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Affirm Holdings (AFRM) Gains As Market Dips: What You Should Know

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Affirm Holdings (AFRM - Free Report) closed the most recent trading day at $17.73, moving +0.74% from the previous trading session. This change outpaced the S&P 500's 0.02% loss on the day. Elsewhere, the Dow gained 0.23%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 0.12%.

Coming into today, shares of the operator of digital commerce platform had gained 15.79% in the past month. In that same time, the Business Services sector gained 4.14%, while the S&P 500 gained 5.14%.

Wall Street will be looking for positivity from Affirm Holdings as it approaches its next earnings report date. The company is expected to report EPS of -$0.87, down 33.85% from the prior-year quarter. Meanwhile, our latest consensus estimate is calling for revenue of $404.21 million, up 11.01% from the prior-year quarter.

Any recent changes to analyst estimates for Affirm Holdings should also be noted by investors. Recent revisions tend to reflect the latest near-term business trends. With this in mind, we can consider positive estimate revisions a sign of optimism about the company's business outlook.

Research indicates that these estimate revisions are directly correlated with near-term share price momentum. To benefit from this, we have developed the Zacks Rank, a proprietary model which takes these estimate changes into account and provides an actionable rating system.

The Zacks Rank system, which ranges from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), has an impressive outside-audited track record of outperformance, with #1 stocks generating an average annual return of +25% since 1988. Within the past 30 days, our consensus EPS projection has moved 0.28% lower. Affirm Holdings is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #4 (Sell).

The Business - Services industry is part of the Business Services sector. This industry currently has a Zacks Industry Rank of 81, which puts it in the top 33% of all 250+ industries.

The Zacks Industry Rank gauges the strength of our individual industry groups by measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.

You can find more information on all of these metrics, and much more, on Zacks.com.


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