Affirm Holdings Stock Buy Hold or Sell Recommendation

AFRM Stock  USD 32.08  0.68  2.08%   
Given the investment horizon of 90 days and your above-average risk tolerance, our recommendation regarding Affirm Holdings is 'Cautious Hold'. Macroaxis provides Affirm Holdings buy-hold-or-sell recommendation only in the context of selected investment horizon and investor attitude towards risk assumed by holding AFRM positions. The advice algorithm takes into account all of Affirm Holdings' available fundamental, technical, and predictive indicators you will find on this site. Key drivers impacting Affirm Holdings' buy or sell advice are summarized below:
Real Value
22.53
Target Price
14.71
Hype Value
32.33
Market Value
32.08
Naive Value
34.1
A buy or sell recommendation provided by Macroaxis is an automated directive regarding whether to purchase or sell Affirm Holdings given historical horizon and risk tolerance towards Affirm Holdings. When Macroaxis issues a 'buy' or 'sell' recommendation for Affirm Holdings, the advice is generated through an automated system that utilizes algorithms and statistical models.
  
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Time Horizon

Risk Tolerance

Execute Advice
Sell Affirm HoldingsBuy Affirm Holdings
Cautious Hold

Market Performance

Very WeakDetails

Volatility

Somewhat reliableDetails

Hype Condition

Under hypedDetails

Current Valuation

OvervaluedDetails

Odds Of Distress

Quite HighDetails

Economic Sensitivity

Hyperactively responds to market trendsDetails

Investor Sentiment

AlarmedDetails

Analyst Consensus

BuyDetails

Financial Strenth (F Score)

HealthyDetails

Financial Leverage

InapplicableDetails

Reporting Quality (M-Score)

Unlikely ManipulatorDetails
For the selected time horizon Affirm Holdings has a Mean Deviation of 2.41, Standard Deviation of 2.99 and Variance of 8.94
Our advice module can be used to complement Affirm Holdings investment recommendation provided by average analyst sentiment. It analyzes the company's potential to grow using fundamental, technical, data market data available at the time. To make sure Affirm Holdings is not overpriced, please confirm all Affirm Holdings fundamentals, including its cash per share, number of employees, and the relationship between the revenue and cash flow from operations . Given that Affirm Holdings has a number of shares shorted of 29.25 M, we suggest you to validate Affirm Holdings market performance and probability of bankruptcy to ensure the company can sustain itself in the current economic cycle given your prevailing risk tolerance and investing horizon.

Affirm Holdings Trading Alerts and Improvement Suggestions

Affirm Holdings generated a negative expected return over the last 90 days
Affirm Holdings has high likelihood to experience some financial distress in the next 2 years
The company reported the previous year's revenue of 1.59 B. Net Loss for the year was (985.35 M) with profit before overhead, payroll, taxes, and interest of 1.01 B.
Over 84.0% of the company shares are held by institutions such as insurance companies
Latest headline from investors.com: Down On Its Luck Affirm Stock Gets Bearish Customer News

Affirm Holdings Returns Distribution Density

The distribution of Affirm Holdings' historical returns is an attempt to chart the uncertainty of Affirm Holdings' future price movements. The chart of the probability distribution of Affirm Holdings daily returns describes the distribution of returns around its average expected value. We use Affirm Holdings price's Value At Risk and its Upside Potential as a relative measure of the distribution. The graph of the distribution of Affirm Holdings returns is essential to provide solid investment advice for Affirm Holdings.
Mean Return
-0.56
Value At Risk
-5.09
Potential Upside
3.69
Standard Deviation
2.99
   Return Density   
       Distribution  
Investment risk management requires an estimate of the probability of extreme price changes. Therefore, the correct representation of the distribution of Affirm Holdings historical returns presented in an easy-to-digest graphical form helps investors and money managers understand the risk-reward trade-off of different investement strategies.

