Sector Alpha Week of 2026-08-05
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Affirm Holdings, Inc.

AFRM
Financials · Credit Services

Affirm Holdings, Inc. is printing record margins on a fuller multiple. From here the earnings must do all the lifting.

Biggest watch item: the net margin is the best this company has ever printed — every ratio flatters at record profitability, so the whole story leans on the net margin holding.

The price is topping out (2 weeks in) while the P/BV sits at the 72nd percentile of its own 5-year range. Underneath, the last four quarters read improving, with the the net margin at 13.3%. What settles it: the next one or two quarters of delivery.

Price
$78.1
+17.6% 1Y
P/BV
6.9×
72nd pctile
of its own 5-year range
Revenue (Mar 26)
$0.8 B
+38.9% YoY
Profit (Mar 26)
$0.1 B
Net margin
13.3%
+13.3 pp YoY
ROE
12%
FY25
ROA
1.74%
latest
01 · Price story

Price story Before the numbers, the tape. A stock price moves through four repeating seasons: a flat base (stage 1), an advance (2), a top (3), a decline (4). Where the price sits in that cycle frames everything below.

Affirm Holdings, Inc. trades at $78.1, losing momentum at the top and 2 weeks into that stage. That is +18.1% against its own 200-day average. It sits at 72% of a 52-week range of $43 to $92. On relative strength it has been ahead of the S&P 500 on a trailing-13-week view for 15 straight weeks.

Today the stock is losing momentum at the top — week 2 of stage 3. At $78.1 it trades +18.1% versus its 200-day average and sits at 72% of its 52-week range ($43–$92).

Aug 26: $78.1 Weekly closing price ($) with 50- and 200-day averages; shaded bands mark the price stage (grey base, green advance, amber top, red decline). 3-year window.
+18.1% versus the 200-day line, week 2 of stage 3
Price50-day avg200-day avg
S3S2S1S2S2S1$98.5$75.6$52.8$30.0$7.1$$78$66Jul 23Apr 24Jan 25Oct 25Aug 26
S3S2S1S2S2S1$98.5$75.6$52.8$30.0$7.1$$78$66Jul 23Jan 25Aug 26
Beating or trailing, week by week since 2021 Each cell is one week from 2021 to now (291 weeks): the stock's trailing 13-week return minus the S&P 500's, green ahead / red behind (±25% ramp). Grey cells are the 13-week warm-up or weeks where the S&P 500 reading is not held.
trailing 13-week return vs the S&P 500
Jan 21Aug 26

Against the market, two honest reads. Cumulative: over the last 5.6 years the stock moved −33% while the S&P 500 moved +105% — behind the index over the full window. Recent form: on a trailing-13-week view the stock has been ahead for 15 straight weeks — the ribbon below is that same metric, week by week.

What would end the trend, mechanically: two Friday closes in a row below the 200-day line. That is the exit rule — no debates.

02 · Valuation

Valuation For a bank we price the book, not the earnings: P/BV is what the market pays for each $1 of the bank's net worth. A bank below 1× book is priced below the value of what it owns, net of what it owes.

Affirm Holdings, Inc. trades at 6.9× P/BV, at the pricey end of its own range (72nd percentile). Its long-run median P/BV is 4.8×, measured across 5.1 years of weekly readings. This places the multiple against the stock’s own record, and says nothing about what the business is worth.

Today's P/BV of 6.9× is at the pricey end of its own range (72nd percentile), against a long-run median of 4.8× measured over 5.1 years of weekly readings. This is a comparison against the stock's own history — not a claim about what it is worth.

The honest context for that discount: a bank earning about 12% on its equity is worth less per dollar of book, and the market has priced that in rather than overlooked it. The discount closes only if the returns themselves improve.

P/BV 6.9× vs a 4.8× long-run median P/BV, weekly (left axis); book value per share, quarterly steps drawn weekly (right axis). 5.1-year window; brief peaks above 15× shown pinned at the top. The book value / share bars are red where the reading is lower than the quarter before.
at the pricey end of its own range (72nd percentile)
P/BVMedianBook value / share (quarterly)
15.6×$11.711.7×$8.87.8×$5.93.9×$2.90.0×$0.0×$7.19×$11Jul 21Oct 22Jan 24Apr 25Aug 26
15.6×$11.711.7×$8.87.8×$5.93.9×$2.90.0×$0.0×$7.19×$11Jul 21Jan 24Aug 26
P/BV
6.9×
72nd percentile of 5y
PEG
0.84
as reported

The price move, decomposed: over 5y, of the +3.1%/yr price move, ~+2.4%/yr came from book-value growth and ~+0.7 pp from the multiple (roughly flat). The split is the honest approximate (price return minus book-value growth); it makes the rally itself visible instead of hiding it behind the percentile.

