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AFRM·Affirm Holdings, Inc.

$75.84
+5.33 (+7.56%)
After Hours
High
$76.17
Open
$68.66
Market Cap
23.79B
52W High
$90.44
Low
$68.31
P. Close
$75.84
P/E
12.33
52W Low
$42.09
Fwd P/E
14.06
DailyIQ Est.
$103.00
Inst. Ownership
60.2%
Short Interest
5.88%
Days to Cover
4.4
NewEarnings release, scored · filed May 7, 2026Guidance reaffirmed · 116 lines scoredSee the breakdown
Technical Score (1D)
29
BEARISH
News Sentiment
48
MIXED
On Oct 13, analysts reported that Affim Holdings met all eight Little Book growth criteria, indicating solid revenue expansion and improving fundamentals. The assessment noted that while the growth metrics were strong, the company’s valuation remained high and balance‑sheet risks were a concern for investors. The report suggested that the market had largely priced in the growth, leaving limited room for further gains without new catalysts. The analysis highlighted that the valuation and balance‑sheet risks tempered enthusiasm for the stock.
LOW TARGET
$66 -12.7%
2 analysts
MEAN TARGET
$99 +30.4%
25 analysts
HIGH TARGET
$115 +52.1%
16 analysts
PRICE RANGE
$66.00 - $115.00
SB / B / H / S / SS
9/22/10/1/1
DAILYIQ EST.
$103.00 (+36.2%)
Sector
Financial Services
Industry
Credit Services
Exchange
NMS
Country
United States
Website
Symbol
AFRM
Description
Affirm Holdings, Inc. facilitates a payment network that enables consumers to finance purchases over time, primarily in the United States and Canada, with international operations as well. The company's core offering is a point-of-sale payment solution integrated with merchant platforms, empowering consumers to pay in installments. Affirm's value proposition lies in its ability to connect consumers with a variety of merchants, spanning diverse sectors like sporting goods, home goods, and travel. Through partnerships with originating banks and capital markets, Affirm provides the infrastructure for these installment-based transactions. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company's platform serves a broad spectrum of merchants, from small businesses to large enterprises and omnichannel retailers.
Bought (1Y)
0 shares
$0
Sold (1Y)
376,258 shares
$29.9M
O'Hare RobertChief Financial Officer
Option Exercise5,636 shares2026-10-09
O'Hare RobertChief Financial Officer
Option Exercise8,991 shares2026-10-09
O'Hare RobertChief Financial Officer
Option Exercise21,836 shares2026-10-09
O'Hare RobertChief Financial Officer
Option Exercise10,239 shares2026-10-09
O'Hare RobertChief Financial Officer
Option Exercise17,023 shares2026-10-09
88/ 100
Strong bullish
Overall: Bullish
✓Revenue growing year over year
✓Positive net margin
✓Positive operating cash flow
Net Margin
133.6%
Revenue CAGR
39.5%
Debt / Equity
1.79x
Return on Equity
35.2%
Earnings Summary
Affirm Holdings, Inc. operates a payment network that enables consumers to finance purchases over time, primarily in the United States and Canada, and serves a wide range of merchants across diverse sectors. The company functions within the financial services sector, specifically the credit services industry, and competes with other installment payment providers for merchant and consumer adoption. In the latest available data, Q4 2026 EPS of 4.62 far exceeded the 0.847 estimate, while revenue of 1.16596 billion beat the 1.12849 billion estimate, indicating a strong earnings surprise and a 3.4% YoY revenue increase; Q3 2026 EPS data is missing, preventing a direct comparison, but the trend suggests a significant earnings turnaround. Across the reported quarters, the company has shown a pattern of revenue growth that surpasses analyst expectations, with EPS often missing estimates in earlier periods but achieving a substantial beat in the most recent quarter, reflecting improved profitability. Historically, the company has experienced volatile earnings, with notable misses in Q1 2025 and Q3 2026, yet revenue growth has remained robust, suggesting a focus on scaling transaction volume. Recent news reports a partnership with Ant International’s Antom platform to offer pay‑over‑time services to U.S. merchants, which could expand transaction volumes and repeat purchase rates; the announcement also highlighted a 124% jump in card volume, though only 19% of customers used the card, indicating a gap between merchant acceptance and customer adoption.