Affirm Stock Institutional Investors

Have you ever been surprised when a price of an equity instrument such as Affirm Holdings is soaring high without any particular reason? This is usually happening because many institutional investors are aggressively trading Affirm Holdings backward and forwards among themselves. Affirm Holdings' institutional investor refers to the entity that pools money to purchase Affirm Holdings' securities or originates loans. Institutional investors include commercial and private banks, credit unions, insurance companies, pension funds, hedge funds, endowments, and mutual funds. Operating companies that invest excess capital in these types of assets may also be included in the term and may influence corporate governance by exercising voting rights in their investments.
Shares
Dimensional Fund Advisors, Inc.2023-12-31
2.6 M
Abdiel Capital Advisors Llc2023-09-30
2.3 M
Holocene Advisors, Lp2023-09-30
M
Jane Street Group, Llc2023-12-31
1.7 M
Founders Fund Growth Management, Llc2023-12-31
1.6 M
Citadel Advisors Llc2023-09-30
1.6 M
Marshall Wace Asset Management Ltd2023-12-31
1.5 M
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc2023-12-31
1.4 M
Norges Bank2023-12-31
1.4 M
Morgan Stanley - Brokerage Accounts2023-12-31
28.4 M
Capital Research Global Investors2023-12-31
20.3 M
Note, although Affirm Holdings' institutional investors appear to be way more sophisticated than retail investors, it remains unclear if professional active investment managers can reliably enhance risk-adjusted returns by an amount that exceeds fees and expenses.

Affirm Holdings Cash Flow Accounts

201920202021202220232024 (projected)
Investments(253.1M)(1.0B)(2.0B)(1.5B)(1.4B)(1.4B)
Change In Cash(29.6M)1.4B(141.8M)(290.9M)(261.8M)(248.7M)
Net Borrowings325.7M962.7M2.1B1.4B1.6B1.1B
Free Cash Flow(92.3M)(213.4M)(225.5M)(108.6M)(97.7M)(102.6M)
Depreciation9.4M20.0M52.7M134.6M154.8M162.6M
Other Non Cash Items(29.1M)(93.9M)159.6M(83.0M)(74.7M)(70.9M)
Capital Expenditures21.0M20.3M111.7M120.8M138.9M145.8M
Net Income(112.6M)(430.9M)(707.4M)(985.3M)(886.8M)(842.5M)
End Period Cash Flow328.1M1.7B1.6B1.3B1.4B1.1B
Change To Netincome(1.4M)196.0M406.0M329.8M379.3M214.9M

Affirm Holdings Greeks

Most traded equities are subject to two types of risk - systematic (i.e., market) and unsystematic (i.e., nonmarket or company-specific) risk. Unsystematic risk is the risk that events specific to Affirm Holdings or IT Services sector will adversely affect the stock's price. This type of risk can be diversified away by owning several different stocks in different industries whose stock prices have shown a small correlation to each other. On the other hand, systematic risk is the risk that Affirm Holdings' price will be affected by overall stock market movements and cannot be diversified away. So, no matter how many positions you have, you cannot eliminate market risk. However, you can measure a Affirm stock's historical response to market movements and buy it if you are comfortable with its volatility direction. Beta and standard deviation are two commonly used measures to help you make the right decision.
α
Alpha over NYSE Composite
-0.31
β
Beta against NYSE Composite2.93
σ
Overall volatility
2.94
Ir
Information ratio -0.16

Affirm Holdings Volatility Alert

Affirm Holdings exhibits very low volatility with skewness of -0.38 and kurtosis of -0.75. Understanding different market volatility trends often help investors to time the market. Properly using volatility indicators enable traders to measure Affirm Holdings' stock risk against market volatility during both bullish and bearish trends. The higher level of volatility that comes with bear markets can directly impact Affirm Holdings' stock price while adding stress to investors as they watch their shares' value plummet. This usually forces investors to rebalance their portfolios by buying different financial instruments as prices fall.

Affirm Holdings Implied Volatility

Affirm Holdings' implied volatility exposes the market's sentiment of Affirm Holdings stock's possible movements over time. However, it does not forecast the overall direction of its price. In a nutshell, if Affirm Holdings' implied volatility is high, the market thinks the stock has potential for high price swings in either direction. On the other hand, the low implied volatility suggests that Affirm Holdings stock will not fluctuate a lot when Affirm Holdings' options are near their expiration.

