Sallie Mae (SLM) came out with quarterly earnings of $1.11 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.79 per share. This compares to earnings of $1.10 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items.This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of 40.51%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this student loan company would post earnings of $1.09 per share when it actually produced earnings of $1.27, delivering a surprise of 16.51%.Over the last four quarters, the c ...