 thousand for the three months ended March 31, 2025, up from 174,158thousand,anincreaseof18.3155 million, an increase from 162millioninQ12024[13].ProvisionsandCreditLosses−Provisionsforcreditlossesincreasedto23 million in Q1 2025, compared to 12millioninQ12024[11].−Thecompanyreportedprovisionsforcreditlossesof23,286 thousand for the first quarter of 2025, compared to 12,041thousandinthesameperiodof2024,indicatinganincreaseof93.531 million in Q1 2025, with 372millioncapacityremainingunderthe2024ShareRepurchaseProgram[7][14].−Declareddividendspercommonshareincreasedto0.13 for the first quarter of 2025, compared to 0.11inthesameperiodof2024,reflectinganincreaseof18.228,899,184 thousand as of March 31, 2025, down from 30,072,110thousandatDecember31,2024,representingadeclineofapproximately3.926,498,328 thousand as of March 31, 2025, from 27,912,190thousandatDecember31,2024,areductionofapproximately5.120,073,168 thousand as of March 31, 2025, down from $21,068,568 thousand at December 31, 2024, a decline of approximately 4.7%[23]. Interest Margin - The net interest margin for Q1 2025 was reported at 5.27%, a decrease of 22 basis points from Q1 2024[13].