Put together: the multiple is full against its own past, so the story rests on the book-value line underneath it, not the multiple.

03 · Stage: No read

Stage: No read Every business sits somewhere on a fundamental arc, and this page names the spot before anything else. The last twelve quarters of revenue, profit and EPS growth — plus the return the business earns on its capital — are read as curves: Deteriorating (the curves are falling), Turning around (a trough has just formed and the last few quarters lift off it), Improving (the climb off the trough is sustained), Consistent (steadily positive with healthy returns), Topping out (still high but decelerating from the peak). When the curves genuinely disagree the read is Mixed; too little history is No read. CAGR (compound annual growth rate) is the smooth yearly pace that turns the starting value into the latest one — the fairest way to compare growth across different time spans. Read the columns together: if the 1-year number towers over the 10-year, recent growth is running hotter than the long-run trend. A dash means that window is not held, or the base year was a loss (where a growth rate is not meaningful).

Affirm Holdings, Inc. reads as no read on its fundamental arc. Under eight usable quarters on the growth trio — not enough history for an honest trajectory read. The read is built from 12 quarters across 2 curves, on partial evidence.

Growth, year by year: revenue +43.8% in FY25 Year-over-year growth per fiscal year, %: revenue (left axis); net profit and EPS (right axis — profit growth swings far wider). Zero line drawn.
Revenue YoY
74%57%40%22%4.6%%43.8%FY21FY23FY25
74%57%40%22%4.6%%43.8%FY21FY23FY25
Three growth curves, twelve quarters Year-on-year growth of trailing-twelve-month revenue (left axis), profit and EPS (right axis — they swing far wider), % at each quarter-end. Where the trailing-twelve-month history is short, the curve falls back to single-quarter year-on-year growth — noisier, and the classifier smooths and caps base-effect spikes before reading. A missing point means that reading is not held for the quarter.
the trajectory the stage is read from · revenue rolling over
RevenueProfit
54%63.7%38%63.1%22%62.5%5.4%61.9%−11%61.3%%%31.7%62.5%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
54%63.7%38%63.1%22%62.5%5.4%61.9%−11%61.3%%%31.7%62.5%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
ROE Trailing-twelve-month net profit as a share of quarter-end equity, %.
the return curve, computed quarterly
ROE
13%1.9%−9.4%−21%−32%%10.1%Jun 23Dec 23Sep 24Jun 25Mar 26
13%1.9%−9.4%−21%−32%%10.1%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
Revenue growth
Rolling over
latest +31.7% · span −6.3% to +49.3%
ROE
Rising
latest 10.1% · span −28.9%–10.1%

Why it matters: with too little history, an honest page says so instead of guessing a trajectory.

Fewer than eight usable quarters on the growth curves — this page will not guess a trajectory from a stub of history.

Compound annual growth rate (%) Compound annual growth rate over each window, %. Revenue, profit and EPS from fiscal-year figures; stock price is the price CAGR over the same spans. A dash = that window is not held, or the base was a loss.
1yr3yr5yr10yr
Revenue+43.8%+25.8%
Stock price+17.6%+67.3%+3.1%
Revenue YoY (Mar 26)
+38.9%
latest quarter vs a year ago
Revenue 10y
35.6%
long-run compound pace
04 · 4-Factor Sector Score

4-Factor Sector Score

45.7/100 — rank 9 of 28 in Credit Services · 53% evidence confidence

Affirm Holdings, Inc. scores 45.7 out of 100 against the 28 companies it is compared with in Credit Services, ranking 9. Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.

The four contributions add to the total exactly: 20.4 + 9.9 + 3.3 + 12.1 = 45.7. This is the SAME number shown on the sector comparison — it is computed once, for the whole peer set, and read here.

What would change it: The read weakens if ROA rolls over or gross NPA rises while sector-relative strength deteriorates.

05 · Revenue

Revenue For a bank, revenue is everything the franchise earns — interest on the loan book plus fees from its businesses.

Affirm Holdings, Inc. reported $0.8 B of income in the Mar 26 quarter, +38.9% year on year. That is the 11th straight quarter of year-on-year growth. Over 4 years it has compounded at 35.6% a year. The last full year, FY25, came in at $2.3 B. The last four reported quarters add to $2.9 B.

FY25 revenue came in at $2.3 B (+43.8% on the year), capping 4 years at 35.6% compound. The latest quarter (Mar 26) printed $0.8 B, +38.9% year on year — the 11th consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth.