EPS

EstBeatMiss
$-0.47$0.97$2.41$3.85$5.28Q1'25Q4'26Q3'26
QtrEstActual+/−
Q3'26$0.65 - -
Q4'26$0.85$4.62+445.5%
Q1'25$0.40$0.19-51.8%

Revenue

EstBeatMiss
$726M$850M$975M$1.1B$1.2BQ1'25Q4'26Q3'26
QtrEstActual+/−
Q3'26$996M - -
Q4'26$1.1B$1.2B+3.3%
Q1'25 - $783M -

Market Data

AFRM Stock Snapshot

BEARISH29/100
$75.60−$0.24 (0.3%)
Market cap
23.79B
P/E ratio
12.3
Day range
$68.31 – $76.17
News sentiment
48/100 · Neutral
Analyst target
$98.59 (+30.4%)
Consensus
Buy · 43 analysts
52-week range+79.6% off low · -16.4% from high
$42.09$90.44
Price $75.60 DailyIQ Est. $103.00

The signals on AFRM lean bearish, and the range position backs that up. Institutional coverage is thorough here, so shifts in analyst expectations show up in price quickly.

Behaviour On Record

What AFRM's own history says about today's numbers

Realized volatility (21d)
61.3% 25th pct
Below its peak
-55.3%
vs 200-day average
+13.6%
Up days (1y)
49%

Affirm Holdings, Inc. is currently running 61.3% annualised volatility over the last 21 sessions. Measured against AFRM's own 6 years of daily returns rather than a market-wide average, that is the 25th percentile — on the quiet side for this stock, against a typical reading of 75.9%. The distinction matters because a number that looks calm for one stock is turbulent for another, and the absolute figure on its own tells you neither.

AFRM is trading -55.3% below its running peak. Across 5 full years on file, its median worst-drawdown-in-a-year was -56.7%, and the deepest was -90.8% in 2022. The current pullback is therefore shallower than what this stock gives back in a typical year, which is context worth having before treating it as a dislocation.

Price sits +13.6% from its 200-day moving average. Against every other day in its history, that gap ranks at the 60th percentile — a somewhat wider gap than its own norm. Over the past year AFRM closed higher on 49% of sessions, and it is currently 1 session into a rising streak.

On October specifically: over 6 years of records, AFRM finished the month higher 4 of 6 times, with a median return of +6.6% and an average of +8.2%. Its strongest month historically has been August at +22.7% on average, its weakest February at -17.3%. Seasonality is a weak signal on its own — a decade is a small sample and regimes change — but it is a real distribution rather than a rule of thumb.

Overnight risk is measurable too: AFRM has opened more than 2% away from the prior close in 131 of 1,445 sessions (9.1% of the time), with the largest gaps running +9.2% and -6.2%. For anyone holding through an event, that rate is a better guide to overnight exposure than the intraday range.

All figures computed from 1,446 daily closes between 2021-01-13 and 2026-10-15, split-adjusted, recomputed daily. Percentiles are against AFRM's own 6-year history, not a peer group or index.

Sector Rotation

Is money rotating into or out of AFRM's sector?

Affirm Holdings, Inc. sits in the Financials sector, currently ranked 10th of 12 GICS sectors by relative-strength rotation score (improving).

Sector rank
#10 of 12
Sector state
Improving
Sector rotation score
36

Options Market

What is the options market pricing for AFRM?

CallsPuts

For Affirm Holdings, Inc.'s nearest expiry (2026-10-16, 1 days out), open interest is call-heavy, a bullish tilt (put/call ratio of 0.64), with at-the-money implied volatility around 52.1%. The options market is pricing roughly a ±3.4% move by that expiry — a range of about $75.99–$81.35.

Put/call ratio (2026-10-16)
0.64
ATM implied volatility
52.1%
Total open interest
41,290
Expected move by 2026-10-16
±3.4% ($75.99–$81.35)

Analyst Rating Changes

Are analysts turning bullish or bearish on AFRM?

Goldman Sachs most recently reiterated its rating on Affirm Holdings, Inc. to Buy on Oct 13, 2026 with a price target of $103 (from $115). Over the last 90 days, coverage has run 1 upgrade against 0 downgrades, a net bullish lean.