Affirm Holdings Fundamentals Vs Peers

Comparing Affirm Holdings' fundamentals to the average values of its peers is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It helps to analyze Affirm Holdings' direct or indirect competition across all of the common fundamentals between Affirm Holdings and the related equities. This way, we can detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics as Affirm Holdings or determine the stocks which would be an excellent addition to an existing portfolio. Peer analysis of Affirm Holdings' fundamental indicators could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Affirm Holdings by comparing valuation metrics with those of similar companies.
    
 Better Than Average     
    
 Worse Than Average Compare Affirm Holdings to competition
FundamentalsAffirm HoldingsPeer Average
Return On Equity-0.29-0.31
Return On Asset-0.0662-0.14
Profit Margin(0.39) %(1.27) %
Operating Margin(0.29) %(5.51) %
Current Valuation14.37 B16.62 B
Shares Outstanding259.56 M571.82 M
Shares Owned By Insiders4.91 %10.09 %
Shares Owned By Institutions84.25 %39.21 %
Number Of Shares Shorted29.25 M4.71 M
Price To Book3.80 X9.51 X
Price To Sales5.23 X11.42 X
Revenue1.59 B9.43 B
Gross Profit1.01 B27.38 B
EBITDA(635.73 M)3.9 B
Net Income(985.35 M)570.98 M
Cash And Equivalents1.56 B2.7 B
Cash Per Share5.38 X5.01 X
Total Debt5.45 B5.32 B
Debt To Equity1.58 %48.70 %
Current Ratio19.48 X2.16 X
Book Value Per Share8.62 X1.93 K
Cash Flow From Operations12.18 M971.22 M
Short Ratio5.47 X4.00 X
Earnings Per Share(2.49) X3.12 X
Price To Earnings To Growth0.17 X4.89 X
Target Price37.05
Number Of Employees2.17 K18.84 K
Beta3.58-0.15
Market Capitalization9.53 B19.03 B
Total Asset8.16 B29.47 B
Retained Earnings(2.59 B)9.33 B
Working Capital6.72 B1.48 B
Net Asset8.16 B
Note: Disposition of 2336 shares by Michael Linford of Affirm Holdings subject to Rule 16b-3 [view details]

Affirm Holdings Market Momentum

Traders often use several daily momentume indicators to supplement a more traditional technical analysis when analyzing securities such as Affirm . With many different options, investors must choose the best indicators for them and familiarize themselves with how they work. We suggest combining traditional momentum indicators with more near-term forms of technical analysis such as Accumulation Distribution or Daily Balance Of Power. With their quantitative nature, daily value technical indicators can also be incorporated into your automated trading systems.

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 2021 2022 2023 2024 (projected)
Short and Long Term Debt Total4.1B5.5B6.3B6.6B
Total Assets7.0B8.2B9.4B5.0B

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When determining whether Affirm Holdings is a strong investment it is important to analyze Affirm Holdings' competitive position within its industry, examining market share, product or service uniqueness, and competitive advantages. Beyond financials and market position, potential investors should also consider broader economic conditions, industry trends, and any regulatory or geopolitical factors that may impact Affirm Holdings' future performance. For an informed investment choice regarding Affirm Stock, refer to the following important reports:
Check out Affirm Holdings Analyst Recommendation to compare Macroaxis Buy or Sell Recommendation with the current analyst consensus. To check ratings for multiple equity instruments, please use the Instant Ratings tool.
To learn how to invest in Affirm Stock, please use our How to Invest in Affirm Holdings guide.
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Is Affirm Holdings' industry expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of Affirm Holdings. If investors know Affirm will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about Affirm Holdings listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
Earnings Share
(2.49)
Revenue Per Share
6.338
Quarterly Revenue Growth
0.479
Return On Assets
(0.07)
Return On Equity
(0.29)
The market value of Affirm Holdings is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Affirm that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Affirm Holdings' value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Affirm Holdings' true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Affirm Holdings' market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Affirm Holdings' underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between Affirm Holdings' value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Affirm Holdings is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Affirm Holdings' price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.