FY25 revenue $2.3 B (+43.8% YoY) Revenue bars, $ B (left); YoY growth-% line (right). 5-year window. A bar is red when it is lower than the year before.
35.6% a year over 4 years
RevenueYoY growth
2.574%1.957%1.340%0.622%0.04.6%$ B%$2B43.8%FY21FY23FY25
2.574%1.957%1.340%0.622%0.04.6%$ B%$2B43.8%FY21FY23FY25
Mar 26: $0.8 B (+38.9% YoY) Quarterly revenue bars, $ B (left); YoY growth-% line (right). Last 12 quarters. A bar is red when it is lower than the quarter before.
11th straight quarter of growth
Revenue (quarterly)YoY growth
0.984%0.760%0.436%0.211%0.0−13%$ B%$1B38.9%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
0.984%0.760%0.436%0.211%0.0−13%$ B%$1B38.9%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26

Pace check: the last four quarters averaged +33.1% growth against the decade's 35.6% — the current year is running slower than its own long-run rate.

Acceleration check: trailing-twelve-month revenue grew +31.7% over the last 4 quarters against +40.2%/yr over the last 8 — rolling over.

06 · Net margin

Net margin Net margin — what the bank keeps of every $100 of revenue after every cost, provision and tax. With big fee businesses in the mix, it is the cleanest margin we can read for this bank.

Affirm Holdings, Inc.'s net margin is 13.3% in the Mar 26 quarter, +13.3 percentage points against the same quarter a year ago. That is the widest this company has ever printed on a full-year basis. Across 5 fiscal years the net margin has ranged −77.3% to 2.1%. The current quarter is running above every full year in that window.

The latest quarter's net margin is 13.3%, +13.3 pp against the same quarter a year ago. Across 5 fiscal years the net margin has ranged −77.3%–2.1%, and FY25's 2.1% is the top of that band — a record year.

Why: the numbers show the net margin move clearly, but the cost lines behind it sit below what we hold — so we state the move without inventing its driver.

Worth repeating from the valuation section: cheap against its own history on record margins is not the same thing as cheap — a record margin flatters every ratio built on top of it.

FY25: 2.1% Net margin by fiscal year, %, line (left); year-on-year change in the margin, in percentage points, line (right). 5-year window.
the widest a −77.3–2.1% band over 5 years
net marginYoY change (pp)
8.5%50%−15%32%−38%14%−61%−3.6%−84%−22%%%2.1%34.2%FY21FY23FY25
8.5%50%−15%32%−38%14%−61%−3.6%−84%−22%%%2.1%34.2%FY21FY23FY25
Mar 26: 13.3% net margin (+13.3 pp YoY) Quarterly net margin, %, line (left); year-on-year change in the margin, in percentage points, line (right). Last 12 quarters. Net profit as a share of total revenue, per quarter.
Net marginYoY change (pp)
23%77%−1.1%54%−25%31%−48%7.2%−72%−16%%%13.3%13.3%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
23%77%−1.1%54%−25%31%−48%7.2%−72%−16%%%13.3%13.3%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
07 · Net profit

Net profit Net profit is what survives every cost, interest and tax — the number EPS, dividends and book value all grow from.

Affirm Holdings, Inc. earned $0.1 B of net profit in the Mar 26 quarter. Full-year FY25 profit was $0.1 B. That is 13.3% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned $0.0 B. 6 of the last 12 reported quarters were loss-making.

Mar 26 profit was $0.1 B, null year on year. On the full year, FY25 printed $0.1 B (null).

FY25 profit $0.1 B (null YoY) Net profit bars, $ B (left); YoY growth-% line (right). 5-year window. A bar is red when it is lower than the year before.
Net profit
0.1−0.2−0.5−0.8−1.1$ B$0BFY21FY23FY25
0.1−0.2−0.5−0.8−1.1$ B$0BFY21FY23FY25
Mar 26: $0.1 B (null YoY) Quarterly net profit bars, $ B (left); YoY growth-% line (right). Last 12 quarters. A bar is red when it is lower than the quarter before.
Net profit (quarterly)YoY growth
0.263.7%0.163.1%0.062.5%−0.161.9%−0.261.3%$ B%$0B62.5%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
0.263.7%0.163.1%0.062.5%−0.161.9%−0.261.3%$ B%$0B62.5%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
08 · Asset quality — the ladder

Asset quality — the ladder Gross NPA is the slice of the loan book where repayments have stopped. Net NPA is what remains after the money already set aside against those loans. Falling is healing; rising is damage arriving.

