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A downgrade to Equalweight at a price target of $79

AFRM's latest merchant win with Backcountry expands its BNPL reach and could help drive higher spending on outdoor gear.

Investing.com -- Morgan Stanley downgraded Affirm Holdings to Equal-weight from Overweight in a note on Thursday and removed the stock from its Top Pick list, arguing that the key concerns underpinning its bullish thesis have largely been resolved and the shares now reflect fair value.

Pre-Market Stock Futures: Futures are trading higher this morning, after all the big funds and portfolio managers may have shown their hands on Wednesday, as the tech and chip stocks sell-off resumed after stocks started higher in the morning but faded in the afternoon. The tech sell-off came before Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) posted huge ... Here Are Thursday’s Best Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: Brown-Forman, CoreWeave, Intel, JFrog, Keurig Dr. Pepper, Klarna Group, Qualcomm, Shift 4 P

Prime Day promises to drive billions in cash flow and revenue for many companies aside from Amazon. Payment processers are among the leading picks.

Should investors be excited or worried when a stock's 50-day simple moving average crosses above the 200-day simple moving average?

Polen Capital, an investment management company, released its first-quarter 2026 investor letter for “Polen 5Perspectives Small-Mid Growth Strategy”. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. Polen 5Perspectives Small-Mid Composite Portfolio returned -3.4% gross and -3.6% net of fees, respectively, in the first quarter of 2026, compared to the -3.5% return of the Russell […]

DAVE trades below the industry P/E average despite nearly 80% ROE, strong margins, low debt and rising member growth that may signal mispricing.

Is it a good or bad thing when a stock surpasses resistance at the 20-day simple moving average?

Affirm Holdings (AFRM) has been one of the stocks most watched by Zacks.com users lately. So, it is worth exploring what lies ahead for the stock.

A number of stocks jumped in the afternoon session after the Trump administration announced a new peace deal that would lead to the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.

Is AFRM a good stock to buy? We came across a bullish thesis on Affirm Holdings, Inc. on r/investing_discussion by Variant_Invest. In this article, we will summarize the bulls’ thesis on AFRM. Affirm Holdings, Inc.’s share was trading at $65.11 as of June 9th. AFRM’s trailing and forward P/E were 59.22 and 32.57 respectively according to Yahoo […]

Fintech consolidation is heating up as scaled payments, banking, and brokerage players hunt for vertical specialists with profitable unit economics. The 2026 backdrop favors deals: large incumbents have stronger balance sheets, artificial intelligence (AI) integration is forcing platform thinking, and several mid-cap fintechs have repriced lower from their post-IPO peaks. Goldman Sachs Asset Management has ... 3 Fintech Stocks Face Takeover Pressure as Consolidation Wave Builds

The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) was down 0.5%, and the actively t

Recent performance snapshot for Affirm Holdings (AFRM) With no single headline event driving Affirm Holdings (AFRM) today, the stock’s recent performance and fundamentals take center stage, offering a data focused check-in for investors tracking the buy now, pay later space. See our latest analysis for Affirm Holdings. Affirm’s recent move to US$68.70 comes with a 1 day share price return of 3.67%. A 90 day share price return of 32.88% and a 1 year total shareholder return of 23.32% point to...

Generating cash is essential for any business, but not all cash-rich companies are great investments. Some produce plenty of cash but fail to allocate it effectively, leading to missed opportunities.

Financial stocks were higher in late Thursday afternoon trading, with the NYSE Financial Index risin

Financial stocks were higher in Thursday afternoon trading, with the NYSE Financial Index rising 2.2

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Earnings results often indicate what direction a company will take in the months ahead. With Q1 behind us, let’s have a look at Affirm (NASDAQ:AFRM) and its peers.

Affirm (NASDAQ:AFRM) Chief Financial Officer Rob O’Hare said the company is pursuing a bank charter primarily to diversify its funding base and bring more of its existing infrastructure in-house, while emphasizing that Affirm itself is not becoming a bank. Speaking with Evercore ISI’s Adam Frisch a

Zacks.com users have recently been watching Affirm Holdings (AFRM) quite a bit. Thus, it is worth knowing the facts that could determine the stock's prospects.

Pagaya ups its 2026 GAAP net income outlook after Q1 delivered another GAAP profit, operating leverage, and $2.1B in ABS funding.

Meta Platforms upgraded, Okta downgraded: Wall Street's top analyst calls

SoFi (SOFI) stock gained roughly 17% over five trading days, closing at $18.22 on May 29, 2026. Volume on the final day crossed 150 million shares, signaling strong institutional conviction behind the rally. This points to a deliberate re-rating, and three things drove it.

Shares of buy now, pay later company Affirm (NASDAQ:AFRM) jumped 5.9% in the afternoon session after the company announced the integration of its 'buy now, pay later' payment options into Google Pay, a move complemented by several positive analyst actions.

Over the last six months, Affirm’s shares have sunk to $64.95, producing a disappointing 5.6% loss - a stark contrast to the S&P 500’s 9.7% gain. This was partly due to its softer quarterly results and might have investors contemplating their next move.

Recently, Zacks.com users have been paying close attention to Affirm Holdings (AFRM). This makes it worthwhile to examine what the stock has in store.

Affirm Holdings Inc. recently expanded its collaboration with Google LLC, rolling out its installment payment options into Google Search, AI Mode, the Gemini app, and Google Pay checkout, while also extending its Royal Caribbean partnership to holidaymakers in the U.K. and Canada on top of the existing U.S. offering. These moves deepen Affirm’s presence across both major travel and technology ecosystems, potentially increasing how often consumers encounter its transparent, fee-free...

Mid-cap stocks often strike the right balance between having proven business models and market opportunities that can support $100 billion corporations. However, they face intense competition from scaled industry giants and can be disrupted by new innovative players vying for a slice of the pie.