Latest action
Goldman Sachs — Buy
90-day upgrades
1
90-day downgrades
0
Net rating momentum
+1
DateFirmActionRatingPrice target
Oct 13, 2026Goldman SachsMaintainedBuy$115 → $103
Oct 6, 2026TD CowenMaintainedBuy$124 → $110
Oct 1, 2026Freedom Capital MarketsMaintainedBuy$105
Sep 16, 2026CitizensReiteratedMarket Outperform$85
Sep 14, 2026Wolfe ResearchUpgradePeer Perform → Outperform$90
Sep 9, 2026Loop CapitalInitiatedBuy$105
Sep 3, 2026Truist SecuritiesMaintainedBuy$83 → $85
Sep 2, 2026ScotiabankInitiatedSector Outperform$95
Aug 31, 2026Goldman SachsMaintainedBuy$106 → $115
Aug 31, 2026BernsteinMaintainedOutperform$100 → $110
Aug 31, 2026Cantor FitzgeraldMaintainedOverweight$88 → $97
Aug 28, 2026UBSMaintainedNeutral$82 → $90

Earnings Release, Scored

What did Affirm Holdings, Inc.'s latest earnings release say?

Filed May 7, 2026 · SEC Form 8-K, Exhibit 99

Guidance reaffirmed
Tone78.0/ 100
Hedging words0.87per 100 words

Most important lines

  1. 1

    Total revenue grew 33% to $1,039 million.

  2. 2

    Adjusted Operating Income Adjusted Operating Income was $281 million, a $107 million improvement and 62% increase from the $174 million of Adjusted Operating Income in FQ3’25.

  3. 3

    Operating Income as a percentage of revenue, or Operating Margin, was approximately 8.5% in the period, compared to (1.1)% during FQ3’25.

Peers & ETF holders

AFRM peers & ETF holders

News Sentiment Analysis

Sentiment gathered from recent headlines

48/100
Strong NegativeNeutralStrong Positive
MIXED

Recent News Coverage

Most recent articles, ranked by recency (click to expand).

10+ articles
What did this article say?
Affirm Holdings closed at $77.82 on Oct 13, falling 1.03% from the prior day, a decline that outpaced the S&P 500’s 0.02% loss and the Nasdaq’s 0.15% drop. The fall followed a 7.15% gain earlier in the month, indicating a reversal of the prior rally. Analysts noted the upcoming earnings report on Nov 5, 2026, with projected EPS of $0.35 and revenue of $1.21 billion for the quarter, suggesting modest growth expectations. The market reaction was modest, reflecting a slight negative sentiment toward the stock’s short‑term performance.
What did this article say?
Affirm Holdings (AFRM) met all eight Little Book growth criteria, indicating robust revenue expansion and improving fundamentals. Analysts noted that while growth metrics are solid, the company’s valuation remains high and balance‑sheet risks persist, tempering enthusiasm. The assessment suggests that the market has already priced in much of the upside, leaving limited room for further gains without new catalysts.
What did this article say?
Goldman Sachs analyst Will Nance kept a Buy recommendation for AFRM but reduced the price target from $115 to $103. The downgrade reflects concerns over the company’s valuation relative to peers. The rating change signals a modest negative outlook for the stock. The firm cited the need for a more conservative valuation multiple in its assessment.
What did this article say?
Affirm Holdings has a history of exceeding earnings expectations, and its current fundamentals suggest a high likelihood of another beat in the next quarterly report. The company’s combination of strong revenue growth and margin expansion supports this outlook. Investors are watching the upcoming earnings release for confirmation of continued performance.
What did this article say?
Affirm Holdings closed higher at $76.28 on October 8, outperforming the S&P 500’s decline and the Nasdaq’s drop. The stock’s monthly gain of 10.51% surpassed the broader technology sector’s 6.08% rise. Analysts project a 47.83% year‑over‑year EPS increase to $0.34 for the upcoming quarter, with revenue expected to grow 29.95% to $1.21 billion. Market observers are watching the November 5 earnings release for confirmation of these forecasts. The performance suggests a modest positive outlook for the company’s near‑term financials.
What did this article say?
Affirm Holdings reported robust revenue growth, with its financial performance exceeding expectations. The company’s stock entered a 7‑out of 10 breakout pattern, indicating a potential bullish trend. Analysts noted that while the technical setup is favorable, debt levels remain a concern that could temper upside. The positive earnings momentum suggests a short‑term tailwind for the stock, though long‑term impact depends on debt management.
What did this article say?
Affirm reported a 124% increase in card volume for fiscal Q4, but only 19% of its customers used the card. The company highlighted the growth in transaction volume while noting the limited penetration of its card product among active users. Management emphasized plans to expand card usage through new partnerships and marketing initiatives. The market reacted with a modest 5.6% rise in share price on the day of the announcement. Overall, the data suggests a mild headwind to growth expectations.
What did this article say?
Affirm announced a partnership with Ant International’s Antom platform to offer its pay‑over‑time service to merchants in the United States. The collaboration will allow U.S. customers to select biweekly or monthly payment plans with transparent pricing and no hidden fees at checkout. Antom’s merchants will integrate the service easily, potentially increasing transaction volumes for both parties. The deal is expected to enhance customer choice and repeat purchase rates, as 96% of current transactions come from repeat users. The announcement was viewed positively by investors, reflecting a tangible expansion of the company’s market reach.
What did this article say?
TD Cowen analyst Moshe Orenbuch lowered his price target for AFRM from $124 to $110 while keeping a Buy recommendation. The downgrade reflects concerns about the company’s valuation relative to its growth prospects. The rating suggests the brokerage still sees upside but at a more conservative level.