Loan-book quality history is not available for Affirm Holdings, Inc., so this section names the gap rather than estimating a ratio. No gross or net non-performing-asset series is filed in a form this page can read, and none is inferred from the profit line. The income, margin and return sections above carry the evidence this business does report.

We do not hold quarterly loan-book quality numbers for this bank, so this section states that plainly rather than working around it.

Why: loan-book quality is the engine room of a bank, and its drivers — slippages, recoveries, provisioning — sit below what we hold for this name; the sections around it carry the reads we can stand behind.

09 · The loan book

The loan book We read the loan book through revenue — when the book and the businesses grow, revenue grows with them. It is a rough proxy, and we say so: rate moves and fee swings can shift it a few points in any one year.

Affirm Holdings, Inc.'s revenue grew +43.8% in FY25 to $2.3 B, so the book is growing. The latest quarter ran +38.9% year on year. The net margin on that income is 13.3%, +13.3 percentage points against a year ago. Interest income is a proxy for the book; rate moves can shift it a few points in any one year.

FY25 revenue was $2.3 B, +43.8% on the year, and the latest quarter ran +38.9% year on year. The net margin on that revenue is 13.3% this quarter (+13.3 pp YoY) — growth with a widening margin on it.

FY25: revenue $2.3 B (+43.8% YoY) with the net margin at 2.1% Revenue by fiscal year, $ B (bars, left); net margin, % (line, right). 5-year window. A bar is red when it is lower than the year before.
RevenueNet margin
2.58.5%1.9−15%1.3−38%0.6−61%0.0−84%$ B%$2B2.1%FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
2.58.5%1.9−15%1.3−38%0.6−61%0.0−84%$ B%$2B2.1%FY21FY23FY25

The synthesis: a lender compounds when the book grows while the margin holds and the loan book stays clean — with quarterly loan-quality numbers missing here, revenue growth and margin are the two we watch.

10 · Returns on equity and assets

Returns on equity and assets Two numbers rate a bank: ROE — what it earns on shareholder money — and ROA — what it earns on everything it deploys. ROE above ~13–15% earns its keep; below that, growth builds book slowly.

Affirm Holdings, Inc. earns a return on equity of 2% in FY25. Its trough over the ladder below was −39% in FY23. On the asset side every $100 of the balance sheet earned about $1.74, which is the return before leverage is applied.

FY25 ROE came in at 2%, recovered from a FY23 trough of −39%. On assets, the latest reading is about 1.74% — every $100 the bank deploys earns roughly $1.74 a year. That return is below the bar a bank must clear to compound book value quickly — which is also the honest reason the stock trades where it does.

FY25: ROE 2% Return on equity by fiscal year, % (line, left). 5-year window. Latest return on assets: 1.74%. A lender is judged on ROE and ROA — return on invested capital does not apply to a bank.
up from a FY23 trough of −39%
ROE
4.9%−6.9%−19%−31%−42%%1.6%FY21FY23FY25
4.9%−6.9%−19%−31%−42%%1.6%FY21FY23FY25
Mar 26: ROE 3.1% (TTM) Trailing-twelve-month return on equity (left), per quarter, %. Last 12 quarters, anchored to the annual figure.
ROE (TTM)
5.1%1.6%−2.0%−5.5%−9.0%%3.1%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
5.1%1.6%−2.0%−5.5%−9.0%%3.1%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26

Why: the ROE ladder shows the move; the deposit-cost and provisioning drivers behind it sit below what we hold.

11 · Dividend

Dividend

Affirm Holdings, Inc. pays no dividend. Across the last 12 reported quarters it has declared no dividend per share, so there is no payout history to chart and no yield to quote. Companies at this stage typically reinvest earnings rather than distribute them, which makes the cash-flow and reinvestment sections the place that cash shows up.

Affirm Holdings, Inc. does not currently pay a dividend. Across the last 12 reported quarters the company has declared no dividend per share, so there is no payout history to chart and no yield to quote. Companies at this stage typically reinvest earnings instead of distributing them.

12 · Debt

Debt

For a bank, borrowings are raw material, not a warning sign — solvency is read through the returns and the loan book. A manufacturer’s debt is a claim against its profits, so the debt-to-equity lens that works everywhere else misleads on a lender and is not applied here.

A manufacturer’s debt is a claim against its profits; a bank’s borrowings are its inventory — money taken in to be lent out. The debt lens that works everywhere else misleads here, so this page does not apply it. The solvency questions for a bank — is the loan book sound, is the equity earning — are read through the loan-book and returns sections above.

13 · Ownership

Ownership There is no quarter-by-quarter holder register to read here, so we read the crowd through short interest — the slice of tradable shares currently sold short, positioned for a fall.

6.0% of Affirm Holdings, Inc.'s tradable float is currently sold short — some money is positioned against it. At typical trading volumes those positions would take about 3.8 days to buy back. There is no quarter-by-quarter holder register to read for this filer, so the crowd is read through short interest instead.

The latest reading: 6.0% of the float is sold short, and at typical trading volumes it would take about 3.8 days to buy those positions back. Some money is positioned against it. This is a single point-in-time reading — we do not yet hold its history, so we show no trend chart.

Short interest
6.0%
of the tradable float
Days to cover
3.8
at typical volumes

Why it sits there: who is doing the shorting, and why, does not travel with the number — the level is shown without inventing its story.

14 · Safety line

Safety line The Z-score estimates how far a company sits from balance-sheet distress — above roughly 3 is safe, below roughly 1.8 is the danger zone. It was built for manufacturers, so it is not applied to banks and lenders.

Affirm Holdings, Inc.: the Z-score is omitted — it was built for manufacturers, not banks, and applying it here would be theatre. The Z-score was built for manufacturers and is not applied to banks and lenders, so solvency here is read from the capital and asset-quality lines instead.

The safety line in one sentence: the Z-score is omitted — it was built for manufacturers, not banks, and applying it here would be theatre.