Technical Analysis

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29
BEARISH
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Institutional & Hedge Fund Ownership
25 tracked managers · $14.72B combined position · 16 adding, 9 trimming, 0 unchanged (latest 13F filings)
ManagerTrendShares Held% of Co.Position ValueFiled
Capital Research Global Investors▲ Buy26,000,5728.55%$2.12B2026-08-12
Capital World Investors▲ Buy23,115,1367.60%$1.89B2026-08-12
Morgan Stanley▲ Buy23,000,2697.56%$1.88B2026-08-13
Vanguard Group Inc▲ Buy24,847,2068.17%$1.85B2026-01-29
BlackRock, Inc.▲ Buy19,613,5376.45%$1.60B2026-08-07
FMR LLC (Fidelity)▲ Buy17,581,6565.78%$1.43B2026-08-13
JPMorgan Chase & Co▲ Buy16,722,9225.50%$1.37B2026-08-12
Baillie Gifford & Co▲ Buy5,856,5691.93%$477.60M2026-08-06
Geode Capital Management, LLC▲ Buy5,712,4911.88%$464.66M2026-08-12
Norges Bank▼ Sell3,681,2111.21%$300.20M2026-08-12
Bank of America Corp▲ Buy2,840,2600.93%$231.62M2026-08-14
D1 Capital Partners L.P.▼ Sell1,908,5110.63%$155.64M2026-08-14
Northern Trust Corp▲ Buy1,814,4310.60%$147.97M2026-08-13
Millennium Management LLC▲ Buy1,473,3640.48%$120.15M2026-08-14
Goldman Sachs Group Inc▼ Sell1,273,7280.42%$103.87M2026-08-14
Citadel Advisors LLC▼ Sell1,248,3740.41%$101.80M2026-09-02
Wellington Management Group LLP▼ Sell1,243,9080.41%$101.44M2026-08-14
Marshall Wace, LLP▼ Sell950,6830.31%$77.53M2026-08-13
Susquehanna International Group, LLP▼ Sell742,2830.24%$60.53M2026-08-14
Neuberger Berman Group LLC▲ Buy691,8790.23%$56.42M2026-08-13
Citigroup Inc▼ Sell684,5350.23%$55.82M2026-08-03
Invesco Ltd.▲ Buy524,9340.17%$42.81M2026-08-14
Gotham Asset Management, LLC▲ Buy454,5240.15%$37.07M2026-08-14
Wells Fargo & Company▲ Buy389,6300.13%$31.77M2026-08-14
AQR Capital Management LLC▼ Sell237,1380.08%$19.34M2026-08-14
Q2 2026 flow:17.58M sh bought ($1.44B)7.03M sh sold ($572.95M)net +10.55M sh (+$863.81M)