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9Affirm Holdings, Inc.this pageAFRM 45.7/100Thin evidence · provisional53% evidence BREAKING OUT 20.4/35 Income 31.5% · PAT — 29% evidence 9.9/25 ROA — · ROE 3.1% · GNPA — 34% evidence 3.3/20 P/BV 4.06× · P/BV÷ROE 1.31 70% evidence 12.1/20 RS sector 0.2% · RS bench 2.1% · 1Y 8%11 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 20.4 + 9.9 + 3.3 + 12.1 = 45.7 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
10PayPal Holdings, Inc.PYPL 45.4/100Mixed-negative evidence60% evidence TURNING 16.4/35 Income — · PAT — 26% evidence 12.9/25 ROA 1.5% · ROE 5.5% · GNPA — 68% evidence 6.7/20 P/BV 1.88× · P/BV÷ROE 0.34 70% evidence 9.4/20 RS sector -6.8% · RS bench -5.1% · 1Y -13.5%4 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
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11Jefferson Capital, Inc.JCAP 40.6/100Mixed-negative evidence70% evidence ASLEEP 9.9/35 Income 29.9% · PAT 1.3% 71% evidence 16.8/25 ROA 5.7% · ROE 8.6% · GNPA — 68% evidence 8.8/20 P/BV 2.4× · P/BV÷ROE 0.28 70% evidence 5.1/20 RS sector -9.7% · RS bench -7.1% · 1Y 16.2%0 of 12 weeks ahead 70% evidence
Exact sum: 9.9 + 16.8 + 8.8 + 5.1 = 40.6 · Decision use: Balanced evidence: keep at normal research priority and require another comparable period before raising conviction.
12OneMain Holdings, Inc.OMF 40.4/100Mixed-negative evidence60% evidence TURNING 16.4/35 Income — · PAT — 26% evidence 9.4/25 ROA 0.6% · ROE 4.5% · GNPA — 68% evidence 5.8/20 P/BV 2.07× · P/BV÷ROE 0.46 70% evidence 8.8/20 RS sector -3.6% · RS bench -1.2% · 1Y 17.2%2 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 16.4 + 9.4 + 5.8 + 8.8 = 40.4 · Decision use: Balanced evidence: keep at normal research priority and require another comparable period before raising conviction.
13Nelnet, Inc.NNI 38.8/100Mixed-negative evidence62% evidence TURNING 18.8/35 Income 18.6% · PAT 52.5% 55% evidence 10.2/25 ROA — · ROE 2.7% · GNPA — 34% evidence 6.0/20 P/BV 1.24× · P/BV÷ROE 0.46 70% evidence 3.8/20 RS sector -9.5% · RS bench -6.9% · 1Y 10.8%1 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 18.8 + 10.2 + 6 + 3.8 = 38.8 · Decision use: Balanced evidence: keep at normal research priority and require another comparable period before raising conviction.
14The Western Union CompanyWU 38.7/100Thin evidence · provisional54% evidence ASLEEP 13.7/35 Income — · PAT — 26% evidence 13.6/25 ROA 1.3% · ROE 8.5% · GNPA — 68% evidence 7.7/20 P/BV 2.62× · P/BV÷ROE 0.31 70% evidence 3.7/20 RS sector -27% · RS bench -24.9% · 1Y -9.1%0 of 12 weeks ahead 70% evidence
Exact sum: 13.7 + 13.6 + 7.7 + 3.7 = 38.7 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
15Upstart Holdings, Inc.UPST 37.6/100Thin evidence · provisional55% evidence FADING 18.8/35 Income 57.6% · PAT — 45% evidence 4.0/25 ROA -0.3% · ROE -0.9% · GNPA — 68% evidence 9.5/20 P/BV 3.35× · P/BV÷ROE — 10% evidence 5.3/20 RS sector -33.9% · RS bench -33.3% · 1Y -55.9%5 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 18.8 + 4 + 9.5 + 5.3 = 37.6 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
16American Express CompanyAXP 35.7/100Mixed-negative evidence60% evidence BREAKING OUT 17.8/35 Income — · PAT — 26% evidence 10.5/25 ROA -0.1% · ROE 9.3% · GNPA — 68% evidence 4.6/20 P/BV 6.66× · P/BV÷ROE 0.72 70% evidence 2.8/20 RS sector -10.2% · RS bench -7.8% · 1Y 16.6%1 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 17.8 + 10.5 + 4.6 + 2.8 = 35.7 · Decision use: Balanced evidence: keep at normal research priority and require another comparable period before raising conviction.
17Navient CorporationNAVI 35.2/100Thin evidence · provisional53% evidence TURNING 14.3/35 Income -63% · PAT -206.9% 29% evidence 9.1/25 ROA — · ROE 0.7% · GNPA — 34% evidence 5.6/20 P/BV 0.32× · P/BV÷ROE 0.46 70% evidence 6.2/20 RS sector -21.9% · RS bench -20.5% · 1Y -24.6%1 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 14.3 + 9.1 + 5.6 + 6.2 = 35.2 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
18Federal Agricultural Mortgage CorporationAGM 55.1/100Thin evidence · provisional46% evidence BREAKING OUT 17.4/35 Income — · PAT — 10% evidence 11.7/25 ROA — · ROE 3.9% · GNPA — 34% evidence 8.1/20 P/BV 1.17× · P/BV÷ROE 0.3 70% evidence 17.9/20 RS sector 19.5% · RS bench 22.6% · 1Y 36.1%10 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 17.4 + 11.7 + 8.1 + 17.9 = 55.1 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
19Bread Financial Holdings, Inc.BFH 51.8/100Thin evidence · provisional46% evidence LEADER 17.1/35 Income — · PAT — 10% evidence 11.6/25 ROA — · ROE 4.5% · GNPA — 34% evidence 8.6/20 P/BV 1.25× · P/BV÷ROE 0.28 70% evidence 14.5/20 RS sector 26.6% · RS bench 30.8% · 1Y 93.1%11 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 17.1 + 11.6 + 8.6 + 14.5 = 51.8 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
20World Acceptance CorporationWRLD 49.4/100Thin evidence · provisional46% evidence BREAKING OUT 18.2/35 Income — · PAT — 10% evidence 9.7/25 ROA — · ROE 2% · GNPA — 34% evidence 4.8/20 P/BV 1.79× · P/BV÷ROE 0.9 70% evidence 16.7/20 RS sector 8.3% · RS bench 11% · 1Y 20.4%12 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 18.2 + 9.7 + 4.8 + 16.7 = 49.4 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
21Klarna Group plcKLAR 44.5/100Thin evidence · provisional35% evidence BREAKING OUT 19.5/35 Income 0% · PAT — 45% evidence 5.2/25 ROA 0% · ROE 0% · GNPA — 68% evidence 9.8/20 P/BV 2.01× · P/BV÷ROE — 10% evidence 10.0/20 RS sector — · RS bench — · 1Y —11 of 12 weeks ahead 0% evidence
Exact sum: 19.5 + 5.2 + 9.8 + 10 = 44.5 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
22FirstCash Holdings, Inc.FCFS 44.3/100Thin evidence · provisional46% evidence ASLEEP 17.8/35 Income — · PAT — 10% evidence 11.8/25 ROA — · ROE 4.2% · GNPA — 34% evidence 4.2/20 P/BV 4.05× · P/BV÷ROE 0.96 70% evidence 10.5/20 RS sector 2.3% · RS bench 6.1% · 1Y 59.8%2 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 17.8 + 11.8 + 4.2 + 10.5 = 44.3 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
23Capital One Financial CorporationCOF 42.9/100Thin evidence · provisional46% evidence TURNING 19.0/35 Income — · PAT — 10% evidence 10.7/25 ROA — · ROE 2.7% · GNPA — 34% evidence 6.2/20 P/BV 1.1× · P/BV÷ROE 0.41 70% evidence 7.0/20 RS sector -7.6% · RS bench -5.3% · 1Y 6.6%2 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 19 + 10.7 + 6.2 + 7 = 42.9 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
24SLM CorporationSLM 42.7/100Thin evidence · provisional46% evidence TURNING 16.7/35 Income — · PAT — 10% evidence 10.1/25 ROA — · ROE 2.4% · GNPA — 34% evidence 5.0/20 P/BV 1.97× · P/BV÷ROE 0.82 70% evidence 10.9/20 RS sector -3.9% · RS bench -1.9% · 1Y -12.6%7 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 16.7 + 10.1 + 5 + 10.9 = 42.7 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
25Synchrony FinancialSYF 41.9/100Thin evidence · provisional46% evidence TURNING 16.5/35 Income — · PAT — 10% evidence 12.4/25 ROA — · ROE 5.2% · GNPA — 34% evidence 8.6/20 P/BV 1.46× · P/BV÷ROE 0.28 70% evidence 4.4/20 RS sector -7.3% · RS bench -4.8% · 1Y 13.9%1 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 16.5 + 12.4 + 8.6 + 4.4 = 41.9 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
26Ally Financial Inc.ALLY 40.1/100Thin evidence · provisional46% evidence ASLEEP 17.3/35 Income — · PAT — 10% evidence 10.7/25 ROA — · ROE 2.7% · GNPA — 34% evidence 7.2/20 P/BV 0.9× · P/BV÷ROE 0.34 70% evidence 4.9/20 RS sector -6.6% · RS bench -4% · 1Y 20%2 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 17.3 + 10.7 + 7.2 + 4.9 = 40.1 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
27Lufax Holding LtdLU 38.0/100Thin evidence · provisional29% evidence BASING 15.7/35 Income -11.2% · PAT — 18% evidence 9.5/25 ROA — · ROE -0.7% · GNPA — 26% evidence 9.8/20 P/BV 0.19× · P/BV÷ROE — 10% evidence 3.0/20 RS sector -43.8% · RS bench -42.8% · 1Y -45.9%0 of 12 weeks ahead 70% evidence
Exact sum: 15.7 + 9.5 + 9.8 + 3 = 38 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
28SoFi Technologies, Inc.SOFI 35.4/100Thin evidence · provisional46% evidence TURNING 17.3/35 Income — · PAT — 10% evidence 9.1/25 ROA — · ROE 1.7% · GNPA — 34% evidence 4.2/20 P/BV 2.08× · P/BV÷ROE 1.22 70% evidence 4.8/20 RS sector -25.5% · RS bench -24.1% · 1Y -15.4%1 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 17.3 + 9.1 + 4.2 + 4.8 = 35.4 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.

Missing observations are not scored as bad. Their missing weight lowers confidence and pulls the final score toward neutral. Financial companies use P/BV÷ROE and asset quality; PEG, industrial OPM and ROCE are excluded. Under relative strength, one mark per week shows the last 12 weeks: a mark is filled where the company led S&P 500 by 5% or more over the 13 weeks ending that week, which is the same test used everywhere on this site. Price stage places the company on the same six-step curve the sector itself is placed on — basing, turning, breaking out, leader, fading, asleep — read from how many weeks running it has led S&P 500 and whether that lead is widening or shrinking. It describes where the PRICE stands, not the earnings trajectory and not a recommendation, and it is left blank for a company whose weekly history is too short or too stale to read.

16 · Frequently asked questions

Frequently asked questions

What is Affirm Holdings, Inc.'s stock price today?

Affirm Holdings, Inc. trades at $78.1, +17.6% over the past year. The company is valued at $26.0 B. The stock sits at 72% of its 52-week range of $43–$92, +18.1% versus its 200-day average. On the tape, the price is topping out, 2 weeks in. — as of 5 August 2026.

What were Affirm Holdings, Inc.'s latest quarterly results?

Affirm Holdings, Inc. reported total income of $0.8 B and net profit of $0.1 B for the Mar 26 quarter. Earnings per share were $0.30. The net margin was 13.3%, 13.3 pp higher than a year earlier. — as of 5 August 2026.

What is Affirm Holdings, Inc.'s revenue?

Affirm Holdings, Inc. reported revenue of $0.8 B in the Mar 26 quarter, +38.9% year on year. For the full FY25 fiscal year, revenue was $2.3 B (+43.8%). Over the last 4 years revenue compounded at 35.6% a year. — as of 5 August 2026.

What is Affirm Holdings, Inc.'s profit?

Affirm Holdings, Inc. earned $0.1 B of net profit in the Mar 26 quarter. Full-year FY25 profit was $0.1 B. The net margin ran 13.3% in the latest quarter. — as of 5 August 2026.

What is Affirm Holdings, Inc.'s market cap?

Affirm Holdings, Inc.'s market capitalisation is $26.0 B at a stock price of $78.1. Market cap is the share price multiplied by shares outstanding, so it is restated whenever the price moves. — as of 5 August 2026.

What is Affirm Holdings, Inc.'s P/BV ratio?

Affirm Holdings, Inc. trades at a P/BV of 6.9×, at the 72nd percentile of its own 5-year range, against a long-run median of 4.8×. This is a comparison with the stock's own history, not a value call — as of 5 August 2026.

Does Affirm Holdings, Inc. pay a dividend?

No — Affirm Holdings, Inc. has declared no dividend per share in any of its last 12 reported quarters, so there is no payout history and no yield to quote. That is a reading of the filed statements, not an estimate. — as of 5 August 2026.

Is Affirm Holdings, Inc. overvalued?

On its own history, Affirm Holdings, Inc. looks expensive against its own history: its P/BV of 6.9× sits at the 72nd percentile of its 5-year range (long-run median 4.8×). That is a percentile read against the stock's own past, not a price opinion or a direction call. One caveat: the net margin is the best this company has ever printed — cheap on record margins is not the same thing as cheap. — as of 5 August 2026.

How is Affirm Holdings, Inc. performing?

Affirm Holdings, Inc. is topping out, 2 weeks in. Against the S&P 500 it has been ahead on a trailing-13-week view for 15 weeks. This describes what the data did, not a rating. — as of 5 August 2026.

Is Affirm Holdings, Inc. in an uptrend?

It is stalling — the price is topping out (week 2 of stage 3), trading +18.1% versus its 200-day average and at 72% of its 52-week range. Price stages cycle base → advance → top → decline, and the stage names where this stock sits in that cycle — as of 5 August 2026.

Is Affirm Holdings, Inc. beating the market?

On recent form, yes — Affirm Holdings, Inc. has been ahead of the S&P 500 on a trailing-13-week view for 15 straight weeks, the same metric the week-by-week ribbon on this page draws. Separately, on the cumulative view: over the last 5.6 years the stock moved −33% against the S&P 500's +105% — behind the index over the full window. — as of 5 August 2026.

Will Affirm Holdings, Inc.'s stock price go up?

This page publishes no price forecast for Affirm Holdings, Inc. What it measures instead: the stock price is $78.1, the price is topping out 2 weeks in. Its P/BV of 6.9× sits at the 72nd percentile of its own 5-year range. Direction is not something this site claims to know. — as of 5 August 2026.

Is the market betting against Affirm Holdings, Inc.?

Somewhat — short interest is 6.0% of Affirm Holdings, Inc.'s tradable float, about 3.8 days to cover at typical volumes. A moderate reading: some money is positioned against it. With no quarter-by-quarter holder register here, short interest is the cleanest crowd read we hold — as of 5 August 2026.

Is Affirm Holdings, Inc.'s loan book healthy?

We do not hold quarterly loan-book quality numbers for Affirm Holdings, Inc., so this page says that plainly. The cleanest available reads are revenue growth (+43.8% in FY25) and the net margin on it (13.3%) — as of 5 August 2026.

Where is Affirm Holdings, Inc. in its business cycle?

Affirm Holdings, Inc.'s FY25 net margin was 2.1%, against a 5-year band of −77.3%–2.1%: the top of the band — a record year. Record profitability is late-cycle territory: every ratio flatters at the top, and the story leans on margins holding. The latest quarter ran 13.3%. Profitability versus a company's own long band is the cleanest cycle clock this page holds — as of 5 August 2026.

What could break the Affirm Holdings, Inc. story?

Biggest watch item: the net margin is the best this company has ever printed — every ratio flatters at record profitability, so the whole story leans on the net margin holding. Mechanically, two Friday closes in a row below the 200-day average would end the price trend — that is the exit rule this page tracks — as of 5 August 2026.

Is Affirm Holdings, Inc. a stock worth studying right now?

This is not investment advice. The machine read: Affirm Holdings, Inc. is printing record margins on a fuller multiple. From here the earnings must do all the lifting. The sharpest open question: the next one or two quarters of delivery. Every number on this page is drawn deterministically from the raw series, with no forecasts and no price opinions — as of 5 August 2026.

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